Administrative Core

这个拟议中的热带医学研究中心提议统一一个多国调查小组 研究致命疾病内脏利什曼病的关键方面，在印度的比哈尔邦。该地区的 印度内脏利什曼病流行率最高，也是内脏利什曼病发病率最高的国家之一 国际吧该项目的协调将集中在印度瓦拉纳西的Banaras印度教大学（BHU）。 主要的合作者是英国剑桥大学热带医学研究所， 比利时安特卫普、美国华盛顿的国立卫生研究院和爱荷华州大学， USA. TMRC将主要在BHU进行管理。将维持一个卫星行政核心， 美国爱荷华州大学。BHU是大多数实验室研究活动发生的地方， 大多数流行病学和地理信息系统数据进行了分析。主要的数据管理中心也将在BHU。 由于与该计划相关的国际合作活动， 美国，在英国和比利时，一些行政职能将通过大学协调， 爱荷华州。该方案的具体目标是： 1.处理屯门铁路公司的财务事宜。这包括管理用于研究的资金， 印度的行政和数据管理，以及分包给爱荷华州大学， 剑桥大学，Westat，和热带医学研究所，比利时。 2.为印度的两个研究基地获得设备和研究用品， 提交出版物，并安排通信。 3.为来自美国，英国和比利时的外国游客做好安排。 4.在贝塞斯达安排TMRC年会和TMRC成员年会， 在美国的年会。

This proposed Tropical Medicine Research Center proposes to unify a multi-national group of investigators studying critical aspects of the fatal disease, visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar State, India. The region has the highest endemic rate of visceral leishmaniasis in India, and one of the highest rates of visceral leishmaniasis worldwide. Coordination of the project will be focused at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Varanasi, India. Major collaborators are found at the University of Cambridge, UK, the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium, the National Institutes of Health in Washington, DC, USA, and the University of Iowa, USA. The TMRC will be administered primarily at BHU. A satellite administrative core will be maintained at the University of Iowa, USA. BHU is the site where most laboratory research activities take place, and where most epidemiological and GIS data are analyzed. The main data management center will also be at BHU. Because of the international collaborative activities associated with this program, with collaborators in the U.S.A., the U.K, and Belgium, some administrative functions will be orchestrated through the University of Iowa. Specific aims of the program are: 1. To handle financial aspects of the TMRC. This includes administration of funds used for research, administration and data management in India, as well as subcontracts to the University of Iowa, the University of Cambridge, Westat, and the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium. 2. To obtain equipment and research supplies for the two research sites in India, to orchestrate submission of publications, and to arrange communications. 3. To make arrangements for foreign visitors from the USA, the UK, and Belgium. 4. To arrange the annual TMRC meeting, and annual meetings of the TMRC members in Bethesda at annual meetings in the USA.