The Administrative Core is proposed to carry out the requirements of the ICIDR RFA, provide organized external Scientific Advisory Group consultation, and to provide organized workshops and research capacity building. Further, while data management and statistical skills are good in the Peru and Sri Lanka sites and are the basis for many peer-reviewed publications, we are proposing to advance the innovative aspects of these key areas through coordination at the foreign sites using UCSD human resources plus key information technology resources at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia as a resource for advancing capacity building efforts in these areas.
Specific Aim 1. To coordinate administrative requirements and activities related to subcontracting, ordering and shipping of supplies and equipment that UCSD is responsible for, or which Project Leaders request Specific Aim 2. To coordinate 1) annual network meeting for the Project and Core Leaders and plan travel for information exchange, 2) to plan logistics of the Scientific Advisory Group.
Specific Aim 3. To coordinate training, research capacity building activities, annual scientific meetings throughout Peru, Sri Lanka, and the USA.
Specific Aim 4. To coordinate, supervise and maintain all Human Subjects Protections protocols, Federal Wide Assurances and approvals of required human subjects protocols with the NIAID Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, as well as animal subjects protections protocols and approvals, as required by program staff and policy Specific Aim 5: To coordinate data management across the Peru- and Sri Lanka-based Research Projects.
Specific Aim 6. To coordinate annual reports of all Project and Core Leaders for annual renewals.
Specific Aim 7. To ensure scientific and training communications among all Project and Core participants as well as trainees, administrators and the public, by developing a Communications Unit.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Type
Research Program--Cooperative Agreements (U19)
Project #
5U19AI115658-02
Application #
9133265
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAI1)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2016-03-01
Budget End
2017-02-28
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2016
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of California San Diego
Department
Type
DUNS #
804355790
City
La Jolla
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
92093
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Fouts, Derrick E; Matthias, Michael A; Adhikarla, Haritha et al. (2016) What Makes a Bacterial Species Pathogenic?:Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Genus Leptospira. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 10:e0004403