Administrative Core

项目总结-行政核心

PROJECT SUMMARY - ADMINISTRATIVE CORE The overall objective of the Administrative Core of the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center (EHSRC) is to coordinate, integrate and assess the Center’s cores, facilities, membership, activities, and budgets in support of its vision and aims. The Administrative Core is guided by the Executive Committee, the Internal Advisory Committee (IAC), and the External Advisory Committee (EAC), with the IAC serving as the primary governing body of the Center. The EAC, which is convened annually, provides guidance in meeting the NIEHS Strategic Goals. The specific aims of the Administrative Core are to: Aim 1) Promote the vision, goals and aims of the Center; Aim 2) coordinate day-to-day Center activities, including membership, budgets, reporting functions, and organize meetings of the Thematic Areas, IAC and EAC; Aim 3) assess and document the productivity and effectiveness of scientific and programmatic activities; Aim 4) provide interdisciplinary coordination and foster interactions between Center members, Thematic Areas, and Facility Cores, and facilitate research translation from “data to knowledge to action”; Aim 5) administer and ensure the success of the Pilot Grant Program (PGP) and Career Enhancement Program (CEP); Aim 6) promote environmental health engagement and translational research through the Community Engagement Core (CEC) and the Integrated Health Sciences Facility (IHSFC); Aim 7) foster interactions with NIEHS, Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) Core Centers elsewhere and with other EHS organizations; and Aim 8) leverage institutional resources for the Center. To attain these Aims, the Administrative Core provides a centralized organizational base to the programs, research, facilities, translational, and community engagement activities of Center members. The Administrative Core maintains the Center’s finances and accounts, manages reporting and compliance, facilitates regular meetings of the Thematic Areas and the Center’s governing committees, administers the PGP and CEP, and promotes activities within the CEP and the Center’s Thematic Areas and Facility cores. It documents the productivity and effectiveness of EHSRC components by tracking, for example, publications, facility services provided to Center investigators, pilot grant awards, grant progeny emanating from pilot grants, Associate Members mentored to Member status, the impact and effectiveness of CEC programs, and effectiveness of research translation activities. The Administrative Core works with the CEC and the IHSFC to translate environmental health research to the Center’s audiences. The Center Director engages with collegiate deans and central administrative officials of the University to leverage institutional support for the EHSRC. This Core will continue to serve EHSRC needs for an administrative body that facilitates opportunities for, and interactions between, members, research projects, programmatic activities, and facilities, and ensures the smooth operation of this complex, multidisciplinary Center.