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| Volume VI, Issue 2 | May 2005 |
| News from NCI Critical Issues in eHealth Research
NCI, along with several other NIH Institutes and other organizations
is sponsoring an upcoming conference on “Critical Issues in eHealth
Research” The conference will be held June 9-10, 2005 at the Hyatt
Regency Bethesda. The purpose of the conference is to encourage discussion,
debate and identification of issues related to the theoretical and methodological
aspects of eHealth research, especially in the contex to the current highly
dynamic technological environment of communications technology. The meeting
will convene government scientists, academic researchers from a variety
of disciplines, survey research scientists and practitioners from the
private and public sectors, and students to discuss the state-of-the-science
of eHealth research theory, design, methodology, ethics and evaluation
from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. For more information go to:
http://www.scgcorp.com/ehealthconf2005/index.asp - Martin Brown, NCI Ed's Corner of the World It was good to see so many of you and our NCI colleagues in Santa Fe
where we had a series of productive meetings. The meetings reaffirmed
the progress of the CRN, the quality of our research, and the consonance
of the Network and its research to the NCI’s new focus on the delivery
of cancer care. We were also reminded repeatedly that we are viewed as
a “national resource.” The Steering Committee has been considering
what it means to be a national resource, and how best to balance the needs
and aspirations of our research centers and investigators with this expectation.
In this vein, we have developed a collaborative agreement with the Dana-
Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Cancer Center, and several site PIs are
discussing similar linkages with other cancer centers. These developments
will enhance our capacity and relevance (and prospects for renewal), but
will further test our ability to collaborate effectively. We have learned
that this is not easy, even when the collaborators are all from within
the CRN family. We will need to become experts at forging and managing
collaborative projects that build trust, and exploit the talents while
meeting the career goals of all involved. No small challenge.
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