R Sean Morrison1, Melissa D Aldridge1, James Block1,2, Lily Chiu1, Catherine Maroney1, Corey A Morrison1,3, Diane E Meier2. 1. 1 National Palliative Care Research Center of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine , Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York. 2. 2 Center to Advance Palliative Care of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine , Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York. 3. 3 Brown University School of Public Health , Providence, Rhode Island.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The evidence base to support high-quality clinical care and number of scientists available to develop this evidence base are inadequate. OBJECTIVE: To describe the first 10 years of the National Palliative Care Research Center's (NPCRC) programs and their outcomes. DESIGN: Established in 2005, NPCRC was created in direct response to the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine. Specifically, NPCRC was created to expand the palliative care evidence-based needed for both health policy and clinical practice by supporting research scientists, stimulating research and innovation, and creating a community of researchers focused on the needs of persons with serious illness and their families. MEASUREMENTS: Subsequent grant funding following NPCRC investment (web searches of NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools [RePORT], Veterans Administration and Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute [PCORI] grant databases, grantee on-line surveys, and grantee annual reports) promotions (grantee on-line surveys and annual reports), publications (PubMed searches), and NPCRC participant satisfaction (grantee questionnaires). RESULTS: As of July 2017, NPCRC has funded 47 junior investigators representing over 10 disciplines. These investigators have leveraged NPCRC's $7.8 million investment into 52 federal grants totaling $74.8 million dollars and 69 foundation grants totaling $16 million. Thirty-five grants ($5.8 million) have been awarded to experienced investigators, resulting in additional grant funding of $104.5 million dollars ($78.5 million federal, $26 million nonfederal). Satisfaction with NPCRC's program has been uniformly high and policy efforts have resulted in enhanced federal funding opportunities in palliative care research. CONCLUSIONS: NPCRC's focus on people and infrastructure in conjunction with a top-down bottom-up strategy has been critical in improving the palliative care evidence base.
BACKGROUND: The evidence base to support high-quality clinical care and number of scientists available to develop this evidence base are inadequate. OBJECTIVE: To describe the first 10 years of the National Palliative Care Research Center's (NPCRC) programs and their outcomes. DESIGN: Established in 2005, NPCRC was created in direct response to the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine. Specifically, NPCRC was created to expand the palliative care evidence-based needed for both health policy and clinical practice by supporting research scientists, stimulating research and innovation, and creating a community of researchers focused on the needs of persons with serious illness and their families. MEASUREMENTS: Subsequent grant funding following NPCRC investment (web searches of NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools [RePORT], Veterans Administration and Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute [PCORI] grant databases, grantee on-line surveys, and grantee annual reports) promotions (grantee on-line surveys and annual reports), publications (PubMed searches), and NPCRC participant satisfaction (grantee questionnaires). RESULTS: As of July 2017, NPCRC has funded 47 junior investigators representing over 10 disciplines. These investigators have leveraged NPCRC's $7.8 million investment into 52 federal grants totaling $74.8 million dollars and 69 foundation grants totaling $16 million. Thirty-five grants ($5.8 million) have been awarded to experienced investigators, resulting in additional grant funding of $104.5 million dollars ($78.5 million federal, $26 million nonfederal). Satisfaction with NPCRC's program has been uniformly high and policy efforts have resulted in enhanced federal funding opportunities in palliative care research. CONCLUSIONS: NPCRC's focus on people and infrastructure in conjunction with a top-down bottom-up strategy has been critical in improving the palliative care evidence base.
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faculty development; palliative care; palliative care evidence base; research training
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