Our Breast SPORE consists of five full research projects as well as developmental projects, careerdevelopment, and specialized core resources. An Administrative Core is needed to efficiently utilizeadministrative personnel and to provide common services for these projects and cores. Dr. C. KentOsborne, as Principal Investigator of the SPORE, will direct this Administrative Core. The Coreprovides a pool of services which are common to all components of the SPORE, including:administrative processing of review and funding of Developmental Projects, recruitment of CareerDevelopment candidates, financial administration of grant funds and the Director's discretionaryfunds, organization of conferences and seminars, manuscript preparation, coordination of travel,report preparation, general clerical support, processing of IRB protocols, and assurance ofcompliance with all NIH and institutional grant regulations. The Core will also coordinate the servicesof our Internal Advisory Committee and Advocates Committee, and arrange for the visits of ourExternal Advisory Committee members to review our progress and make recommendations. Insummary, consolidation of common support and administrative functions relieves individual projectsof many minor but important tasks, and assures quality control in record-keeping, services, andcompliance issues. Core personnel are highly experienced, and the Core provides well-organizedand cost-effective support to all components of the SPORE.
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