Comparative case study of two biomedical research collaboratories.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Working together efficiently and effectively presents a significant challenge in large-scale, complex, interdisciplinary research projects. Collaboratories are a nascent method to help meet this challenge. However, formal collaboratories in biomedical research centers are the exception rather than the rule.

Objective

The main purpose of this paper is to compare and describe two collaboratories that used off-the-shelf tools and relatively modest resources to support the scientific activity of two biomedical research centers. The two centers were the Great Lakes Regional Center for AIDS Research (HIV/AIDS Center) and the New York University Oral Cancer Research for Adolescent and Adult Health Promotion Center (Oral Cancer Center).

Methods

In each collaborator

SUBMITTER: Schleyer TK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1408071 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature