Working Groups

Health Services Research Scientific Working Group (HSR SWG)

Duke CFAR’s cross-disciplinary forum for innovation in HIV-related healthcare delivery

CORE MISSION:

The purpose of the Duke CFAR Health Services Research Scientific Working Group is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for health services researchers across Duke to engage in collaborative discourse with the goal of creating innovative approaches to addressing critical gaps in the delivery of comprehensive HIV care services to persons with HIV domestically and globally.

The strategic aims of the SWG are to :

• integrating cross-cutting scientific expertise into the Duke CFAR HSR activities
• provide a symbiotic forum for Duke CFAR researchers to engage collaboratively with the Durham County Department of Public Health to increase collective impact of their work
• foster collaboration between SWGs focused on HIV care delivery across the South.

FORUM CONFIGURATIONS:

Concept reviews: SWG members present HSR research concepts in early development and receive constructive feedback on these ideas from SWG members with complementary expertise and some instances matched with investigators who are content or methodological experts, with the goal of refining promising scientific lines of inquiry. The reviews are open to all health services investigators regardless of SWG membership.

Investigator updates: SWG members present brief highlights of recent research developments in members’ programs of research with the goal of encouraging expert insights and collaboration opportunities through the SWG

RFA/NOSI reviews: SWG directors organize in-depth discussions of HSR-relevant funding opportunities for SWG investigators to align individual and collective interests and expertise with an emphasis on providing new lines of investigation to mentees and ESI;

Data-driven discussions: Aligning the SWG mission with Duke's HIV clinical practice, these discussions start with clinic-wide assessments of emerging trends of interest to HIV clinicians or HSR researchers observed in the Duke HIV clinical practice. An overview of these trends are presented to the SWG for open discussion and emergence of potential novel lines of inquiry to gain better understanding of these observations from contemporary HIV clinical practice.  

Interested in having your HSR concept reviewed, an RFA of interest discussed or just joining the SWG?

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