Word: collaborationism
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At a national conference three years ago, National Institutes of Health Director Elias A. Zerhouni deplored the nation’s efforts in translational science, the process of using basic scientific research to improve patient care. Later that year, Zerhouni announced a major NIH-led initiative to address the problems...
A slew of initiatives this year, from the release of a new University-wide calendar to a greater emphasis on University-wide fundraising, have evidenced the new order. And following a decade-and-a-half of fits and starts, cross-school and cross-departmental collaboration have become watchwords for a...
The poster child for interdisciplinary collaboration is the Mind, Brain and Behavior Initiative (MBB), a research consortium and set of concentration tracks that had already drawn the interest of 100 undergraduates in September 1995, the tracks’ inaugural year.
But as Summers’ philosophy suggested, the push for collaboration comes with a cost.
Despite such difficulties, Hyman said he remains firm in his conviction that the long-term benefits of collaboration will outweigh any loss in speed.