Lane Hannah G, Allgood Sallie D, Schexnayder Julie, Bosworth Hayden B, Baumann Ana A, Lewinski Allison A
Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, NC, USA.
J Clin Transl Sci. 2025 Jan 17;9(1):e39. doi: 10.1017/cts.2024.684. eCollection 2025.
Dissemination and implementation (D&I) scientists are key members of collaborative, interdisciplinary clinical and translational research teams. Yet, early career D&I researchers (ECRs) have few guidelines for cultivating productive research collaborations. We developed recommendations for ECRs in D&I when serving as collaborators or co-investigators.
We employed a consensus-building approach: (1) group discussions to identify 3 areas of interest: "Marketing yourself" (describing your value to non-D&I collaborators), "Collaboration considerations (contributions during proposal development), and "Responsibilities following project initiation" (defining your role throughout projects); (2) first survey and focus groups to iteratively rank/refine sub-domains within each area; (3) second survey and expert input on clarity/content of sub-domains; and (4) iterative development of key recommendations.
Forty-four D&I researchers completed the first survey, 12 of whom attended one of three focus groups. Twenty-nine D&I researchers completed the second survey ( = 29) and 10 experts provided input. We identified 25 recommendations. Findings suggest unique collaboration strengths (e.g, partnership-building) and challenges (e.g., unclear link to career milestones) for ECR D&I researchers, and underscore the value of ongoing training and mentorship for ECRs and the need to intersect collaborative D&I efforts with health equity principles.
Research collaborations are essential in clinical and translational research. We identified recommendations for D&I ECRs to be productive research collaborators, including training and support needs for the field. Findings suggest an opportunity to examine research collaboration needs among early career D&I scientists, and provide guidance on how to successfully provide mentorship and integrate health equity principles into collaborative research.
传播与实施（D&I）科学家是协作性跨学科临床与转化研究团队的关键成员。然而，早期职业D&I研究人员（ECRs）在培养富有成效的研究合作方面几乎没有指导方针。我们针对D&I领域的早期职业研究人员在担任合作者或共同研究者时制定了相关建议。
我们采用了一种建立共识的方法：（1）小组讨论以确定三个感兴趣的领域：“自我推销”（向非D&I合作者描述你的价值）、“合作考量（提案制定过程中的贡献）”以及“项目启动后的职责”（明确你在整个项目中的角色）；（2）首次调查和焦点小组讨论，以对每个领域内的子领域进行迭代排序/完善；（3）第二次调查以及专家对各子领域清晰度/内容的意见；（4）对关键建议进行迭代式制定。
44名D&I研究人员完成了首次调查，其中12人参加了三个焦点小组之一。29名D&I研究人员完成了第二次调查（n = 29），10名专家提供了意见。我们确定了25条建议。研究结果表明，D&I领域早期职业研究人员具有独特的合作优势（如建立伙伴关系）和挑战（如与职业里程碑的联系不明确），并强调了对早期职业研究人员进行持续培训和指导的价值，以及将D&I合作努力与健康公平原则相结合的必要性。
研究合作在临床和转化研究中至关重要。我们确定了D&I领域早期职业研究人员成为富有成效的研究合作者的相关建议，包括该领域的培训和支持需求。研究结果表明有机会审视早期职业D&I科学家的研究合作需求，并为如何成功提供指导以及将健康公平原则纳入合作研究提供指导。
