title: Understanding and reducing obstacles in a collaboration between a minority institution and a cancer center.
abstract: Reducing the cancer incidence and mortality rates of underserved populations will require multidisciplinary efforts involving diverse teams of investigators. We describe a collaborative program between a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center and a minority-serving institution. The organizations worked together to discover institutional and cultural barriers and facilitators to productive collaboration.
authors.forename: Beti
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Connell
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Löest
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Westcott
mesh_terms: D002173:Cancer Care Facilities; D002322:Career Mobility; D003142:Communication; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005178:Faculty; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008611:Mentors; D008913:Minority Groups; D009516:New Mexico; D015279:Organizational Culture; D017712:Peer Review, Research; D011643:Publishing; D012106:Research; D014495:Universities; D014861:Washington