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5 Convergence as Practiced
5 Convergence as Practiced
Pages 27-36
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research institutions that focus on interdisciplinary clusters represent an ideal rather than delivering actual collaborative relationships. Commenting on the authors' highlighting of Penn State as an exemplar institution, Weiss explained that the inter isciplinary d research institutes at Penn State were established based on existing and genuine partnerships between interdisciplinary institute leaders and deans 1 The White House.
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The institute directors are furthermore top scholars in their area of expertise, which helps in the recruitment of junior hires. Incoming researchers are more likely to be interested in interdisciplinary work when they know that the director has experienced the tenure process and understands the experiences of junior faculty and that such work will not harm their promotion paths.
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If a single person in one department controls all funds, interdisciplinary teams may find it difficult to work collaboratively. Universities can similarly help build a fundraising arm for transdisciplinary work that can help start or seed new projects.
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These approaches increase the variety of perspectives and abilities available for use in investigating imaging and the different scales involved in cancer research. Gallahan stated that NCI has established two programs to broaden perspectives on cancer: the Physical Science Oncology Network and the Cancer Systems Biology Consortium.
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Gallahan emphasized a need for critical evaluation of the programs to determine their success and future directions through engagement of an external expert panel and extensive quantitative and qualitative data collection. Evaluation should consider the diversity of publications, the extent to which the principal investigators represent multiple disciplines, the use of new terminology, and novel grant applications (incorporating new investigators with applications in new areas)
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Gallahan agreed that a clear definition is useful when evaluating and understanding metrics, but he does not feel hindered by the lack of a clear definition at present. As faculty are encouraged to engage in team science and interdisciplinary work, Gallahan said challenges might arise as junior scientists and postdoctoral students advance through their careers.
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organized by traditional discipline, but it does not yet consider research center activities and the contributions made within universities. Holbrook referred to earlier presentations that noted a desire to measure convergence because it may have a greater societal impact, while disciplinary research may have a more significant scholarly impact.
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Academia brings in creative graduate students but then trains them within a dis iplinary box. c Consequently, this practice could cause a potential decrease in creative productivity of recent doctoral graduates.
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Holbrook commented on the work that Anderson presented, in which web survey participants are shown a single definition but can use a hyperlink that provides more detail and multiple examples. He asked whether providing additional definitional information in the hyper link could still be considered providing a single definition, which Weiss found acceptable.
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