RCMI Administrative Core

摘要-行政核心 行政核心（AC）将管理，协调和支持RCMI计划活动。密切合作 与RCMI协调中心一起，在三个MPI的指导下，AC将提供行政和后勤服务 支持，以确保核心主任和教师充分参与沟通和建设战略 伙伴关系。一体化领导结构的目的是确保核心活动 以无缝和连贯的方式成功实施。这是通过识别和 部署相关资源和实施通用指标，所有这些都侧重于优化机构 推动PI生产力的研究基础设施。AC将实现以下目标：目标1。提供 在管理RCMI计划的关键活动中发挥有效的领导作用。AC管理团队将 包括三个MPI，核心总监和项目经理。AC将每月召开会议， 进度，发现问题，讨论和实施解决方案和改进计划，以确保每个 通过评估里程碑来衡量计划目标的实现;此外，与泽维尔的办公室合作， 研究和赞助项目（ORSP），AC将管理、审查和批准所有人类受试者 在RCMI内部进行的研究。目标二。实施有效利用研究能力的程序 核心设施AC将定期与核心教师专业小组举行会议， 业务、政策和程序。将提供季度核心服务调查和季度核心服务报告， 通过核心引用出版物来跟踪用户满意度、核心效率和成果 以及核心参与的赠款申请。目标3。提供行政协助， 获得外部支持的成功赠款提案。AC将与Xavier的ORSP合作， 一个统一的研究人员支持机制，重点是增加校外赠款的数量， 合同申请。在高度协调的努力下，ORSP和AC工作人员将确定潜在的资金来源， 提供专业的建议审查，为导师网络提供财务和后勤支持， 项目和早期研究人员在发展granitarian，并协助教师在行政 目标四：目标四。促进和便利征聘、发展和保留各种人才库， 研究人员积极参与健康差异研究。AC将与学术管理人员合作， 促进少数民族教师的招聘，并通过研究者发展核心，协助获得 早期教师需要的资源，并为他们寻找合作者和导师。目标5。实施 RCMI计划评估计划。AC将与RCMI咨询委员会、社区 咨询委员会和独立评估员对区域协调机制进行全面评估 加强研究能力的计划，以促进健康差异研究，提高生产力， 研究人员在同行评审的出版物和整体成功地确保校外研究资金。

SUMMARY – ADMINISTRATIVE CORE The Administrative Core (AC) will manage, coordinate, and support RCMI program activities. Working closely with the RCMI Coordinating Center and directed by three MPIs, the AC will provide administrative and logistical support to assure core directors and faculty are fully engaged in communicating and building strategic partnerships. The integrative leadership structure is purposely designed to ensure that core activities are successfully implemented in a seamless and cohesive manner. This is accomplished by identifying and deploying relevant resources and implementing common metrics all focused on optimizing the institutional research infrastructure that drives PI productivity. The AC will accomplish the following aims: Aim 1. To provide effective leadership in managing the key activities of the RCMI program. The AC management team will consist of three MPIs, Core Directors, and Program Managers. The AC will have monthly meetings to review progress, identify problems, discuss and implement solutions and improvement plans to ensure that each program goal is achieved as measured by assessment milestones; In addition, working with Xavier’s Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), the AC will manage, review and approve all human subjects research conducted within RCMI. Aim 2. To implement processes for efficient use of the research capacity core facilities. The AC will have regular meetings with the core faculty expertise group to review core operations, policies and procedures. Quarterly core service surveys and quarterly core service reports will be collected which track user satisfaction, core efficiency, and outcomes as measured by core-citing publications and grant applications with core participation. Aim 3. To provide administrative assistance in developing successful grant proposals for external support. The AC will work collaboratively with Xavier’s ORSP to provide a unified research faculty support mechanism focused on increasing the volume of extramural grants and contracts applications. In a highly coordinated effort, ORSP and AC staff will identify potential funding sources, provide professional proposal review, provide financial and logistic support to a network of mentors for pilot projects and early-stage investigators in developing grantsmanship, and assist faculty in the administration of their grants; Aim 4. To promote and facilitate the recruitment, development and retention of a diverse pool of investigators actively engaged in health disparities research. The AC will work with academic administrators to promote the recruitment of minority faculty and through the Investigator Development Core, assist in acquiring the resources early-stage faculty need and finding for them collaborators and mentors. Aim 5. To implement the RCMI Program evaluation plan. The AC will coordinate with the RCMI Advisory Committee, the Community Advisory Board, and the Independent Evaluator to implement the comprehensive evaluation of the RCMI program in enhancing research capacity to facilitate health disparities research, increase productivity of investigators in peer-reviewed publications and overall success in securing extramural research funding.