Administrative CoreThe U54 Administrative Core will be responsible for coordinating the Partnership, supporting research,training and outreach efforts, and documenting Partnership activities and products. We includedescriptions of CCNY and MSKCC Administrative Core members and staff in both proposals, to explaintheir complementary roles and joint activities more clearly. In fact, Administrative Core faculty and stafffrom both CCNY and MSKCC have worked together for the past six years, and are a well-integratedteam. This level of integration will continue under the U54. Administrative core leadership has beeninstrumental in guiding our Partnership, locating resources, and helping us to work effectively withininstitutional policy. Core faculty and staff will continue to meet on a monthly basis and as needed todiscuss implementation of the Partnership, to plan for upcoming events, and to troubleshoot problemsthat arise. In addition to Drs. Hubbard and Rapkin, Administrative Core members include:6.1. Facilitating Partnership Faculty ResearchFostering faculty collaborations is one of the Partnership's major activities. We will continue to generateinterest in collaboration through calls for proposals, conferences and symposia, and networking. TheCore will also handle requests by faculty seeking specific expertise, access to patients or specimens, oropportunities for students/fellows. In order to process requests, administrative staff will work withfaculty members to put together a brief describing the faculty member's specific interests and questions,departmental affiliation and rank, and needs for a collaborator. This brief will be used to solicit inputfrom LAC members, institutional leaders, and department heads. Note that we will also continue tomaintain up-to-date links on our website to available online faculty information, to help investigatorsidentify potential collaborators on their own.The Administrative Core will facilitate faculty access to resources available within our respectiveinstitutions, even when no collaboration exists. For example, CCNY investigators may make use ofspecific MSKCC Core Facilities or the Medical Library. They may want access to patients, animals,specimens or databases. The Core will handle such requests on a case by case basis. When necessary, wewill strive to find MSKCC investigators willing to support the CCNY scientist's efforts. The Core willexpedite every aspect of these arrangements, including IRB protocol development. We will ensure thatCCNY investigators complete necessary HIPAA certifications and other MSKCC requirements.Access to MSKCC core facilities will also be arranged on a case-by-case basis. CCNY faculty members areable to access cores at the same costs and charge backs as internal MSKCC investigators. We willcontinue to provide centralized access through the Administrative Core to ensure that appropriateadministrative and financial arrangements are in place. We also expect that MSKCC investigators andfellows will be interested in resources within specific CCNY laboratories and Centers. Examples includeservice-based learning programs in the Colin Powell Center, technical expertise in medical photonics, orbiomedical engineering, input about immigrant cultures and beliefs from the Institute for Research onthe African Diaspora in America and the Caribbean, or advanced analytic methods from the Center forComputational Algorithms. Again, we will arrange access to these CCNY facilities on a case-by-casebasis, as we do with MSKCC cores.We anticipate hiring a number of additional faculty members at CCNY to support the 054's objectives,and we also expect to add faculty in key areas at MSKCC. The Administrative Core will work with the IACand relevant Departments at each institution to disseminate information, prepare job postings, convenejoint search committees, obtain and distribute candidate materials, and arrange talks and interviews.The Administrative Core will also assist in setting up unique cost-sharing arrangements between MSKCCand CCNY, to support faculty salaries or start-up packages
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