Administration

The Administrative Core provides leadership, vision, strategic planning, oversight, governance, and management to foster and facilitate high-impact, multidisciplinary research for translational projects among basic, clinical, and population-based members. The core comprises highly successful, research-effective senior leaders and administrative staff. Administration provides infrastructure to promote the cancer research activities of its members, with a focus on facilitating transdisciplinary and population-based translational cancer research. The specific aims of the core are to support and facilitate all UMGCCC research components through these key functions: 

• Represent UMGCCC to university, NCI, and State stakeholders
• Establish UMGCCC’s overall scientific and strategic direction
• Provide leadership, direction, and governance to five research programs, shared resources, community outreach and engagement (COE), and all other CCSG components.
• Integrate research efforts across basic, clinical, and population-based science areas
• Organize and expand COE, CRTEC education, training, and mentoring efforts impacting the Cancer Center
• Provide infrastructure to support innovative, collaborative, and translational cancer research
• Direct research within and disseminate best practices to/from UMGCCC’s catchment area, the State of Maryland
• Communicate between and among Cancer Center leaders and stakeholders within and outside the institution
• Implement the strategic plan and integrate recommendations from advisory boards and senior leadership
• Ensure compliance with CCSG, State, and university reporting requirements
• Manage all clinical practice, research, and institutional funds and accounts
• Provide human resource services and expertise to support UMGCCC leadership and membership
• Coordinate all aspects of UMGCCC recruitment efforts
• Manage seven shared services, research space in five separate locations, and common equipment
• Coordinate internal and external funding applications including Pilot Projects
• Support and coordinate CCSG membership processes
• Coordinate and support activities of UMGCCC committees
• Provide support for leadership in State outreach and education efforts
• Provide external affairs services, including development, marketing, public affairs, and educational programs