NIH caps health research training reimbursement

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Winerman
Keyword(s):  
Health Research ◽  
Research Training

scholarly journals Workplace-based health research training: a qualitative study of perceived needs in a rural setting

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Schmidt ◽  
Jill Reyment ◽  
Emma Webster ◽  
Sue Kirby ◽  
David Lyle
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Rural Setting ◽  
Perceived Needs

Our Pathway To A Successful Non-Medical Research Strategy – A Culture Shift Five Years On

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 2-2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anju Jaggi ◽  
Anthony Gilbert ◽  
Mindy Cairns ◽  
Rachel Dalton
Keyword(s):  
Health Research ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Strategic Objective ◽  
Research Programmes

Background/Aims There is increasing evidence that research-active healthcare provider organisations provide better quality care, increased treatment options and improved clinical outcomes. Delivering evidence based clinical care and a high academic profile was identified as a key strategic objective at a tertiary orthopaedic hospital in the UK. Methods In 2013, the organisation appointed a Director of Therapies and a Consultant physiotherapist with protected time to develop a therapies research strategy. Focus groups were held across the directorate (140 staff across all pay bands and grades including non-professional staff) to identify current research activity, barriers and enablers to developing a research active department. Data were analysed thematically and findings used to inform a 5-year research strategy. Results Five key actions were identified: (1) identifying research programmes in clinical teams; (2) research as a key team objective; (3) provide appropriate research training and education; (4) identify talent and research champions; (5) develop external collaborations with appropriate academic and commercial partners. In 2014, a commercial grant was successful and a therapies research coordinator was appointed to support staff training and research processes. In 2016, a 2-year grant received from the hospital charity supported this ongoing role alongside funding with a higher education institute to provide methodological support, writing skills and grant applications. To date, this has resulted in six peer-reviewed articles and further external funding. Novice researchers have been supported resulting in a National Institute for Health Research PhD fellowship and two National Institute for Health Research internships to build capability. Clinical teams have identified research programmes to maximise resources and time. Of the total number of registered projects, 41% of were submitted to national/international scientific conferences compared to only 16% in 2014. Conclusions The key to a successful research strategy in a clinical setting requires clear strategic support, leadership, talent spotting and training. However, dedicated resources and investment is required for delivery of projects to publications.

scholarly journals Training Highly Qualified Health Research Personnel: The Pain in Child Health Consortium

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 267-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl L von Baeyer ◽  
Bonnie J Stevens ◽  
Christine T Chambers ◽  
Kenneth D Craig ◽  
G Allen Finley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Pediatric Pain ◽  
Research Personnel ◽  
Research Dissemination ◽  
Strategic Training

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pain in Child Health (PICH) is a transdisciplinary, international research training consortium. PICH has been funded since 2002 as a Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, with contributions from other funding partners and the founding participation of five Canadian universities. The goal of PICH has been to create a community of scholars in pediatric pain to improve child health outcomes.METHODS: Quantitative analyses enumerated PICH faculty, trainees, training activities and scientific outputs. Interviews with PICH stakeholders were analyzed using qualitative methods capturing perceptions of the program’s strengths, limitations, and opportunities for development and sustainability.RESULTS: PICH has supported 218 trainee members from 2002 through 2013, from 14 countries and more than 16 disciplines. The faculty at the end of 2013 comprised nine co-principal investigators, 14 Canadian coinvestigators, and 28 Canadian and international collaborators. Trainee members published 697 peer-reviewed journal articles on pediatric pain through 2013, among other research dissemination activities including conference presentations and webinars. Networks have been established between new and established researchers across Canada and in 13 other countries. Perceptions from stakeholders commended PICH for its positive impact on the development of pediatric pain researchers. Stakeholders emphasized skills and abilities gained through PICH, the perceived impact of PICH training on this research field, and considerations for future training in developing researchers in pediatric pain.CONCLUSIONS: PICH has been successfully developing highly qualified health research personnel within a Canadian and international community of pediatric pain scholarship.

scholarly journals CARTA Fellows’ Scientific Contribution to the African Public and Population Health Research Agenda (2011 to 2018)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jude Igumbor ◽  
Edna N Bosire ◽  
Tariro Basera ◽  
Uwizeye Dieudonn ◽  
Funke Fayehun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Neglected Tropical Diseases ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Health Financing ◽  
Priority Areas

Abstract Background: Since its inception in 2009, the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) program has focused on strengthening the capacity of nine African universities and four research centres to produce skilled researchers and scholars able to improve public and population health on the continent. This study describes the alignment between CARTA-supported doctoral topics and publications with the priorities articulated by the African public and population health research agenda. Methods: We reviewed the output from CARTA PhD fellows between 2011 and 2018 to establish the volume and scope of the publications, and the degree to which the research focus coincided with the SDGs, World Bank, and African Development Bank research priority areas. We identified nine key priority areas into which the topics were classified.Results: In total, 140 CARTA fellows published 806 articles in peer-reviewed journals over the 8 years up to 2018. All the publications considered in this paper had authors affiliated with African universities, 90% of the publications had an African university first author and 41% of the papers have CARTA fellows as the first author. The publications are available in over 6300 online versions and have been cited in over 5500 other publications. About 69% of the published papers addressed the nine African public and population health research agenda and SDG priority areas. Infectious diseases topped the list of publications (26.8%), followed by the health system and policy research (17.6%), maternal and child health (14.7%), sexual and reproductive health (14.3%). Conclusions and recommendations: Investments by CARTA in supporting doctoral studies provides fellows with sufficient training and skills to publish their research in fields of public and population health. The number of publications is understandably uneven across Africa’s public and population priority areas. Even while low in number, fellows are publishing in areas such as non-communicable disease, health financing, neglected tropical diseases and environmental health. Violence and injury is perhaps underrepresented. There is need to keep developing research capacity in partner institutions with low research output by training more PhDs in such institutions and by facilitating enabling environments for research.

