Clinical and translational research studios: a multidisciplinary internal support program.

ABSTRACT: The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research implemented the "Studio" Program in 2007 to bring together experts to provide free, structured, project-specific feedback for medical researchers. Studios are a series of integrated, dynamic, and interactive roundtable discussions that bring relevant research experts from diverse academic disciplines together to focus on a specific research project at a specific stage. Vanderbilt's Clinical and Translational Science Award supports the program, which is designed to improve the quality and impact of biomedical research. In this article, the authors describe the program's design, and they provide an evaluation of its first four years.After an investigator completes a brief online Studio application, a Studio "manager" reviews th

SUBMITTER: Byrne DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3406254 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature