Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Michael A Polis

Publications

• Research Article
  International Collaborative Research Partnerships: Blending Science with Management and Diplomacy
  Author(s): Chuen-Yen Lau, Crystal Wang, Susan Orsega, Edmund C Tramont, Ousmane Koita, Michael A Polis and Sophia SiddiquiChuen-Yen Lau, Crystal Wang, Susan Orsega, Edmund C Tramont, Ousmane Koita, Michael A Polis and Sophia Siddiqui
  
  As globalization progressively connects and impacts the health of people across the world, collaborative research partnerships provide mutual advantages by sharing knowledge and resources to address locally and globally relevant scientific and public health questions. Partnerships undertaken for scientific research are similar to business collaborations in that they require attention to partner systems, whether local, international, political, academic, or non-academic. Scientists, like diplomats or entrepreneurs, are representatives of their field, culture, and country and become obligatory agents in health diplomacy. This role significantly influences current and future collaborations with not only the immediate partner but with other in country partners as well. Research partnerships need continuous evaluation of the collaboration’s productivity, perspectives of all partners,.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000385

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