CORE A: ADMINISTRATIVE CORE
| Title of Core: |
Administrative Core |
| Project Leader: |
Tilley, Barbara C. |
| Position Title: |
Professor, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine |
| Sponsoring Unit: |
MUSC Department of Biometry and Epidemiology |
| Address: |
171 Ashley Avenue, Charleston 29425 |
The objective of this core is to provide leadership and coordinate the work of the South Carolina Resource
Center for Minority Aging Research. As specific aims this core will:
- Provide leadership to the SC RCMAR;
- Receive and make use of input from the Community and Scientific Advisory Boards;
- Ensure that the cores interact to maximum benefit in order to develop and maintain community liaisons,
recruit and retain minority participants, mentor and train new investigators and provide a liaison with
affiliated institutions for training, and create the appropriate instruments and techniques for working with
African Americans;
- Oversee pilot study process and progress and track pilot investigators;
- Provide biostatistical and data management support and access to state data through the state Office of
Research and Statistics to all core and pilot projects;
- Participate in annual meetings with other RCMARs to discuss progress and common problems and
facilitate SC RCMAR investigators cooperation with the Coordinating Center (CC).
| Name | Organization | Role on Project |
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| Tilley, Barbara C. | Medical University of South Carolina | PI |
| Hancock, Shannon | Medical University of South Carolina | Administrative Assistant |
| Blue, Amy | Medical University of South Carolina | Co-Investigator |
| Forti, Esther | Medical University of South Carolina | Co-Investigator |
| Zapka, Jane | University of Massachusetts, Worcester | Co-Investigator |
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