Administrative Core

Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem NC

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Abstract

ADMINISTRATIVE CORE: PROJECT SUMMARY The Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center (WFBCCC) Administrative Core is a principal organizational component supporting the coordination and management of the Senior Leadership and the activities of the Research Programs, Shared Resources, Office of Cancer Health Equity, and Training and Education. The Administrative Core has additional responsibilities for fiscal oversight of all WFBCCC functions and ensuring cohesiveness and alignment with WFBCCC’s strategic goals and priorities. Specific Administrative Core functions include Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) management; all Center-related financial and human resources support, including the nine WFBCCC Shared Resources and the Office of Clinical Protocol and Data Management; coordination with the WFBCCC philanthropic development team as well as the Office of Cancer Health Equity; all internal and external communications; WFBCCC-driven cancer education and training initiatives and outcomes tracking; and informatics support required to manage the CCSG and produce metrics that are meaningful in evaluating the overall Center’s progress. Reporting to the WFBCCC Director, Boris Pasche, MD, PhD, the Administrative Core is led by the Associate Director of Administration, M. Jennifer Kim, MBA, in collaboration with a 16-member team of highly qualified and experienced individuals who oversee all Center-related activities and foster an environment of collaboration and interaction among the WFBCCC membership. The Administrative Core has accomplished a number of notable achievements in the current project period, including: organizing and developing WFBCCC’s 2021-2026 Strategic Plan; facilitating the reorganization of three of the WFBCCC research programs; coordinating the recruitment and start-up packages for 47 new cancer-focused faculty; onboarding a new Shared Resource; organizing and supporting the implementation of a Community Advisory Board and several new internal advisory entities; supporting the proposal development of 12 funded CCSG supplements; designing and deploying a new data system to support the collection of membership, training, and education outcomes data; and instituting new and revised policies regarding membership and cancer relevance for grants and publications. The Administrative Core and Senior Leadership are closely linked through frequent formal and informal meetings, and the Core coordinates the efforts of external and internal planning and evaluation committees including: External Advisory Board, Community Advisory Board, Internal Advisory Board, Executive Committee and its Space Management Subcommittee, Scientific Leadership Council, Shared Resources Oversight Committee, Community Outreach and Engagement Steering Committee, and the Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination Advisory Committee. The Administrative Core has been instrumental to the continued success of this 45-year-old cancer center and is well positioned to support the strategic efforts planned for the next project period, which will include the research integration efforts with Atrium Health.