The Value of Advisory Boards to Enhance Collaboration and Advance Science

Sarah J. Gehlert, Deborah J. Bowen, Maria Elena Martinez, Robert Hiatt, Christine Marx, Graham Colditz

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Abstract

The Washington University in St. Louis (WU) Center for Transdisciplinary Research in Energetics in Cancer (TREC) initially set up use of an Internal Advisory Board and External Advisory Board to provide feedback to the team through the research process. We describe how using the two boards helped to foster increased connections and collaboration between investigators from different disciplines and between the four projects, allowing the center to move from basic science to evaluation of policies within communities. We describe how the two boards began to work together to help WU TREC team members to see ways of better collaborating so that the four projects formed a coherent whole that extended from basic laboratory science to clinical and workplace policy applications. We believe that advisory boards were invaluable in enhancing our transdisciplinary work and increasing the impact of WU TREC science.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationStrategies for Team Science Success
Subtitle of host publicationHandbook of Evidence-Based Principles for Cross-Disciplinary Science and Practical Lessons Learned from Health Researchers
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Pages407-412
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9783030209926
ISBN (Print)9783030209902
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2019

Keywords

  • Advisory board
  • Cross-disciplinary
  • Research process
  • Team science
  • Team-based science
  • Transdisciplinary

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