title: Research management team (RMT): a model for research support services at Duke University.
abstract: Collecting and managing data for clinical and translational research presents significant challenges for clinical and translational researchers, many of whom lack needed access to data management expertise, methods, and tools. At many institutions, funding constraints result in differential levels of research informatics support among investigators. In addition, the lack of widely shared models and ontologies for clinical research informatics and health information technology hampers the accurate assessment of investigators' needs and complicates the efficient allocation of crucial resources for research projects, ultimately affecting the quality and reliability of research. In this paper, we present a model for providing flexible, cost-efficient institutional support for clinical and translational research data management and informatics, the research management team, and describe our initial experiences with deploying this model at our institution.
authors.affiliation: Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina, USA. denise.snyder@duke.edu
authors.forename: Denise C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: Shelly
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Epps
authors.forename: Henry F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Beresford
authors.forename: Cory
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ennis
authors.forename: Justin S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Levens
authors.forename: Stephen K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Woody
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Tcheng
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Stacy
authors.forename: Meredith
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nahm
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D003628:Database Management Systems; D008490:Medical Informatics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009657:North Carolina; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical; D014495:Universities