An Administrative Core, Core A, is in operation which will continue to be responsible for the overall scientificguidance and for providing seamless day-to-day management and organization. Specifically, theAdministrative Core provides: (1) The Executive Committee, chaired by the PI and composed of the projectand core leaders, that meets monthly. This steering committee has been in charge of assessing progressand enahancing interations among the projects. Also, this committee will oversee the appropriate functionsof the Cores. This committee is responsible for making decisions on fiscal issues as well (e.g. re-allocationof funds) through consensus. (2) The Program Committee composed of the PI, the project leaders and co-Pi's of each of the projects, postdoctoral fellows and students, the director of the Lipidomics Core andAssociate Directors, and the Director of the Animal Core. This scientific group already meets at least once amonth (every third Thursday at noon for 2 hours) and will continue to do so. In these meetings the ProgramGroup reviews progress by one of the projects and/or one of the cores. This group functions primarilay toenhance the overall as well as specific scientific activities. In addition, review of key publications isundertaken in the form of a journal club. This group also discusses specific scientific and technical issuespertinent to the devleopment of the projects and the overall program. (3) The Internal Advisory Committee.This committee has been most helpful in provide programmatic advice. This committee convenes at leasttwice a year for overall review and to offer advice on the future development of the program project at ascientific level. This group also helps advise and steer administrative issues within MUSC. (4) The ExternalAdvisory Committee. This committee, composed of highly regarded scientists, has met once a year duringthe annual retreat of the Program Project, and it will continue to do so. It oversees the progress of theprojects, the use of the Cores, and has been most helpful in discussions about strategy as well as mostrecently in discussions and recommendations on translational research. (5) Supvervise the secretarial andbusiness support of the program. The business manager will oversee the specific budgets of each projectand the cores, and will keep project leaders up to date on expenses versus bugets.
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