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RESEARCH TEAMS OF THE FUTURE
Working Groups and Co-Chairs
Interdisciplinary Research
Patricia Grady, NINR
Ken Olden, NIEHS
Larry Tabak, NIDCR
High-risk Research
Ellie Ehrenfeld, NIAID
Stephen Straus, NCCAM
Public-Private Partnerships
Andy von Eschenbach, NCI
Richard Hodes, NIA
Research Teams of the Future:
Interdisciplinary Research
Lawrence A. Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Multi- and Interdisciplinary Research
“Just definitions either
prevent or put an end to a
dispute”
Nathaniel Emm
Multi- and Interdisciplinary Research
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Work on
Multidisciplinary
common problem
Interaction
forges new discipline
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Interdisciplinary
More is different
P.W. Anderson, Science 177, 393-396, 1972
Multi- and Interdisciplinary Research
will be Required to Solve the “Puzzle”
of Complex Diseases and Conditions
Genes
Behavior
Diet/Nutrition
Infectious agents
Environment
Society
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Mathematicians
Physicians
Sociologists
Psychologists
Physicists
Interdisciplinary
Research
Nurses
Dentists
Engineers
Economists
Challenges to Interdisciplinary Research
The current system of
academic advancement
favors the independent
investigator
Most institutions house
scientists in discrete
departments
Interdisciplinary science
requires interdisciplinary
peer-review
Project management and
oversight is currently
performed by discrete ICs
Interdisciplinary research
teams take time to assemble
and require unique
resources
Research Teams of the Future:
Current Roadmap RFAs
Interdisciplinary Research
Meetings and Networks for Methodological Development in
Interdisciplinary Research
Training for a New Interdisciplinary Research Workforce
Supplements for Methodological Innovations in the Behavioral
and Social Sciences
Interdisciplinary Health Research Training: Behavior, Environment
and Biology
Short Programs for Interdisciplinary Research Training
Curriculum Development Award in Interdisciplinary Research
Exploratory Centers (P20) for Interdisciplinary Research
Public/Private Partnerships
High Risk Research
NIH Director's Pioneer Award
Exploratory Centers (P20) for
Interdisciplinary Research
Purpose: to plan exploratory centers that overcome barriers
to conducting interdisciplinary research
How? Applicant organizations must describe their plans to
facilitate interdisciplinary research
1.
How the institution will distribute credit for direct (and
indirect) costs to reflect the contributions of different
components
2.
How the institution will recognize the contributions of the
research team beyond the Principal Investigator
3.
How the institution attends to the careers of "interstitial" team
members who play important roles in interdisciplinary
research, but who are not tenure track or eligible/appropriate
to be principal investigators on research grants.
Supplements for Methodological
Innovations in the Behavioral and
Social Sciences
Purpose: to develop innovative methodology
(research design, data collection techniques,
measurement, and data analysis techniques) in
social and behavioral sciences research.
What?
New technologies and the analytical complexities associated
with the integration of behavioral, social, genetic, and
biomedical data
Improved methods for performing research on diverse
populations or on potentially sensitive or covert behaviors
such as drug use, abuse, and violence
Innovative experimental designs to study how changes in
economic, social, environmental, physical, or political context
affect all aspects of ongoing research
Development and integration of behavioral and social sciences
measures with those of the biomedical disciplines
Research Teams of the Future:
Training, Career Development and
High Risk Research
Patricia A. Grady, Ph.D., R.N.
Transforming Research Training
Interdisciplinary research training
is a prerequisite to
interdisciplinary research.
Transforming Research Training
means:
Linkages among biological, behavioral,
social, physical sciences
Collaboration between clinicians and
scientists
Partnerships with
industry
Research Teams of the Future: ’04 RFAs
Interdisciplinary Research
Meetings and Networks for Methodological Development in
Interdisciplinary Research
Training for a New Interdisciplinary Research Workforce
Supplements for Methodological Innovations in the Behavioral and
Social Sciences
Interdisciplinary Health Research Training: Behavior,
Environment and Biology
Short Programs for Interdisciplinary Research Training
Curriculum Development Award in Interdisciplinary Research
Exploratory Centers (P20) for Interdisciplinary Research
High Risk Research
NIH Director's Pioneer Award
Training for Interdisciplinary
Research Workforce
Develop and implement novel
training programs
Build upon existing multidisciplinary
and interdisciplinary institutional
research programs
Prepare individuals to lead or
engage in team approaches to
solve complex health problems
Interdisciplinary Health Research Training:
Behavior, Environment and Biology
Formal coursework and research
training in a new interdisciplinary field
for those having advanced degree in a
different discipline
Required to have behavioral or social
science discipline
Integration of behavioral/social with
more traditional biomedical
Curriculum Development
Award in Interdisciplinary
Research
Support the development of innovative courses and
curricula designed to train interdisciplinary
scientists
Curricula can be designed for undergraduate, predoctoral or postdoctoral students, or combinations
Focus on programs that encourage the integration
of quantitative, physical, behavioral, or social
sciences with the traditional biomedical sciences
Short Programs for
Interdisciplinary Training
Fusion of information, research practices
and technologies
Promote training in “interdisciplines”
Students emerge with sufficient
understanding of a new discipline that they
can meld it with their
previous training
Traditional
Roadmap
Outstanding individuals
High risk/high impact research
Novel programs
NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
New program to support individuals with
untested, potentially groundbreaking ideas!
Encourages innovation, risk-taking
Totally new application and peer review process
Expected to be highly competitive
Expanded eligibility – (not only traditional
biomedical investigators)
Provides $500,000/year for 5 years
Research involves taking
risks