Administrative and Data Management CoreThe Administrative and Data Management Core (ADM Gore) is crucial to the functioning of the entireCenter (Projects I, II, III). The Core will manage and maintain Center data, facilitate scientific interactionsamong projects, and promote the educational initiatives of the Center. One of the primary activities of theADM core is database maintenance (behavioral, genetic, and imaging) for the Center, as well as providingback-up and IT services to Projects 1,11, & III. It will serve as a data conduit for the Center, receivingprocessed data (imaging and behavioral), maintaining it, and making it available for all other cores, includingthe Statistical Genetics Core for data analysis. The ADM Core represents a single pipeline that isresponsible for processing human DNA and indicating, via universal identification number, which subjectshave the desired alleles and should be contacted for the imaging portion of Projects I & II. This approachenables data to be collected and maintained in a scientifically-unbiased and HIPAA-compliant way that iscost effective and reliable. The ADM core will coordinate Center interactions, including the AnnualConference of the Project Pis and biennial Center Advisory Board in New York, at which project progressand results will be reviewed and future plans discussed. The Core will also maintain the Center's websitewww.sacklerinstitute.org/Cornell/. Center-related publications will be made available for download incompliance with current publishing standards. Tools and assays will also be made available on this site aswill links to all project faculty and fellows. In addition to these support functions, the final critical responsibilityof the ADM Core will be to coordinate and oversee activities relating to the Center's Educational Initiative.Individuals interested in the research and methods of the Center (e.g., graduate students, postdoctoralfellows, research assistants) will receive Center supported education through attendance of annual Centermeetings and training workshops and through direct collaboration on Center supported research.Additionally, educational initiatives will be fostered through interactions with four training programs at theWeill Cornell Medical College (the Neuroscience Graduate Program, the Tri-lnstitutional M.D., Ph.D., thePediatric Residency Program, and the Psychiatric Residency Program). Finally, the ADM Core will beresponsible for coordinating the activities of the Sackler Summer Institute that provides training on themethods of the Center, including neuroimaging, genetics, and animal models of behavior.
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