Administrative Core

Administrative Core Director (P.l.): Jeffrey D. Laskin, Ph.D. Deputy Director: Debra L. Laskin, Ph.D. Center Administrator: Kristin Borbely Business Manager: Linda Everett Core Summary/Abstract The Administrative Core will be responsible for day-to-day operations in the Center, promoting continuity and scientific interactions between Center members at Rutgers, Lehigh and New York Medical College and corporate partners (Target Health, MRIGlobal, Azevan, Janssen, Nevakar, Argentum, Allergan/Abbvie) that facilitate research and the development of countermeasures against mustard vesicants; the Core will oversee the management and activities of the Research and Development Projects, the Scientific Support Cores, and the Research Education Core, and be responsible for establishing, refining and implementing Center goals. The Administrative Core will oversee research project milestones and ensure that they are defined with quantitative success criteria that facilitate go/no go decisions, and that they advance the overall goals of the Center. The Core will ensure that project specific aims facilitate synergism across research cores, and that the research is integrated into the objectives and milestones of the Center. The Administrative Core will oversee the effective use of Scientific Support Core resources to further research and development activities. It will also provide an effective planning and evaluation processes that assesses productivity of research projects and allocation of resources. Additional activities of the Administrative Core include providing statistical support, coordinating intellectual property, and patents and licensing, establishing goals and metrics, communicating with institutional officials, and overseeing progression of candidate therapeutics. Through effective management, the Administrative Core will ensure that activities and accomplishments of the Rutgers CounterACT Center are greater than the sum of its parts.