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. 2024 Dec;26(6):e14373.
doi: 10.1111/tid.14373. Epub 2024 Sep 9.

Building a successful transplant research center: Blueprints and barriers

Christine M Durand  1   2 , Michelle Prizzi  1 , Hannah Sung  2 , Olivia S Kates  1   3 , Aaron A R Tobian  4 , Andrew H Karaba  1 , William A Werbel  1 , John W Baddley  1 , Nitipong Permpalung  1 , Elizabeth King  2 , Daniel Warren  2 , Darin Ostrander  1 , Diane Brown  1
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Building a successful transplant research center: Blueprints and barriers

Christine M Durand et al. Transpl Infect Dis. 2024 Dec.

Abstract

A successful multidisciplinary research center depends on the quality of the science being conducted and the quality of the center's design, culture, infrastructure, and institutional support. In this perspective, we describe our experience building and maintaining a multidisciplinary transplant research center with a large focus on transplant infectious diseases. We identify principles that we believe contributed to our success including: taking inventory, defining culture, creating a multidisciplinary shared leadership model, establishing expertise in a multiple method approach, investing in operations and management, building and sharing resources, and securing institutional support. We share our experience putting these principles into practice and highlight potential roadblocks.

Keywords: grant funding; research center; research program in transplantation; transplant infectious diseases research.

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