Building Research Infrastructure: The Development of a Technical Assistance Group-Service Center at an RCMI

Monica R. Lininger (), Christine Kirby, Kelly A. Laurila, Indrakshi Roy, Marcelle Coder, Catherine R. Propper, Robert T. Trotter and Julie A. Baldwin
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Monica R. Lininger: Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
Christine Kirby: Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
Kelly A. Laurila: Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
Indrakshi Roy: Center for Health Equity Research, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
Marcelle Coder: Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
Catherine R. Propper: Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
Robert T. Trotter: Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
Julie A. Baldwin: Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 20, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: As one of the Research Centers for Minority Institutions (RCMI), the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) worked over the first five-year period of funding to foster the advancement of Early Stage Investigators, enhance the quality of health disparities research, and increase institution research capacity in basic Biomedical, Behavioral, and/or Clinical research; all priorities of RCMIs. In year 4, the Technical Assistance Group-Service Center (TAG-SC) was created to help achieve these goals. The TAG-SC provides one-on-one investigator project development support, including research design, data capture, and analysis. Successful implementation of the TAG-SC was tracked using Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap), a secure, web-based software platform allowing for immediate tracking and evaluation processes. In the first two years, 86 tickets were submitted through the REDCap system for methodological support by TAG-SC experts (faculty and staff) for assistance with health-equity related research, primarily SHERC and externally funded Social/Behavioral research projects. The TAG-SC increased the research capacity for investigators, especially within the SHERC. In this manuscript, we describe the methods used to create the TAG-SC and the REDCap tracking system and lessons learned, which can help other RCMIs interested in creating a similar service center offering an innovative way to build methodological infrastructure.

Keywords: research infrastructure; REDCap; early stage investigator; methodological support; behavioral and social sciences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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