increasing revenue for research @ hamilton health sciences
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Our Goal:
• Increasing revenue for research• Goal 4: “Attracting and Stewarding
Resources.” We’re trying to attract funding as a resource
• What is our strategy to get to this goal?
Strategy
• Want to encourage people to think differently; creating momentum for change
• Want to increase revenue, but within the academic teaching hospital framework
• Want to provide a turnkey solution for the users of the system
• Avoid duplication
Ideas so far…
• Researchers are what attracts funding, interest, etc.
• How can we make them more productive• Build a model with them at the centre
Resource Pool
Collaboration
Research Development
Training and
Support
Strategic Focus
Investigator at the Centre
Resource Pool
• Can we create systems that will allow researchers to spend more of their time on research and less on admin?
• Goal is to have 80% of researcher’s “research time” focussed on research and not on administration
• Centralized resource to support hiring and management of research assistants, study coordinators, etc.
• One stop shop for research support– This would be on an as needed basis!
Collaboration
• How to promote and support collaboration
• Want to create a culture of transparency and collaboration
• Encourage reciprocal trust and sharing• Create opportunities
Research Development: Innovation
• Facilitate engagement with industry and other sources of funding
• Provide support for researchers new to the process of locating funds for research…help them ‘sell’ their ideas
• Not simply the Research Development Officer – it is bigger than just one person (who we are currently recruiting)…
Training and Support
• Increase base level of knowledge so that HHS becomes a leader in clinical research across all areas
• Offer webinars, website tutorials, in person meetings, one on one, group options (acknowledge that people learn in different ways)
• Make the training meaningful – WHY you need this, WHY this will help you be a better researcher
• Shift the focus from “big brother” (we do not want to be auditors or QC) to “partner in research”
Strategic Focus of HHS Research
• Facilitate and promote research• Anticipate groups’ needs – reach out to them before they
ask, because we interact with all of research• Offer help/guidance, but let the group/researcher decide
how much guidance they want so they can retain autonomy• Maintain relationships/presence across all research support
groups in Hamilton: MILO, ROADS, Innovation Factory, MaRs, etc.
• Engage McMaster and SJHH to increase revenue for research across Hamilton
Investigator at the Centre
• Want to create customer focused support– As much or as little as is needed
1. Resource pool – to increase efficiency
2. Collaboration – help connect people
3. Research Development – provide the tools
4. Training and Support – raise the bar
5. Strategic Focus of HHS – provide the big picture!