@article{4f19fb54b49e43139426be61a19db87d,
title = "National Institute of Nursing Research Centers of Excellence: A logic model for sustainability, leveraging resources, and collaboration to accelerate cross-disciplinary science",
abstract = "The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) Centers of Excellence program is a catalyst enabling institutions to develop infrastructure and administrative support for creating cross-disciplinary teams that bring multiple strategies and expertise to bear on common areas of science. Centers are increasingly collaborative with campus partners and reflect an integrated team approach to advance science and promote the development of scientists in these areas. The purpose of this paper is to present the NINR Logic Model for Center Sustainability. The components of the logic model were derived from the presentations and robust discussions at the 2013 NINR center directors' meeting focused on best practices for leveraging resources and collaboration as methods to promote center sustainability. Collaboration through development and implementation of cross-disciplinary research teams is critical to accelerate the generation of new knowledge for solving fundamental health problems. Sustainability of centers as a long-term outcome beyond the initial funding can be enhanced by thoughtful planning of inputs, activities, and leveraging resources across multiple levels.",
keywords = "Cross-disciplinary collaboration, Logic model, National Institute of Nursing Research Centers of Excellence",
author = "{The NINR Center Directors} and Dorsey, {Susan G.} and Rachel Schiffman and Redeker, {Nancy S.} and Margaret Heitkemper and McCloskey, {Donna Jo} and Weglicki, {Linda S.} and Grady, {Patricia A.} and Ruth Anderson and Sharron Docherty and Suzanne Bakken and Joel Greenspan and Grap, {Mary Jo} and Jillian Inouye and Shirley Moore and Gayle Page and Smith, {Michael T.} and Carol Pullen and Drenna Waldrop-Valverde",
note = "Funding Information: A strategic long-term vision at the outset is essential in order for the center to continue beyond the initial grant funding period. Creating marketing products and services has the potential to infuse additional revenue through “chargeback” mechanisms, patents, licenses, and other products. Knowledge about technology transfer is critical to ensure these types of outcomes are met. Collaboration with other scientists and centers outside of one's own university and with other clinical enterprises such as health care system–based programs could help ensure that long-term sustainability and outcome goals are met by providing access to additional resources. Collaboration involves identifying and leveraging opportunities within the university and potentially across other NIH-funded Centers of Excellence (P30s and P50s) and CTSAs within that university or another university. The short- and long-term goals of these collaborations include improved networking, enhanced access to and sharing of resources, and expanded interdisciplinary collaborations. 6 6 An illustration of collaborations between centers is the work conducted through the P30 centers at Duke University and Emory University that are focused on cognitive-affective symptoms. The Emory University Center for Neurocognitive Studies has a core focused on the biobehavioral aspects of the science, and Duke University Center for Adaptive Leadership in Symptom Science developed the concept of how individuals with chronic illness and cognitive/affective symptoms interface with the health care system using the Adaptive Leadership framework ( http://nursing.duke.edu/centers-and-institutes/adapt-center ). Concrete examples of this growing collaboration include a total of 19 shared seminars between the two schools within the first year of the awards. In addition, Emory Center members have joined with the T32 directors to promote regular, overlapping research roundtables biweekly. These are well attended by both groups (average of 25–30 attendees) including all of the pre- and postdoctoral fellows supported by the training grant. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2014",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.outlook.2014.06.003",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "62",
pages = "384--393",
journal = "Nursing outlook",
issn = "0029-6554",
publisher = "Mosby Inc.",
number = "6",
}