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ArticleResearch Evaluation2019

A framework for coordination center responsibilities and performance in a multi-site, transdisciplinary public health research initiative.

Sarah D Hohl, Sarah Knerr, Beti Thompson

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Article in Research Evaluation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sarah D HohlFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Public Health Sciences Division, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4624-1868
Sarah KnerrFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Public Health Sciences Division, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Beti ThompsonFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Public Health Sciences Division, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.

Funding

TREC Coordination CenterU01CA116850 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI THORNQUIST, MARK · 2005 to 2016
$13.3M
Biobehavioral Cancer Prevention and Control Training Program (BCPT)T32CA092408 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Margaret A Hannon · 2016 to 2026
$2.3M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA092408NCI NIH HHS U01 CA116850
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Funding bodies in the USA and abroad are increasingly investing in transdisciplinary research, i.e. research conducted by investigators from different disciplines who work to create novel theoretical, methodological, and translational innovations to address a common problem. Transdisciplinary research presents additional logistical and administrative burdens, yet few models of successful coordination have been proposed or substantiated, nor have performance outcomes or indicators been established for transdisciplinary coordination. This work uses the NIH-funded Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer (TREC) Centers Initiative as a case study to put forward a working framework of transdisciplinary research coordination center (CC) responsibilities and performance indicators. We developed the framework using a sequential mixed methods study design. TREC CC functions and performance indicators were identified through key-informant interviews with CC personnel and then refined through a survey of TREC research center and funding agency investigators and staff. The framework included 23 TREC CC responsibilities that comprised five functional areas: leadership and administration, data and bioinformatics, developmental projects, education and training, and integration and self-evaluation, 10 performance outcomes and 26 corresponding performance indicators for transdisciplinary CCs. Findings revealed high levels of agreement about CC responsibilities and performance metrics across CC members and constituents. The success of multi-site, transdisciplinary research depends on effective research coordination. The functions identified in this study help clarify essential responsibilities of transdisciplinary research CCs and indicators of success of those transdisciplinary CCs. Our framework adds new dimensions to the notion of identifying and assessing CC activities that may foster transdisciplinarity.

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coordinationevaluationteam sciencetransdisciplinary

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PMID35221547
PMCPMC8880826

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