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About the Administrative Core
The Administrative Core helps guide and support Tennessee CFAR. It brings together partners, researchers, and community members to work toward shared goals. The Core coordinates resources, encourages collaboration, gathers feedback, and improves programs and processes. By connecting with the different CFAR Cores and partner organizations, the Administrative Core helps ensure that Tennessee CFAR operates effectively and continues to meet the needs of people affected by HIV. We describe the Specific Aims of the Administrative Core, how these will be accomplished, and how they integrate with the other CFAR Cores to support the overall CFAR Specific Aims.
Specific Aims
To provide leadership, management, coordination, and supervision of CFAR activities.
The AC will monitor progress toward achieving overall CFAR and individual Core Specific Aims. It will provide responsible operational and financial management of the CFAR and will coordinate with existing institutional core resources to maximize administrative, financial, and scholarly efficiency.
To enhance the HIV research productivity of VUMC, MMC, TDH and CARES by supporting and coordinating collaborative and trans-disciplinary approaches.
The AC will foster new collaborations among existing HIV investigators, and investigators not yet engaged in HIV research. It will also continue to grow community-engaged research (CEnR), and will identify and support new and existing collaborations beyond CFAR, including CFAR-to-CFAR collaborations.
To facilitate effective and bi-directional communication about HIV-related research resources, activities and advances.
The AC will continue to maintain and improve a CFAR website as a centralized portal to all HIV-related research and resources across institutions. It will support and coordinate a variety of events to foster collaborative science, including trans-disciplinary CFAR symposia. It will be responsive to members’ needs and feedback.
Services Offered
- Planning and evaluation
- Training
- Organization and sponsorship of events
- Managing operations and allocation of resources
- Communication: outreach via member databases, website, newsletters and local bulletins
For service request or inquiries, please contact tn-cfar@vumc.org