The Evolution of Consulting in Translational Team Science
Studies in Symbolic Interaction
ISBN: 978-1-80117-781-8, eISBN: 978-1-80117-780-1
Publication date: 10 November 2021
Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to examine an evolving role in the translational science team: that of the consultant. The role of the consultant has long been a key feature of complex organizations in business and government. The consultant provides flexibility to an organization's employee base while providing specific expert knowledge and skills in a timely manner. The role of the consultant in Translational Science is innovative largely because they are attached or assigned to particular research teams, for varying lengths of tenure, to provide both basic and applied/evaluative skills to the increasingly central and defining team concept.
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Acknowledgments
This work is supported by the Institute for Translational Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch and funded in part by a Clinical and Translational Science Award (UL1TR001439) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health.
Citation
Kotarba, J.A., Tumilty, E. and Wooten, K.C. (2021), "The Evolution of Consulting in Translational Team Science", Denzin, N.K. and Sarina Chen, S.-L. (Ed.) Studies in Symbolic Interaction (Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Vol. 53), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 33-44. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-239620210000053004
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