Investing in the Future. Evaluation of the Activities of the Developmental Core of Emory University Center for AIDS Research: A Case Study

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dc.contributor.author Terbova, Galina N.
dc.coverage.spatial United States, Georgia en_US
dc.coverage.temporal 2015-2018 en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2019-02-26T13:41:05Z
dc.date.available 2019-02-26T13:41:05Z
dc.date.issued 2018-09
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10428/3310
dc.description.abstract BACKGROUND: Despite significant advances in HIV research, treatment, and prevention, Georgia is experiencing a raging epidemic. The Atlanta metropolitan area contains almost two-thirds of the state’s diagnosed cases of HIV. It is also home to the federally-funded Emory University Center for AIDS Research (Emory CFAR), which invests heavily into the careers of early stage investigators who are ready to enter HIV/AIDS research field. OBJECTIVE: The main goal of this project was to analyze the impact of Emory CFAR Developmental Core services on institutional efforts to recruit early stage investigators (ESIs) into the field of HIV research and develop their careers, increase AIDS-designated grant funding, and promote public knowledge about the HIV epidemic. Specifically, it looked at the Emory CFAR’s investment into the careers of ESIs through several Developmental Core grant mechanisms, as well as the impact of this investment from three perspectives: global, organizational, and personal. METHOD: Global impact was evaluated by first indexing all ESI-authored publications that resulted from research supported by Emory CFAR Developmental Core funding. Then, journal impact factors were calculated and analyzed to determine if these publications appear in respected journals. Organizational impact was assessed by looking at the total CFAR investment into ESIs via various Developmental Core mechanisms, determining the total amount of new extramural funding to the University that resulted from these investments, and then calculating the return on investment (ROI). To evaluate personal impact, a short survey was distributed to all the Developmental Core awardees that are still at Emory University. RESULTS: The analysis of publications showed that Developmental Core awardees do publish in peer-reviewed journals, both open access and traditional, with respectful impact factors. ROI analysis showed that the activities of the Emory CFAR Developmental Core impact the university’s fiscal portfolio. ESIs reported receiving new grants resulting from their CFAR Developmental Core award. Depending on the award mechanism, ROI ranged from about 100% to over 6000%. Even though an 84% response rate was achieved, there were not enough data to determine the personal impact-specifically, if receipt of a Developmental Core award impacted the age of ESIs when they received their first R01 grant. However, the survey did uncover additional benefits of CFAR Developmental Core services for ESIs. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the activities of the Emory CFAR Developmental Core were found to have three separate impacts: global, organizational, and personal. Findings also support previous studies that addressed the need for similar faculty development programs. This analysis is the first of its kind. While methods would need to be modified to fit local CFAR mechanisms, this project developed a framework that can be used by other CFARs to evaluate the impact of their Developmental Core services. Results also can be used by Core leadership to make decisions about services that should be offered in the future. CFAR leadership can present results to the University when requesting funding. Likewise, this analysis can be used by the NIH CFAR to demonstrate the effectiveness of the program. en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents I. INTRODUCTION 1; CFAR-Series Awards 8; Ramp-Up Awards 9; Administrative Supplements 10; II. LITERATURE REVIEW 17; Brief History of HIV/AIDS Epidemic 17; Biomedical Research Funding Climate 25; Faculty Career Development and Grant Funding 27; Current Challenges 28; Gender Differences 31; Impact of Training Programs 34; Successful Examples 37; Return on investment (financial and through publications) 38; Significance of Journal Impact Factor 40; III. METHODOLOGY 455; Research question 1 46; Research question 2 50; Research Questions 3 56; IV. RESULTS 63; ANALYSES AND FINDINGS 65; Research Question 1: Global Impact 65; Research Question 2: Organizational Impact 75; Research Question 3: Personal Impact 85; V. CONCLUSIONS 97; Research Question 1: Global Impact 99; Research question 2: Organizational Impact 101; Research question 3: Personal Impact 104; Limitations 107; Implications of the findings and recommendations 112; Future research 119; Conclusions 122; REFERENCES 126; APPENDIX A: Publication Data Error! Bookmark not defined.; Table A1, Impact factors for journals containing Emory CFAR Developmental Core Related Publications, 1998-2016 137; Table A2, Publications resulting from the work of Emory CFAR Developmental Core, 1998-2016 138; APPENDIX B: ROI Outcomes Tables 150; Table B3, Ramp Up awards outcomes 151; Table B4, CFAR-series awards outcomes 154; Table B5, Administrative Supplements outcomes 158; APPENDIX C: CFAR Developmental Core PATH Activities 159; APPENDIX D: Average Age and Degree of NIH R01-Equivalent First-Time Investigators 164; APPENDIX E: Survey 167; APPENDIX F: IRB Approvals 173; APPENDIX G: Letter of Support 176; en_US
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dc.rights This dissertation is protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States (Public Law 94-553, revised in 1976). Consistent with fair use as defined in the Copyright Laws, brief quotations from this material are allowed with proper acknowledgement. Use of the materials for financial gain with the author's expressed written permissions is not allowed. en_US
dc.subject Dissertations, Academic--United States en_US
dc.subject Emory University en_US
dc.subject AIDS (Disease) en_US
dc.subject AIDS (Disease)--Treatment en_US
dc.subject AIDS (Disease)--Research en_US
dc.subject AIDS (Disease)--Georgia en_US
dc.subject AIDS (Disease)--Study and teaching en_US
dc.subject Case studies en_US
dc.subject Medicine--Research grants en_US
dc.subject Hospitals--Employees--Training of en_US
dc.title Investing in the Future. Evaluation of the Activities of the Developmental Core of Emory University Center for AIDS Research: A Case Study en_US
dc.type Dissertation en_US
dc.contributor.department Department of Political Science of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences en_US
dc.description.advisor Peterson, James
dc.description.committee Peterson, Bonnie
dc.description.committee Hagen, Kimberly Sessions
dc.description.committee Cruz, Becky K. da
dc.description.degree D.PA. en_US
dc.description.major Public Administration en_US


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