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Brown SA, Sparapani R, Osinski K, Zhang J, Blessing J, Cheng F, Hamid A, MohamadiPour MB, Lal JC, Kothari AN, Caraballo P, Noseworthy P, Johnson RH, Hansen K, Sun LY, Crotty B, Cheng YC, Echefu G, Doshi K, Olson J. Team principles for successful interdisciplinary research teams. AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL PLUS : CARDIOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 2023; 32:100306. [PMID: 38510201 PMCID: PMC10946054 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2023.100306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Revised: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
Abstract
Interdisciplinary research teams can be extremely beneficial when addressing difficult clinical problems. The incorporation of conceptual and methodological strategies from a variety of research disciplines and health professions yields transformative results. In this setting, the long-term goal of team science is to improve patient care, with emphasis on population health outcomes. However, team principles necessary for effective research teams are rarely taught in health professional schools. To form successful interdisciplinary research teams in cardio-oncology and beyond, guiding principles and organizational recommendations are necessary. Cardiovascular disease results in annual direct costs of $220 billion (about $680 per person in the US) and is the leading cause of death for cancer survivors, including adult survivors of childhood cancers. Optimizing cardio-oncology research in interdisciplinary research teams has the potential to aid in the investigation of strategies for saving hundreds of thousands of lives each year in the United States and mitigating the annual cost of cardiovascular disease. Despite published reports on experiences developing research teams across organizations, specialties and settings, there is no single journal article that compiles principles for cardiology or cardio-oncology research teams. In this review, recurring threads linked to working as a team, as well as optimal methods, advantages, and problems that arise when managing teams are described in the context of career development and research. The worth and hurdles of a team approach, based on practical lessons learned from establishing our multidisciplinary research team and information gleaned from relevant specialties in the development of a successful team are presented.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sherry-Ann Brown
- Cardio-Oncology Program, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
| | - Kristen Osinski
- Clinical Science and Translational Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
| | - Jun Zhang
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
| | - Jeffrey Blessing
- Department of Computer Science, Milwaukee School of Engineering, USA
| | - Feixiong Cheng
- Genomic Medicine Institute, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
| | - Jessica Castrillon Lal
- Genomic Medicine Institute, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Anai N. Kothari
- Division of Surgical Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
| | | | - Peter Noseworthy
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Anesthesiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
| | - Bradley Crotty
- Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
| | - Yee Chung Cheng
- Cancer Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
| | - Gift Echefu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
| | - Krishna Doshi
- Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL, USA
| | - Jessica Olson
- Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
| | - for the Cardio-Oncology Artificial Intelligence Informatics & Precision (CAIP) Research Team Investigators
- Cardio-Oncology Program, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Institute for Health and Equity, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Clinical Science and Translational Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Department of Computer Science, Milwaukee School of Engineering, USA
- Genomic Medicine Institute, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Division of Surgical Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Cancer Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Green Bay, WI, USA
- Division of Cardiac Anesthesiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL, USA
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