A guide to research partnerships for pragmatic clinical trials
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Karin E Johnson research associate, Chris Tachibana scientific editor and writer, Gloria D Coronado senior investigator, Laura M Dember professor of medicine, Russell E Glasgow associate director, Susan S Huang associate professor and medical director of epidemiology and infection prevention , Paul J Martin medical director , Julie Richards project manager , Gary Rosenthal professor , Ed Septimus medical director infection prevention and epidemiology , Gregory E Simon senior investigator , Leif Solberg associate medical director for care improvement research , Jerry Suls senior scientist , Ella Thompson project manager , Eric B Larson vice president for research 1
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