Administrative Core

行政核心摘要 阿片类药物危机已成为一种多物质危机，涉及合成阿片类药物、结构性不平等和 系统性种族主义加剧了受影响人口的负担。解决危机的努力必须 发生在正在进行的新冠肺炎大流行的背景下，这影响了阿片类药物的使用和与 治疗。兰德-南加州大学谢弗阿片类药物政策工具和信息中心(OPTIC)加强了这一能力 阿片类药物政策研究界评估这一动态环境中的政策效果，同时还 加强政策制定者对阿片类药物政策研究的使用。光纤的管理核心(AC)支持光纤 调查人员在追求这些目标方面所做的努力。咨询委员会已经并将继续提供全面的科学监督， 制定和监督所有任务的总时间表，并提供预算监督。它将每两年召开一次 外部咨询委员会的会议，确保中心的活动集中在最紧迫的问题上 政策问题和解决该领域最突出的方法挑战。AC促进了协作 以多种方式识别光学社区，包括促进研究项目团队的定期会议 以及每两年举行一次的“全体员工”会议，并制作一份内部光学通讯，告知员工 当前的工作和新的资源。AC负责OPTION的内部列表服务器和风筝制作，以及 团队站点，用于在光学工作人员之间共享所有相关的内部光学通信和信息。 咨询委员会还支持通过试点项目支持初级调查员发展的努力， 讲习班，以及在国家会议上“见面问候”。咨询委员会最大限度地传播研究和 通过专门的通信和传播部门产生政策影响，确保光纤利用 兰德强大的通信基础设施覆盖了中心的所有活动。另一项AC传播活动 包括一份季度外部电子通讯，重点介绍光学研究人员和其他人的最新工作 该领域的专家。一个主要的传播焦点是Options的网站，该网站描述了中心的活动和 收藏最新的出版物和产品、数据可视化和研究工具以及教育材料和 网络研讨会。AC与兰德的数字战略和通信小组合作管理该网站， 确保及时和适当地张贴资源和工具。在该网站的众多资源中， 政策制定者尤其重视OPTIC阿片类药物研究成果的一页摘要 为政策制定者量身定做。AC管理标识适当的关键外卖主题的过程， 制作和审查内容，并将它们发布在Options的网站上。

Administrative Core Abstract The opioid crisis has become a polysubstance crisis involving synthetic opioids, and structural inequalities and systemic racism have exacerbated burdens for the populations affected. Efforts to address the crisis must occur in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected opioid use and policies related to treatment. The RAND-USC Schaeffer Opioid Policy Tools and Information Center (OPTIC) enhances the ability of the opioid policy research community to evaluate policy effects in this dynamic environment while also enhancing policymakers’ use of opioid policy research. OPTIC’s Administrative Core (AC) supports OPTIC Investigators in pursuing these objectives. The AC has and will continue to provide overall scientific oversight, develop and monitor a master timeline for all tasks, and provide budgetary oversight. It will convene bi-annual meetings of an External Advisory Board, which ensures that Center activities are focused on the most pressing policy issues and addressing the field’s most salient methodological challenges. The AC fosters a collaborative OPTIC community identity in multiple ways, including facilitating regular meetings of Research Project teams as well as a bi-annual “all hands” meetings and producing an internal OPTIC newsletter informing staff of current work and new resources. The AC is responsible for OPTIC’s internal list servs and Kiteworks and Teams sites used to share all pertinent internal OPTIC communications and information among OPTIC staff. The AC also supports efforts to support the development of junior investigators through Pilot Projects, grant workshops, and “meet n’ greets” at national conferences. The AC maximizes research dissemination and policy impact through a dedicated Communications and Dissemination Arm, ensuring that OPTIC leverages RAND’s robust communications infrastructure across all Center activities. Another AC dissemination activity includes a quarterly external e-newsletter that highlights recent work by OPTIC researchers and by other experts in the field. A key dissemination focus is OPTIC’s website, which describes Center activities and houses recent publications and products, data visualizations and research tools, and educational materials and webinars. The AC collaborates with RAND’s Digital Strategy and Communications Group to curate the site, ensuring that resources and tools are promptly and appropriately posted. Among the site’s many resources, policymakers especially value the Key Takeaways, one-page summaries of OPTIC’s opioid research findings tailored for policymakers. The AC manages the process of identifying appropriate Key Takeaway topics, producing and reviewing content, and posting them on OPTIC’s site.