Administrative Structure.The Research Center for Auditory and Vestibular Studies is administered through the Department ofOtolaryngology. The administrative structure is given in Figure 1. The Research Center Director reports directlyto the chair/head of Otolaryngology. The Center Director also receives advice and guidance from a CenterAdvisory Board charged with annual evalutions of the Research Center. The Center Advisory Board is alsochaired by the Department Head for Otolaryngology. The Center Director oversees the Research CenterExecutive Committee (Center Administrator and Core Directors and Co-Directors) and the Research CenterStaff Committee (Center Administrator and senior staff from each core). These Administrative CenterCommittees are responsible for the activities of the Center. Each Core Director supervises core personnel andmanages the day-to-day operations of each core facility. The Washington University School of Medicine is alarge, research institution that is characterized by a decentralized governance that empowers departmentheads (chairs). The dean of the medical school reports to the Executive Faculty Committee, which is made upof all the WUSM department heads.
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