02215 a2200325 4500 1846195233 20250317100358.0 250312042012xx eng 9781846195235 Taylor & Francis GBP 58.99 BB 01 eng MR thema KJVN thema MBP thema MR bic KJVN bic MBP bic MED002000 bisac BUS070080 bisac MED000000 bisac 610.711 bisac Thomas Inui Enhancing the Professional Culture of Academic Health Science Centers Creating and Sustaining Research Communities 1 CRC Press 20121122 216 p The future of basic and translational research in health care depends on the ability of large, complex health science centers to educate, discover new answers to complex problems, and operate in the service of the public good. So what ingredients are required for successful research in academic health science centers (AHSCs)? This volume presents a number of compelling, international stories about personal and professional investments in research activities as well as the challenges, opportunities, and satisfactions. Each chapter explores concepts for successful research with a focus on the ways communities of practice form and sustain themselves in this complex environment. They explore questions such as creating and sustaining community, promoting innovation, transitions in leadership, and cross-generation collaboration from a personal perspective. They also present a series of portraits of scientists at work: building relationships, supporting one another, and contributing to their fields of study in unique ways. Enhancing the Professional Culture of Academic Health Science Centers offers enlightening reading for researchers, administrators, and policy makers interested in present and future research activities in AHSCs, who will be inspired by narratives of perseverance, passion, generosity, and generativity that fuel research in the centers. Richard Frankel A01 929 929