Center for Genetic Studies of Drug Abuse in Outbred Rats

项目概要/摘要（核心A：行政核心） 行政核心将促进所有其他核心、研究项目和附属机构之间的协调。 赠款。Palmer博士是该核心的中心主任和PI;他将由Oksana Polesskaya博士协助， 他自2015年1月以来一直担任该核心的科学主任。我们确定了六个主要目标， 行政核心：1）促进中心PI之间的互动，2）维护中心的网站， 数据库，3）维护外部咨询委员会（EAB）并与之沟通，4）促进教育和 外联5）解决冲突并制定继任计划，以及6）提供一般行政支持。 第四个目标侧重于教育和宣传，这一直是行政部门的一个主要优先事项。 在初始供资期间的核心。我们将继续为高中和高中学生提供培训， 通过支持一个暑期研究项目，将他们安置在该中心的一个 laboratories.我们将延续过去在吸引代表性不足的少数民族成员方面的成功经验， 来自弱势背景的人和残疾人。我们还将继续援助 发展技术人员的职业生涯，研究生，博士后和初级教师参与这个中心，部分 通过使用个人发展计划和研究绩效进展报告。最后 行政核心将负责组织公共外联活动， 加州圣地亚哥大学（UCSD）、密歇根大学（UofM）、 科罗拉多丹佛大学（UDenver）、布法罗大学（UB）、田纳西健康大学 科学中心（UTHSC）和维克森林大学医学院（WFUSM）。

Project Summary/Abstract (Core A: Administrative Core) The Administrative Core will facilitate coordination amongst all other cores, research projects and affiliated grants. Dr. Palmer is the Center Director and PI of this Core; he will be assisted by Dr. Oksana Polesskaya, who has served as the Scientific Director of this core since January 2015. We have identified six key Aims for the Administrative Core: 1) Promote interactions among center PIs, 2) Maintain the center’s website and database, 3) Maintain and communicate with the External Advisory Board (EAB), 4) Promote education and outreach 5) Resolve conflicts and develop a succession plan, and 6) Provide general administrative support. The fourth Aim focuses on education and outreach, which has been a major priority of the Administrative Core during the initial funding period. We will continue to provide training for both high school and undergraduate students by supporting a summer research program that places them into one of the center’s laboratories. We will extend on our past success in attracting members of underrepresented minorities, persons from disadvantaged backgrounds and persons with disabilities. We will also continue to aid in the developing careers of technicians, graduate students, postdocs and junior faculty involved in this center, in part through the use of individual development plans and research performance progress reports. Finally, the Administrative Core will be responsible for organizing public outreach activities that will draw on the diverse neighborhoods around the University of California San Diego (UCSD), the University of Michigan (UofM), the University of Colorado Denver (UDenver), the University at Buffalo (UB), University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center (UTHSC), and Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM).