Administrative Core

核心A将继续提供科学，财政，行政和后勤监督的各个方面 的中心。与以往一样，核心人员将促进调查人员之间的沟通， 共享试剂、工具、标本和数据，以确保适当分配和有效 中心资金的使用。核心小组还将继续： 设施核心与研究项目之间的互动;组织定期研究者会议 提供生物统计支持。除了这些功能外，核心还将开发和 为过渡到和实现核心区域的独立地位提供一条明确的道路。的 核心小组将提供必要的领导和行政支助， 中心，实现中心目标。它将监督一个试点项目计划， 为新的研究人员有前途的项目提供种子资金。核心人员将鼓励 探索新的研究途径，逐步淘汰没有前途的研究，最大限度地提高 中心的知识环境。核心小组还将提供统计支助， 研究设计和分析，并帮助制定赠款提案和维护数据， 生物标本生物储存库。它将监测和评估中心在实现具体目标方面的总体进展情况， 里程碑核心人员将准备年度科学报告和财务报表和计划 并组织专题讨论会、研讨会和定期会议。他们将邀请著名的 科学家出席研讨会，与中心成员互动，并与大学沟通 和NIH官员报告进展情况并讨论中心相关问题。在谘询 外部和内部咨询委员会，项目主任将评估核心进展， 实现中心目标。如有需要，核心A人员将与大学官员合作 以增加在中心工作的调查人员的临界质量。如果有必要，核心 A将采取补救措施，对主要研究者的审查不令人满意， 外部咨询委员会。核心还将维护一个中心网站， 传播有关中心活动以及糖尿病和肥胖症的信息。

Core A will continue to provide scientific, fiscal, administrative, and logistic oversight to all aspects of the Center. As before, Core personnel will facilitate communication among investigators and the sharing of reagents, tools, specimens, and data to ensure appropriate allocation and effective use of Center funds. The Core will also continue to: provide clerical support; coordinate interactions between facility cores and research projects; organize regular investigator meetings and; provide biostatistical support. In addition to these functions, the Core will develop and implement a clear path for transition to and attainment of independent status of the Cores. The Core will provide leadership and administrative support needed to maintain the thematic focus of the Center and to achieve Center goal. It will provide oversight to a pilot project program that provides seed funding for promising projects by new investigators. Core personnel will encourage the exploratoin of new research avenues and phase out unpromising resarch and maximize the intellectual environment of the Center. The Core will also provide statistical support to assist in study design and analysis and help in developing grant proposals and maintain data and biospecimen biorepositories. It will monitor evaluate overall Center progress in achieving specific milestones. Core personel will prepare annual scientific reports and financial statements and plan and organize symposia, seminars and regulary-scheduled meetings. They will invite prominent scientists to present seminars and interact with Center members and communiate with University and NIH officials to report progress and discuss Center related issues. In consultation with the external and internal advisory committee, the Program Director will evaluate core progress and the achievement of Center goals. If required, Core A personnel will work with university officials to increase the critical mass of investigators working in the Center. If it becomes necessary, Core A will adopt remedial measures for Principal Investigators who fail to satisfactory review by the External Advisory Committee. The Core will also maintain a Center Website and faciliate the dissemination of information about Center activities as well as diabetes and obesity.