Primary Functions

• Provide oversight to the GBPDC to ensure timely progress
• Establish priorities for the Steering Committee as needed
• Appoint Chairs of the subcommittees who serve on a rotating basis
• Provide input on the agenda for the Steering Committee meetings and participate in management decisions needed between Steering Committee meetings, as required for the function of the Consortium.
• Serve as the starting point and first point of contact for all communications about consortium activities, to include questions and comments, especially about GBPDC research activities and/or suggestions that interested parties (e.g., congressional staffers, influencers, Parkinson’s Disease organizations, news media, and study participants) bring to the GBPDC. The Steering Committee collaborates with the Executive Committee and NIDDK Program Staff to generate responses to any such questions and comments, as required.
• Coordinate with the Steering Committee scientific agenda planning committee and host for the GBPDC in-person meetings
• Facilitate dissemination of GBPDC science across the Consortium
• Foster collaboration and interdisciplinary team science across GBPDC
• Work with Steering Committee to identify a patient advocate to serve on the Executive Committee on a rotating basis