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Baylor Institute for Immunology Research
3434 Live Oak St.
Dallas, Texas 75204
PWSBIIR@baylorhealth.edu
Tel: (214) 820-7451
Fax: (214) 820-4813
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Administrative Core
Virginia Pascual, M.D.
The administrative core will include administrative personnel in Dallas, New York and Berkeley who will function to:
1) Ship patient samples and sera between locations;
2) To arrange joint meetings between the investigators and external advisors in Dallas;
3) Prepare protocol submissions and annual renewals to the institutional review boards;
4) Arrange contacts and prepare annual reports;
5) Procure and maintain informed consents for therapies, blood, and tissue sampling;
6) Help to prepare, submit, and track manuscripts;
7) Enter and maintain a shared reference data base;
8) Monitor budgets;
9) Manage personnel including immigration, stipends, benefits and housing;
10) Coordinate equipment maintenance and repair;
11) help with issues relating to intellectual property.
The Administrative Core will also provide the statistical support for the Projects. Dr. Janet Wittes, President of Statistics Collaborative, Inc. in Washington, D.C has provided statistical support to BIIR throughout numerous projects since 1989 and will serve as the statistical consultant for this program.
An Education component will establish an annual Symposium and Workshop to educate scientists in the field of Lupus research. This component will also maintain a website with video files from the Symposia and Workshops.
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