ADMINISTRATIVE CORE – SUMMARY The Washington Learning Health System Embedded Scientist Training and Research Center (LHS E-STAR Center) brings together a multidisciplinary team to train a diverse LHS workforce in CER/PCOR methods and the LHS core competencies; strengthen partnerships with research institutions, primary care organizations, community partners, and other stakeholders; and conduct patient-centered comparative effectiveness research projects to improve health system operations and quintuple aim outcomes of health equity, clinician well-being, better health for patients, improved population health, and lower costs. The Administrative Core is the leadership, operations, communications, and evaluation hub for the E-STAR Center, providing mechanisms and procedures for all Cores to collaborate effectively to train scholars, complete research projects, and maintain focus on meaningful, productive partnerships. We build on our past success in training a diverse set of LHS scholars to become independent scientists through our K12 LHS training program (CATALyST) and on decades of experience training organizations in primary care quality improvement and providing technical assistance to primary care organizations, including at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs). This LHS E-STAR Center is focused on primary care transformation and will build infrastructure and capacity for primary care organizations, including four diverse FQHCs, to accelerate progress towards becoming integrated learning organizations. Led by Principal Investigator Lozano, and supported by Associate Director and Co- investigator Allen, Co-investigator Cole, the Admin Core includes an active and engaged Steering Committee that serves as a multistakeholder primary leadership team, an Advisory Board who provides methods and content expertise and connections to disseminating organizations, a center administrative team comprised of leaders from each of the Center Cores, a project manager, and administrative support. The Administrative Core will address three specific aims: (1) Provide leadership and governance to maximize learning and impact, (2) Foster partnership and engagement of E-STAR Cores, partner organizations, LHS scholars, mentors, patients and community members, and (3) Evaluate and iteratively Improve the E-STAR Center program and activities. We will accomplish these goals by managing and coordinating interactions and information flow across partners and stakeholders; creating a supportive and inclusive learning environment for our E-STAR community of scholars, mentors, FQHCs, patients, integrated health systems, and other stakeholders; monitoring and evaluating Center activities; and disseminating resources and tools developed through the E- STAR Center to practice and research communities. Our formative and summative evaluation plan and defined metrics ensure attentive tracking systems are in place to iteratively improve our program and processes, and to demons...