NIH Reporter #5P30EY008126-39

Administrative Core

Award for the Administrative Core of the Vanderbilt Vision Research Center to support interdisciplinary vision research and administrative functions.

Description

The Vanderbilt Vision Research Center (VVRC) was founded in 1989 as a cross-institutional, interdisciplinary collaboration between Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The VVRC has a history of innovative vision research, spanning the eye and its diseases to cognitive processing and integration of visual information. Faculty from the School of Medicine, College of Arts & Science, and School of Engineering collaborate through strong institutional support and strategic faculty recruitment to promote and sustain excellence in vision science. The long-term mission of VVRC is to leverage novel technologies, strategies, and partnerships to understand the biological substrates of vision and mechanisms of diseases affecting the visual system and to leverage this knowledge to inform, develop, and test new therapeutic strategies for vision-threatening conditions. VVRC supports 7 service modules: Animal Models, Histology & Pathology, Instrumentation, Computation & Data Management, Sequencing & Informatics, Cell Imaging & Analysis, and Mass Spectrometry & Proteomics. The Administrative Module facilitates integration and communication among these modules. The primary investigator is Dr. David J. Calkins, Professor, who will oversee the overall core. The administrative team includes Sr Business Process Manager Jill Brott. The module's specific aims include facilitating service requests, maintaining electronic records, reconciling financials, purchasing supplies, mediating information dissemination, and interacting with other centers.

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