About Evaluation of Large Initiatives
The Evaluation of Large Initiatives (ELI) is an evaluation team that assesses the outcomes and impact of large transdisciplinary team science initiatives funded by the Division of Cancer Control and Population Science, at the National Cancer Institute. Given the complexity of large transdisciplinary initiatives, ELI examines a broad range of outcomes of such initiatives including the antecedents, processes, and outcomes of transdisciplinary collaborations and the impact of such research on public health. ELI was established in 1999.
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Goals
- Develop and test new metrics and methods of evaluating team science initiatives
- Comprehensively evaluate and empirically test the processes and outcomes of team science
- Develop theoretical frameworks and models for current and future evaluations of large-scale NCI research, training, and translational initiatives
- Systematically evaluate large-scale transdisciplinary initiatives as a basis for improving these programs and establishing an empirically-grounded science of team science
- Provide evaluation and research consultation to NCI grantees, intramural scientists, and administrators on the evaluation of transdisciplinary team initiatives
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ELI Projects
DCCPS Team Science Initiatives Currently Being Evaluated
- Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Centers
- Transdisciplinary Research in Energetics and Cancer
- Center of Excellence in Communication and Cancer Research
- Center of Population Health and Health Disparity
- Childhood Cancer Survivor Study
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Background of ELI
- 1999: The Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Centers (TTURC) receive funding; served as pilot study for first ELI evaluation
- 2001: Formation of the Evaluation of Large Initiatives Team (ELI)
- 2000-2003 TTURC Evaluation Report
- 2005: Trans-NCI Evaluation Special Interest Group (SIG) Founded
- 2006: Science of Team Science Conference
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Contact
- Daniel Stokols, PhD
NCI IPA Consultant and Chancellor’s Professor of Social Ecology
UC Irvine
dstokols@uci.edu
- Richard P. Moser, PhD
Research Psychologist
Behavioral Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, NIH
moserr@mail.nih.gov
- Annie Feng, EdD
Cancer Research and Training Award Fellow
Behavioral Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, NIH
fengx3@mail.nih.gov
- Kara Hall, PhD
Health Scientist
Behavioral Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, NIH
hallka@mail.nih.gov
- Brandie Taylor, MA
Health Evaluator
Evaluation Branch
Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Director, NIH
taylorbr@mail.nih
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Additional Resources
The Science of Team Science - Assessing the Value of Transdisciplinary Research Supplement in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2008
The Evaluation of Large Research Initiatives: A Participatory Integrative Mixed-Methods Approach Paper in American Evaluation Association
2008
Science of Team Science
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