ERS Clinical Research Collaborations: underpinning research excellence

Advancing translational research collaborations.

In February 2010, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) sponsored a national Clinical and Translational Science Awards forum titled "Promoting Efficient and Effective Collaborations among Academia, Government and Industry." This forum brought together a broad set of stakeholders who were charged with developing a path for promoting such partnerships. Here, we describe key issues discusse...

Creative Research & Development Collaborations

Around the world there are many examples of how universities and industry work together to create new knowledge and new economic value. Motivating creative, smart people to work together can be one of the hardest aspects of such endeavours, especially where various arrangements and agreements need to take the commercial interests of industry into account as well as the highly aspirational inter...

International Collaborations in Psychiatric Research

During current times increased emphasis has been laid on scientific research. It is known that research which is limited to a particular geographical or thematic issue has its own limitations. Also it is well acknowledged now that International Collaborations are important for the growth of any scientific discipline. International collaborations could be of different types. There are collaborat...

Spotlight on Excellence in Research

Awards spur excellence in research.

Background: Many patients experience difficulties in following treatment recommendations. This study's objective is to identify nonadherence risk profiles regarding medication (antidepressants, antihypertensives, and oral hypoglycemics) from a combination of patients' socio-demographic characteristics, morbidity presented within general practice and medication characteristics. An additional obj...