Recent Articles
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April 07, 2014 Research ArticleAbstract Fostering collaborations across multiple disciplines within and across institutional boundaries is becoming increasingly important with the growing emphasis on translational research. As a result, Research Networking Systems that facilitate discovery.....
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May 10, 2014 CommentaryAbstract The ability to clearly set expectations is an important leadership characteristic. However it is very common for individuals heading up research laboratories or scientific collaborations to struggle with, or not identify the advantages of, explicitly.....
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June 06, 2014 Review ArticleAbstract An increasing focus of public and private funders of medical research is to promote collaborative research teams that translate research findings into community health improvement. Unique collaborative translational research teams are developed to me.....
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May 09, 2014 Short CommunicationAbstract Science is increasingly being carried out in large cross-disciplinary research teams. However, currently little empirical research focused on understanding the outcomes and added-value associated with this type of research approach exists. This study.....
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May 19, 2014 Review ArticleAbstract Strategies for constructing and maintaining cross-disciplinary teams are in their infancy. We outline strategies to support one form, transdisciplinary research, in a major initiative of the National Cancer Institute, the Transdisciplinary Research i.....
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June 10, 2014 Review ArticleAbstract Translational medical teams are transdisciplinary, highly collaborative, and operate within dynamic environments to solve time-sensitive and complex problems. These teams are tasked with turning observations in the laboratory and clinic into effectiv.....
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May 23, 2014 Case ReportAbstract The science-of-team-science is the study of collaborative processes involved in team science initiatives and how these inform and improve team dynamics. Evidence suggests that teams perform more effectively, especially when tackling complex problems,.....
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May 05, 2014 Review ArticleAbstract This paper explores various challenges associated with designing an effective transdisciplinary curriculum and proposes an approach grounded in the concept of constructive alignment and transformational leadership for developing curriculum for clinic.....