The Administrative Core (Core A) will function as the administrative and organizational structure thatcoordinates the activities of the Program Project Grant (PPG) and facilitates its scientific mission. The goalof the Administrative Core is to ensure a programmatic, multidisciplinary focus, facilitate intra- andextra-center communications, and relieve Project Leaders (PLs) and Core Directors of the commonadministrative activities required to manage a PPG of this size. Dr. Brasier, Core Director, is anexperienced administrator who will oversee the day-to-day operations of the program including coordinatingthe regular Research in Progress meetings of project personnel and monthly meetings with the InternalAdvisory Committee (IAC). As Administrative Core Leader, Dr. Brasier will be responsible for evaluation ofproject activities (in conjunction with the Advisory Committee) and will ensure timely progress towardsaccomplishing the goals and aims of the PPG, ensure continuing interactions among the various componentsand will assure adherence of the individual components to the central theme of the program. The IAC willconsist of PLs and 5 highly recognized campus leaders: Drs. Halpert (Director of the NIEHS Center inEnvironmental Toxicology), Norbert Roberts (Director of the Infectious Disease Division), Larry Stanberry(Chairman, Dept. Pediatrics and Director of the Sealy Center for Vaccine Development), Bruce Luxon(Director of the Bioinformatics Program), and Sankar Mitra (Senior Scientist, Sealy Center for MolecularSciences). The Administrative Core will be responsible for scheduling annual meetings with the ExternalAdvisory Committee (EAC) including making travel arrangements and hotel accommodations. Fouroutstanding investigators have volunteered for the EAC: Drs. David Peden (UNC Chapel Hill), David Proud(University of Calgary), Steven Kunkel (University of Michigan) and Paul Nobel (Yale University). Inaddition, the Administrative Core will ensure integration of PPG activities and seminars with those of theNHLBI Proteomics Center, Sealy Center for Environmental Health and Medicine, and the Office of PediatricClinical Research when appropriate. The Administrative Core will further assist the PLs and Core Directorsby serving as a liason to the NIH and to the EAC. These activities free the Project Leaders and CoreDirectors to pursue their scientific tasks and objectives.
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