Administrative Core Facility

The Administrative Core provides essential activities including all scientific and administrative supervisory functions of the Center and its administrative leadership, including the organization and supervision of Core facilities, the planning and scheduling of the enrichment program, and the review and oversight of individual pilot feasibility projects. This Core facility is the administrative structure of the Liver Research Center, and so it is designed to ensure that the Center functions in an integrated and cohesive way. The Core furthermore ensures that the Center is designed to meet both current and evolving needs of its members and potential members, while simultaneously trying to match these needs to advances in the field of Hepatology plus related areas in the basic science disciplines that form the basis for these advances. The activities include all scientific and administrative supervisory functions of the Center and its administrative leadership, including the organization and supervision of Core facilities, the planning and implementation of the enrichment program and the review and administration of pilot feasibility projects.

Questions about this core should be directed to the Center Co-Directors, Drs. Michael H. Nathanson and Strazzabosco., the Program Manager, Christine Abu-Hanna or the Center Senior Admin, Madison Ciatto.

The Pilot Feasibility Program has been a central component of the Yale Liver Center since it's inception. The Pilot Program seeks to introduce new investigators and ideas to the Center, to promote novel ideas that may advance the field of hepatology, and to enable investigators to obtain data for future grant submissions, such as R01 applications.

For more information on our Pilot Feasibility Program, please click here.

The Enrichment Program provides opportunities for education, networking, and career development for Liver Center members and affiliates in five related ways:

1. Provide Center members with the latest information about their specific areas of interest
2. Broaden the appreciation that Center members have for related areas of research in liver biology and pathobiology
3. Enhance collaboration among Center members
4. Provide opportunities related to career development for trainees, junior faculty, and individuals with a potential interest in liver research
5. Serve as an outreach mechanism to non-liver physicians, scientists, and lay-people to enhance their understanding of liver disease

Program Offerings

There are several mechanisms that are available to take part in the enrichment program. This includes but is not limited to:

• Co-sponsored weekly research seminar with the Section of Digestive Diseases, with one seminar a month as a dedicated Liver Center Seminar
• ’Reverse’ mini-sabbatical program that brings visiting professors to the Center
• Annual Center Retreat
• Quarterly newsletter to receive the most up-to-date information on the Center

Other special scientific and educational programs, such as the annual Klatskin/Boyer lectureship