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Coordinating Centers as a Strategy for Accelerating Cancer Epidemiology Consortia: Best Practices
Amy Trentham-Dietz1,2, Jennifer E Bird1,2, Ronald E Gangnon1,2,3
1Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WARF Room 307, 610 Walnut St., Madison, WI USA.
Purposeof Review:
This review highlights six "best practices" for cancer epidemiology coordinating centers to facilitate the success of a research consortium.
Recent Findings:
Evidence from emerging literature regarding the Science of Team Science suggests that coordinating centers can more effectively foster collaborative cancer epidemiology research in consortia by (1) establishing collaboration as a shared goal at the start, (2) providing scientific expertise complementary to the research sites that adapts over the course of the project, (3) enacting anti-racist and inclusive approaches in all consortium decisions and activities, (4) fostering early-stage investigator career development, (5) engaging stakeholders including cancer survivors as peers, and (6) delivering reliable logistical support and technology tools with planned process evaluation so that researchers can collaboratively focus on the science.
Summary:
By drawing on the Science of Team Science, coordinating centers can accelerate research progress and increase the impact of cancer epidemiology consortia.
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