The Michigan Prostate SPORE Administration Core is responsible for the leadership, guidance and management of this proposal. The Administration Core oversees all aspects and performs numerous duties across the wide scope of the SPORE to support the translational goals of the investigators. The SPORE Administration Core is guided by the following Specific Aims:
Specific Aim 1 : Provide scientific, programmatic and administrative leadership to all aspects of the SPORE.
Specific Aim 2 : Develop, facilitate and monitor progress of translational aims with project Co-Leaders.
Specific Aim 3 : Identify, support, and facilitate scientific collaborations. The Administration Core is charged with creating a culture of collaboration through fostering and helping to establish and maintain successful collaborations.
Specific Aim 4 : Facilitate communication between investigators and groups within the Michigan Prostate SPORE as well as with other institutional SPOREs, the SPORE network outside the University of Michigan (U-M), Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), NCI and investigators across the spectrum of translational cancer research.
Specific Aim 5 : Perform fiscal and data management functions.
Specific Aim 6 : Coordinate patient advocacy and provide functional and ethical oversight to projects and cores. The Core provides support and oversight to ensure that all investigators have IRB and animal approvals in place to conduct research. The Core will develop and maintain an advocacy portal for our prostate cancer patient community. Arul M. Chinnaiyan, MD, PhD (U-M) serves as Core Director. Ganesh Palapattu, MD (U-M) and Elisabeth Heath, MD (KCI) will serve as Core Co-Directors of the Administrative Core and provide overall scientific oversight. Dr. Chinnaiyan will be responsible for overall program organization and fiscal oversight as well as the Biostatistics/Bioinformatics and Biospecimen/Pathology Cores. Dr. Palapattu will be responsible for mentorship and development of collaborators and trainees, oversight of the Career Enhancement Program and synergies between U-M and KCI programs. Dr. Heath will oversee clinical trials and therapeutics, patient advocacy, minority community engagement, and the Developmental Research Program. Ms. Jill Miller has served as the Michigan Prostate SPORE administrator since 1998 and will continue in this role. This Core provides the framework to support the success and mission of the Michigan Prostate SPORE as a cohesive group of investigators committed to supporting translational research in prostate cancer.
The Administration Core is responsible for the leadership, guidance and management of the Michigan Prostate SPORE. In fulfilling these responsibilities, the Administration Core provides the framework to support the success and mission of the Michigan Prostate SPORE as a cohesive group of investigators committed to supporting translational research in prostate cancer.
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