Core Administrators Network
The Core Administrators Network (CAN) was established in 2010, to support and develop networked interactions between core scientists and administrators.The committee’s mission is based on the understanding that research core facilities exist at the interface of the administrative, financial and scientific sectors of a research organization. Many institutions have established, or are in process of developing, administrative positions to support core facilities with the management of financial, operational, regulatory and performance issues.. The CAN focuses on facilitating discussions on these topics faced by core administrators. A major goal of the CAN is to create a community for core administrators within the framework of the ABRF so they also connect with other Core Directors and personnel perspectives.
Interested in Joining the Committee? or have any Questions? Please complete our interest form located below.
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Current Committee Membership
- Nicole White (Chair) - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Roxann Ashworth (Executive Board liaison) - Johns Hopkins University
- Andy Chitty - Oregon Health and Science University
- Rich Halberg - University of Wisconsin
- Justine Kigenyi - University of Kansas Medical Center
- Natasha Nikolaidis – Purdue University
- Gordon Robles - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- Rajesh Uthamanthil - Seattle Childrens Research Institute
- Andrew Vinard – Tufts University
- Michelle Winter - University of Kansas Medical Center
- Ben Wright - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Recent Events
- September 15, 2021: Town Hall: Core Evaluation Strategies: Using Non-Financial Metrics to Enhance Core Operations (Questions and Answers)
- May 20, 2021: Town Hall: Optimal Design of Cores from the Ground Up
- April 15, 2021: Town Hall: Focus on Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
- March 22, 2021: Webinar: Core Facility Operating Models Across the Globe
Resources for Core Administrators
ABRF Career Development Committee - Many U.S. Institutions have created job families specifically for directors, managers and staff working in core facilities. The ABRF Career Development Committee has compiled links to information from several institutions. Please visit the Career Development Committee page for more information.
Recharge Rate Setting: Considerations, Compliance, Process. By Annabelle Stein, available as an ebook here.
Northwestern University Core Facilities Administration website has multiple resources on all aspects of core management.
News
Membership History
| Member Name | Organization | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Michelle Detwiler | Roswell Park Cancer Institute | past EB liaison: 10/10 - 02/11 |
| Nancy Fisher | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | past EB liaison: through 03/18 |
| George S. Grills | Cornell University | past EB liaison: 02/11 - 03/13 |
| Phil Hockberger | Northwestern University | Member, Co-Chair: 10/10 - 04/15 |
| Karen Jonscher | University of Colorado Denver | past EB liaison: 02/11 - 03/12 |
| Connie Nicklin | University of Florida ICBR | Member: 10/10 - 06/15 |
| Diane Tabarini | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Past member: 10/10 - 03/14 |
| Anthony Yeung | Fox Chase Cancer Ctr | past EB liaison: 10/10 - 02/11 |
| Paula Turpen | University of Nebraska Medical Center | past EB liaison: 03/14 - 02/16 |
| Andrew Vinard | University of Miami | Member: 4/13 - 10/15 |
Publications
- 2012 CANCC Report to the EB
- 2012 CANCC Report to the EB
- ABRF Executive Board and the Core Administrators Network – Coordinating Committee response to NIH Request for Information: Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (S10), notice number NOT-OD-14-104.
- Best Practices for Core Facilities: Handling External Customers
Philip Hockberger, Susan Meyn, Connie Nicklin, Diane Tabarini, Paula Turpen, Julie Auger
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3605920/pdf/jbt.13-2402-001.pdf - CAN-CC ABRF2012 Poster
- CAN-CC at ABRF2011
- Compiled notes from the Midwestern Association of Core Directors (MWACD) Administrative Meeting held October 17, 2013
- Core Models Roundtable - ABRF2012
- FAQs for Costing of NIH-Funded Core Facilities
The purpose of these FAQs is to provide answers to common questions raised regarding NIH-funded core facilities and other applicable research related facilities that support NIH grants. FAQs for Costing of NIH-Funded Core Facilities - FAQs for March 2014 NIH Shared Instrumentation Grants (PAR14-073): The purpose of these FAQs is to provide answers to questions regarding new instructions for the Institutional Letter of Support and other issues related to this grant mechanism.
FAQs for March 2014 NIH Shared Instrumentation Grants (PAR14-073): The purpose of these FAQs is to provide answers to questions - Managing NIH Resources - Sally Rocky (2011)
- Organization, management and operation of contemporary academic mass spectrometry service facilities.
Karl V. Wood (Purdue University) and David L. Hachy (Vanderbilt University) JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY J. Mass Spectrom. 35, 1157–1164 (2000) - The future of the NIH - Lawrence Tabak (2011)