Benefits of Participating

Learn; help address a $528 billion dollar challenge affecting millions of people; help develop new research, teaching and service opportunities for member universities, schools and faculty.

Who is Included

National associations representing universities are invited to participate as Institutional Study Partners. These may include:

• • Association of Academic Health Centers

  • Association of American Universities

  • American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

  • Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health

  • Other relevant national associations (based on discussion)

Benefits of participating

Learn; help address a $528 billion dollar challenge affecting millions of people; help develop new research, teaching and service opportunities that can make a difference for people and organizations in the regions you serve.

Who is Included

We are inviting leading US universities with academic medical centers and US schools of pharmacy to join this study as academic study partners. We are seeking to have at least 1 university and 1 school of pharmacy from each of the 50 states.

There are opportunities for administrators, researchers and students from the following disciplines

• University-Wide Research Leadership

• Academic Medical Center Research Leadership

• Medicine

• Pharmacy

• Nursing and Other Allied Health Professions

• Public Health

• Business / Health Economics

• Social work

• Psychiatry / Psychology

• Engineering (Health Information Systems and Technologies)

• Law, Ethics, Justice, Equity

• Other relevant disciplines

University research and innovation offices are encouraged to join in an "umbrella" role, to help support development of larger-scale research, service and innovation opportunities that are identified in this and other studies.

Benefits of participation

Learn; help address a $528 billion dollar challenge affecting millions of people; participate in and/or help create new research, teaching and service opportunities aligned with your areas of interest and expertise.

We have opportunities for administrators, researchers and graduate students with relevant interest and expertise to participate in the following roles:

Roles for Administrators (Vice Presidents of Research, Deans, Chairs)

• Opportunities to participate in multi-university collaborative research grants through National Science Foundation and other mechanisms

• Identification/development of new grant/funding opportunities

• New learning and practicum opportunities for students

• New service opportunities for faculty and staff

Roles for Researchers and Students

• Co-Investigator opportunities

• Research facilitation opportunities (stipends may be available)

• Learning Center Curators

• Innovation Center Curators

• GRAs / Study Coordinators

• Observers (to learn, identify future opportunities)

• Other Roles (TBD)

Time Commitments

Observers can participate with no time commitments. Voting participants will involve about 2 hours per month, virtually, on flexible schedules. Facilitator roles are estimated to take 2-4 hours per month, virtually, on flexible schedules.

Invited Disciplines

Disciplines of potential interest include:

• Medicine

• Pharmacy

• Nursing and Other Allied Health Professions

• Public Health

• Business / Health Economics

• Social work

• Psychiatry / Psychology

• Engineering (Health Information Systems and Technologies)

• Law, Ethics, Justice, Equity

• Other relevant disciplines