Administrative Core

该计划项目正式隶属于俄勒冈州立大学莱纳斯·鲍林研究所(LPI) (俄亥俄州)。LPI下的计划项目住房为以下项目提供了预先存在的组织结构 赠款的管理，以及促进与其他研究中心和 俄亥俄州立大学具有共同研究兴趣的研究所。这条路线还提供了通往最高层的直接通道 大学行政部门，包括校长爱德华·雷博士。担任主任的巴尔茨·弗雷博士 还担任LPI主任，直接向负责研究的副总裁汇报， 他又向教务长和大学执行副校长汇报工作。弗雷博士对 CORE在总监助理兼LPI办公室经理Barbara McVicar的协助下进行， 还有凯西·阿布尼，LPI会计经理。行政核心提供与美国国立卫生研究院的所有联系 负责申请和报告，包括编写和提交国家卫生研究院要求的所有报告； 并获得使用人类受试者和脊椎动物的批准。核心直接管理 计划项目内所有单独项目活动的预算，协调定期安排的项目 和方案会议，并协调与年度外部咨询委员会有关的所有活动 开会。外部咨询委员会由三名在科学领域有杰出记录的科学家组成。 与计划项目相关的领域，即氧化和硝化应激与细胞黏附分子抗氧化剂 心血管疾病、肌萎缩侧索硬化症(或一般的神经退行性疾病)，以及 衰老。外部咨询委员会的职能是评估整个计划项目的研究进展 和单个项目，就CERCAT如何最好地向计划主任和项目负责人提供建议 回应心血管疾病、神经退行性疾病和衰老的CAM疗法领域的进展，以及 与俄亥俄州立大学研究管理部门讨论大学对继续或增加机构的承诺 对CERCAT的支持。最后，行政核心负责协调LPI的组织 “饮食和最佳健康”会议，这是该方案的科学宣传方案 项目。

This Program Project is formally aligned under the Linus Pauling Institute (LPI) at Oregon State University (OSU). Housing of the Program Project under LPI provides a pre-existing organizational structure for administration of the grant, and for promoting scientific interactions with the other research centers and institutes at OSU with allied research interests. This alignment also provides direct access to the highest levels of the University administration, including the President, Dr. Edward Ray. Dr. Balz Frei, who serves as Director of this Program Project, also serves as LPI Director and reports directly to the Vice President for Research, who in turn reports to the Provost and Executive Vice President of the University. Dr. Frei's oversight of the Core is carried out with assistance from Barbara McVicar, Assistant to the Director and LPI Office Manager, and Cathy Abney, LPI Accounting Manager. The Administrative Core provides the liaison with NIH in all application and reporting responsibilities, including preparation and submission of all reports required by NIH, and obtaining approvals for use of human subjects and vertebrate animals. The Core directly administers the budgets for all individual project activities within the Program Project, coordinates regularly scheduled project and program meetings, and coordinates all activities associated with the annual External Advisory Committee meeting. The External Advisory Committee consists of three scientists with distinguished records in scientific areas pertinent to the Program Project, viz. oxidative and nitrative stress and CAM antioxidants in cardiovascular diseases, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or neurodegenerative diseases in general), and aging. The External Advisory Committee functions to assess research progress of the overall Program Project and the individual projects, advise the Program Director and the Project Leaders on how CERCAT may best respond to advances in the field of CAM therapies of CVD, neurodegenerative diseases and aging, and discuss with OSU research administration the University's commitments for continued or additional institutional support of CERCAT. Finally, the Administrative Core is responsible for coordinating the organization of LPI's "Diet and Optimum Health" Conference, which serves as the scientific outreach program for the Program Project.