The purpose of the Administration, Communication, and Planning Core is to assure the coordination ofthe Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC) Myeloma SPORE components and to provide oversightand leadership of the scientific, administrative, and fiscal aspects of the SPORE. The SPORE Director willoversee the administrative coordination of the various clinical and laboratory studies outlined in this Program.He will integrate scientific and clinical efforts within and between Projects, and assure the translation oflaboratory findings to the bedside; and conversely, the initiation of laboratory studies stemming from clinicalobservations.During the prior funding period, the infrastructure has been created to have seemless communicationand exchange of data between SPORE sites, facilitating collaborative preclinical studies and clinical trials.Multiple joint publications, completed and ongoing clinical trials, and the translation of several novel targetedtherapies from bench to bedside confirm the communication and integration of our efforts. This Core willcontinue to facilitate exchange of information among the SPORE members, as well as the internal andexternal advisory committees. It will provide clinical research nursing support for the proposed clinical trials.In addition, as in the previous funding period, a clinical study coordinator will assure appropriate sampleacquisition and trafficking. The grants administrator will allocate resources in a timely and integrated fashionto facilitate successful completion of the proposed studies.
The Specific Aims of the Administration,Communication, and Planning Core are to:1. Monitor research progress and plan for the future;i2. Foster collaborative research within the SPORE and between SPOREs;3. Integrate the Myeloma SPORE into the DF/HCC structure;4. Provide necessary resources and fiscal oversight; and5. Promote rapid dissemination of significant research finding
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