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Team Science

Mission

The YCCI Team Science Program seeks to develop an academic and clinical culture ideally suited to the conduct of interdisciplinary collaborative research, to develop methods to quantify team science activities, and to contribute to the international community in advancing best practice for team science.

Goals

  1. Identify and unify team science resources across Yale
  2. Foster an institutional environment conducive to collaborative research across faculty, staff, and trainees
  3. Develop novel metrics to quantify team science and its enhancement at Yale
  4. Increase the engagement of Yale investigators with the international community studying the Science of Team Science (SciTS)

Leadership

  • Associate Professor of Surgery (Oncology); Section Chief, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) and Mixed Tumors, Surgery; Co-Director of Team Science, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI); Co-Program Leader, Advanced Hepatobiliary Disease, Yale Cancer Center

  • Harris Professor in the Child Study Center; Director, Center for Brain and Mind Health; Director, Yale Developmental Disabilities Clinic; Director of Undergraduate Studies, Yale Child Study Center; Co-Director of Team Science, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI)

Resources

Funding Opportunities

Team Science Research Pilot Award

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to provide pilot awards to enable researchers to address complex clinical problems by applying conceptual and methodological approaches from multiple scientific disciplines and health professions. Up to $50,000 research support per year for up to 2 years. LOI required to determine eligibility for full application. For information on this award please refer to the Pilot Program and Awards website.

External Resources

NIH

National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine

International Network for the Science of Team Science