scholarly journals CARTA Fellows’ Scientific Contribution to the African Public and Population Health Research Agenda (2011 to 2018)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jude Igumbor ◽  
Edna N Bosire ◽  
Tariro Basera ◽  
Uwizeye Dieudonn ◽  
Funke Fayehun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Neglected Tropical Diseases ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Priority Areas

Abstract Background: Strengthening research capacity in African academic institutions is crucial to address the ever-increasing health challenges across the continent. Since its inception in 2009, the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) program has focused on strengthening the capacity of nine African universities to produce skilled researchers and scholars able to improve public and population health on the continent. This study describes the alignment between CARTA-supported doctoral topics and publications with the priorities articulated by the African public and population health research agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs). Methods: We reviewed the output from CARTA PhD fellows between 2011 and 2018 to establish the volume and scope of the publications, and the degree to which the research focus coincided with the SDGs, World Bank, and African Development Bank research priority areas. We identified nine key priority areas into which the topics were classified.Results: In total, 140 CARTA fellows published 806 articles in peer-reviewed journals over the 8 years up to 2018. The publications are available in over 6300 online versions and have been cited in over 5500 other publications. About 69% of the published papers addressed the nine African public and population health research agenda and SDG priority areas. Infectious diseases topped the list of publications (26.8%), followed by the health system and policy research (17.6%), maternal and child health (14.7%), sexual and reproductive health (14.3%). About 70% of the articles were published by fellows from or affiliated to universities in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. Conclusions and recommendations: Investments by CARTA in supporting doctoral studies provides fellows with sufficient training and skills to publish their research in fields of public and population health. The number of publications is understandably uneven across Africa’s public and population priority areas. However, even while low in number, fellows are nonetheless publishing in areas such as non-communicable disease, health financing, neglected tropical diseases, and environmental health. Violence and injury is perhaps underrepresented. There is need to keep developing research capacity in partner institutions with low research output by training more PhDs in such institutions and by facilitating enabling environments for research.

scholarly journals Fostering Scientific Collaborations for Cancer Research Between High and Low/Middle Income Countries Through International Partnerships

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement 2) ◽  
pp. 234s-234s
Author(s):  
F. Santos
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Research ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Low Middle Income Countries

Background: Much remains to be learned about the causes of several major cancers. Implementing and sustaining global initiatives aimed to advance cancer research requires concerted efforts among government agencies, the industry and philanthropic institutions. Aiming to tackle this challenge, in 2015 the Azrieli Foundation, Canada's International Development Research Centre, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the Israel Science Foundation launched the Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program (JCIHRP), a 7-year CA$35 million partnership that draws on the scientific strengths of Canadian, Israeli and low and middle income countries (LMICs) researchers in the broad field of biomedicine. Aim: JCIHRP aims to advance research and discovery in the biomedical sciences; encourage scientific collaboration between Canadian and Israeli researchers; and build capacity and foster scientific relations and collaborations with researchers and trainees in LMICs. Methods: JCIHRP will fund up to 30 research projects from 2015 to 2022 in diverse areas of the biomedical sciences (neurosciences, immunology, cancer and metabolism). So far, the program is supporting 9 projects in cancer research. Teams are led by a Canadian and Israeli principal investigators and a collaborator from a LMIC. Three years is the maximum duration of each grant and teams can request up to CA$1.17 million. The program launches 1 competition each year and activities are coordinated by a directors working group, which is responsible for program implementation and coordination among the agencies. Annual implementation timeline can be divided into 4 phases: competition development and application; proposals' eligibility, selection and decision; research phase; and reporting and monitoring. In deploying these phases, the funding partners have shared effort and costs. Results: Among cancer research projects, 4 teams are developing strategies to improve effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy. Five other teams use advanced genomics and protein engineering techniques to elucidate molecular mechanisms associated with tumor development, progression and resistance to therapy in pancreatic, breast, hepatic and brain cancer. These projects are supporting 26 established researchers in 7 Canadian, 6 Israeli and 9 institutions based in Brazil, Mexico, China, India, Argentina and Turkey. Additionally, 19 graduate students and 9 postdoctoral fellows are directly involved in research activities. Type of collaboration can be grouped into 2 categories: research and training (5 projects) and research, training and exchange (4 projects). Conclusion: JCIHRP multicentre funding model allows international integration of researchers promoting scientific advances, new collaborations and enhancing teams' overall competitiveness by prioritizing research topics with potential for global impact in cancer research.

Improving African health research capacity

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 670-671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey V. Lazarus ◽  
Samantha A. Wallace ◽  
Jerker Liljestrand
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Research Issues

The issue of strengthening local research capacity in Africa is again high on the health and development agenda. The latest initiative comes from the Wellcome Trust. But when it comes to capacity development, one of the chief obstacles that health sectors in the region must confront is the migration of health professionals to countries that offer more lucrative opportunities, like those in western Europe. To combat this ‘‘brain drain’’, already back in 1984, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) created a training programme in which healthcare professionals from Africa conducted the bulk of their research in their own countries. However, the model was only partly successful. Several years ago, we assessed the preconditions for the renewal of Sida support for research and research training activities in the region. Based on our work to develop a critical mass of beneficial research capacity in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa, this article suggests several recommendations to both donors and governments that have broad application for general health research issues in the region.

scholarly journals Building capacity for global mental health research: challenges to balancing clinical and research training

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 612-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria A Oquendo ◽  
Cristiane Duarte ◽  
Lidia Gouveia ◽  
Jair J Mari ◽  
Marcelo F Mello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Global Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Research ◽  
Building Capacity ◽  
Research Challenges
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