Administration Core

Director: Qian Chen, PhD

Associate Director: J.J. Trey Crisco, PhD

The administration core is responsible for the planning, development, coordination and overall administration of the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Skeletal Health and Repair (COBRE SHR).

The specific aims for the administrative core are:

1. Mentor junior faculties and organize COBRE enrichment programs including research seminars, multidisciplinary journal club, work-in-progress meetings and grant workshops.
2. Facilitate and stimulate scientific interactions among projects and cores, coordinate research activities of the projects and cores, and promote collaboration with other Institutional Development Award (IDeA) programs in Rhode Island.
3. Organize the meetings of the external advisory committee, which reviews the progress of each research project and selects pilot projects; and coordinate the meeting of the internal advisory committee, which provides guidance to developing external peer-reviewed center and/or program project grant applications.
4. Prepare and maintain documentation relating to projects, cores and overall program management, implement resource sharing plan and maintain the communication with, and submit the appropriate progress reports to, the NIH.
5. Educate COBRE investigators about the process of technology transfer and support the execution of technology transfer from COBRE investigators to commercial entities.
6. Biostatistical support is provided by Jason Machan, PhD, director of the biostatistics core for Lifespan

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