{"id":8175,"date":"2019-12-11T09:30:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T14:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/?page_id=8175"},"modified":"2025-06-10T13:36:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T17:36:06","slug":"administrative-core","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/cccr\/administrative-core\/","title":{"rendered":"Administrative Core"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Purpose<\/h3>\n<p>The Administrative Core provides comprehensive and skilled leadership, oversight, coordination, evaluation and general administrative support for all UNC CCCR activities.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Administrative Core\u2019s Activities:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9249\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 205px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2020\/05\/Leigh-Callahan-PhD-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Leigh Callahan discusses osteoarthritis\" width=\"195\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2020\/05\/Leigh-Callahan-PhD-sm.jpg 998w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2020\/05\/Leigh-Callahan-PhD-sm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2020\/05\/Leigh-Callahan-PhD-sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2020\/05\/Leigh-Callahan-PhD-sm-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2020\/05\/Leigh-Callahan-PhD-sm-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Dr. Leigh Callahan, CCCR Associate Director and Co-PI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16432\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 204px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16432\" style=\"font-weight: bold\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/802\/2025\/01\/Amanda-E.-Nelson_Headshot-2024.png\" alt=\"Dr. Amanda Nelson\" width=\"194\" height=\"194\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Dr. Amanda Nelson, CCCR Director and PI, and Director of the Phenotyping and Precision Medicine Resource Core<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Providing oversight, coordination and administrative support<\/strong> to maximize the efforts of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/cccr\/methodology-core\/\">Methodology Core<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/cccr\/phenotyping-precision-medicine-resource-core\/\">Phenotyping and Precision Medicine Resource Core<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Facilitating effective collaboration <\/strong>between the CCCR and Thurston ArthritisResearch Center (TARC), the Osteoarthritis Action Alliance (OAAA), North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS), and other UNC Schools, Departments, Centers, and Programs, as well as national and local public\/private organizations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maintaining momentum through shepherding vital communication links<\/strong> among the Executive Committee, various CCCR Cores, IAB, EAB, Community Advisory Board (CAB), and other NIAMS-funded CCCRs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conducting ongoing evaluation<\/strong> to ensure that expected research goals, outcomes and outputs are achieved.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Managing the TARC\/CCCR pilot grant program.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Community Advisory Board Keeps Research Grounded in Direct, Real-Time Insights From the Patient Community<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UNC\u2019s CCCR enables you to gain valuable insights by interacting with our active, highly engaged <strong>Community Advisory Board (CAB). <\/strong>The CAB is comprised of patients from within the rheumatology and musculoskeletal disease community. They represent a cross-section of patients in terms of demographics and disease diagnoses, and provide a valuable \u201ctouch stone\u201d to help keep research grounded in real-world input.<\/p>\n<p>The CAB members provide unique insights regarding:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Participant recruitment<\/li>\n<li>Development of research questions<\/li>\n<li>Effective ways to reach populations<\/li>\n<li>Processes to engage and retain study participants throughout the study<\/li>\n<li>Strategies for disseminating study findings to all patient groups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pilot Grants Foster Innovative Research\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Through funding by TARC, the CCCR provides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/tarc\/cccr\/grants\/\">Pilot Grants<\/a> for innovative projects that will generate preliminary data needed to develop projects that will successfully compete for extramural support in the areas of phenotyping and precision medicine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em>For more information, or to speak with someone regarding our Administrative Core, please contact: Abby Mihalkovic; abby_mihalkovic@med.unc.edu.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>To initiate the process of requesting information, data, and\/or collaboration from UNC\u2019s CCCR, please complete and submit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rc1.redcap.unc.edu\/surveys\/?s=HR7M8F8A8A\">this form<\/a>. Your information will be reviewed by the UNC CCCR leadership, who will respond to your request promptly.\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Please note<\/span>\u00a0that while the initial consultation will be complimentary, requests that require multiple consultations and\/or an extended period of support may incur a fee which could include percent effort coverage on the resulting funded grant, for example.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purpose The Administrative Core provides comprehensive and skilled leadership, oversight, coordination, evaluation and general administrative support for all UNC CCCR activities. The Administrative Core\u2019s Activities: Providing oversight, coordination and administrative support to maximize the efforts of the Methodology Core and the Phenotyping and Precision Medicine Resource Core. 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