Initiative to Address Administrative Barriers to Community Engaged Research at Duke
Background of initiative
A key dimension of President Price’s Duke strategic framework is “Partnering with Purpose” which aligns with the Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s goal of improving the health of our communities by facilitating partnerships. To further this priority, an institutional effort is underway to enhance partnerships for effective research collaborations between Duke and community partners.
Through ongoing discussions with groups such as the Community-Engaged Research Initiative, the Duke Cancer Institute, and other researchers and scholars across Duke, we are increasingly clear that there are hurdles to community partnerships in multiple areas, including agreements, contracts, compensation, ethics review, training, proposals, transportation, and reimbursements. Duke is committed to tackling these barriers to enable meaningful and successful relationships with our community.
Contact Us
Contact us if you have administrative complications related to community engaged research, questions about the community engaged research initiative, or would like to get involved:
Get help, get involved
To get help with administrative issues, or to get added to our mailing list, use the links below to alert our staff.
Long-term goal and deliverables
The team aims to reduce barriers to engaging our community partners by:
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Developing and sharing tailored resources (i.e., a “community engaged research” toolkit) with our partners and Duke’s research community
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Streamlining processes as possible and advisable
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Helping navigate the administrative elements of community-engaged research and scholarship
PROGRESS TO DATE
The institutional initiative was fully launched in the spring of 2024 and since then the team has:
- Interviewed peer universities to assess shared problems and best practices
- Completed structured interviews to understand administrative hurdles and began to accumulate practical solutions to the issue
- Established and started convening working groups. Visit our Initiative Progress Page for details.
Key Partners and Working Group Community
There are several groups at Duke who have been focused on improving partnerships with our community. This initiative looks to assemble these various groups and work towards institution-wide solutions.
Initiative Stakeholders
- Jenny Lodge, Vice President for Research
- Susanna Naggie, Vice Dean for Clinical and Translational Research and Director of Duke’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute
- Stelfanie Williams, Vice President for Durham & Community Affairs
- Ed Balleisen, Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies
- Steve Patierno, Charles D. Watts Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Member of the Duke Cancer Institute.
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Debbie Goldstein, Education and Community Engagement, Durham & Community Affairs
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Lynn Sutton, School of Medicine
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Rebecca Brouwer, Office for Research & Innovation
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Project management support from the Duke Office for Research & Innovation (Nicole Peloquin)
| Name | Unit | Working Group(s) |
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| Jen Allen | Clinical and Translational Science Institute | Resource toolkit development |
| Hilary Bouton-Verville | Children's Health & Discovery Initiative | Compensation for individuals and agencies; Allowable Expenses for Community-Engaged Research |
| Tuere Bowles | Durham & Community Affairs | Compensation for individuals and agencies;
Process and policies related to transportation and childcare
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| Rebecca Brouwer | Office for Research & Innovation |
Training for inclusion on IRB protocols; Process and policies related to transportation and childcare; Allowable Expenses for Community-Engaged Research; IRB Process
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| Sue Budinger | Duke Office of Clinical Research | Process and policies related to transportation and childcare; IRB Process |
| Eve Duffy | Global Affairs | IRB Process |
| Jennifer Gallina | Duke Health Foundation Relations & Strategic Partnerships | |
| Debbie Goldstein | Education and Community Engagement, Durham & Community Affairs | Process and policies related to transportation and childcare; Resource toolkit development |
| Nicole Peloquin | Office for Research & Innovation | Compensation for individuals and agencies; Process and policies related to transportation and childcare |
| Ashley Price | Family Medicine and Community Health | Compensation for individuals and agencies; Addressing Language Barriers/ DOCR Inclusivity Working Group; Allowable Expenses for Community-Engaged Research |
| Raquel Ruiz | Clinical and Translational Science Institute |
Addressing Language Barriers/ DOCR Inclusivity Working Group
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| Sydney Sullivan | Clinical and Translational Science Institute | |
| Lynn Sutton | School of Medicine | Compensation for individuals and agencies; Resource toolkit development |
| Joni Whitt | Duke Clinical Research Institute | Compensation for individuals and agencies |