The overarching purpose of the Administrative Core Unit is to provide the infrastructure to facilitate the completion of all facets of the study. More specifically, the Administrative Core is responsible for coordinating the activities of Research Projects I-V; maintaining communication among the participating investigators; ascertaining, scheduling and paying subjects; obtaining questionnaire data from families of twins; obtaining blood or buccal samples from twins and their families and forwarding these samples to UNMC for genetic analyses by Research Project IV; preparing subcontracts and consortium agreements; managing the Center budget; and administering Center expenditures and other fiscal matters.
