Administrative Core

在五年续签的最初阶段，Denckla博士和她的行政人员负责 中心管理处。从2005年7月1日开始，Michael Cataldo博士成为新的中心主任和 迈克尔·约翰斯顿博士担任联席主任。此外，卡塔尔多博士的长期管理人员布里奇特 约翰逊成为MRDDRC赠款的行政经理。尽管Denckla博士卸任时 中心主任，Cataldo博士要求她在行政核心保持活跃，促进研究， 指导初级教员，继续组织系列讲座，并监督访问统计数据 核心的组成部分。2006年2月，韦恩·西尔弗曼博士应聘加入KKI教职员工。 和JHUSM。因为他在弱智领域的专业知识和他以前的行政经验 在纽约基础研究所，卡塔尔多博士邀请他协助宣传和 通过MRDDRC的MR相关研究的进展。

During the initial period of the five-year renewal, Dr. Denckla and her administrative staff were in charge of Center administration. Beginning on July 1, 2005, Dr. Michael Cataldo became the new Center Director and Dr. Michael Johnston assumed the role of Co-Director. Further, Dr. Cataldo's long-time Administrator, Bridget Johnson, became the Administrative Manager for the MRDDRC grant. Although Dr. Denckla stepped down as Center Director, Dr. Cataldo asked her to remain active in the Administrative Core in promoting research, mentoring junior faculty, continuing to organize the lecture series, and overseeing access to the Statistical component of the Core. In February, 2006, Dr. Wayne Silverman was recruited and joined the faculty at KKI and JHUSM. Because of his expertise in the field of mental retardation and his prior administrative experience at the New York Institute for Basic Research, Dr. Cataldo invited him to assist with the promotion and advancement of MR related research through the MRDDRC.