The Center will be under the scientific leadership of Dr. Eric Hunter and an Executive Committeeconsisting of Dr. Michael Saag (Deputy Director) and seven Associate Directors, Drs. Beatrice Hahn(Vaccine Development), Casey Morrow (Basic Science), James Raczynski (Prevention Sciences), GeorgeShaw (Translational Studies), Sten Vermund (Epidemiology), Richard Whitley (Clinical Sciences) and CraigWilson (Adolescent HIV Medicine). Additional scientific and administrative quality assessments are providedby an External Advisory Committee composed of Drs. Tom Coates, James Curran, Warner Green, DougRichman, Bruce Walker, and Irv Weissman and an Internal Advisory Committee composed of the Provost,the Deans of Medicine and Public Health, and key Departmental Chairs.The Administrative Core provides the necessary liaison between the CFAR, the UAB/Grants & Contractsadministration groups and the relevant school, departmental, and divisional or sectional administrationswithin UAB. Multidisciplinary activities require an efficient, informed administrative effort to assure smoothworking relations, solid interaction, effective use of resources, and fiscal accountability. While theresponsibility for scientific program direction and leadership rests with the Director, Deputy Director and theseven Associate Directors, the day-to-day operations of the Center are carried out by an effective, highlyskilled Administrative and Fiscal staff that is located in the dedicated administrative offices in the BevillBiomedical Research Building.As a designated University-wide Center with Departmental status within the University System, theAdministrative Core is responsible for management of all non-faculty personnel that are appointed within theCenter as well as fiscal management of all accounts administered by the Center. Through the AdministrativeCore, a web-based shared core facility billing system will be implemented to facilitate the administration ofcharge-backs to core users and maintain a record of Core utilization.The Administrative Core is responsible for organizing, scheduling and managing Dinner Lecture Series, theInterdisciplinary Research Program round-tables as well as Research Retreats and special Symposia. Thiscore is also the focus of an expanded outreach program aimed at community education, subject recruitmentand retention and the implementation of intervention strategies for prevention. Through interactions withminority institutions in Alabama, and the use of existing mechanisms for the support of minority faculty withinthe institution and NIH, we plan to enhance minodty faculty involvement in the Center.
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