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1 Introduction
Pages 15-22

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From page 15...
... Karl Popper Biomedical and behavioral research scientists, among others, have long recognized the value of interdisciplinary research and collaboration. Many public and private reports over the last 25 years have detailed the need for and recommended development of interdisciplinary training activities to produce scientists capable of working on complex problems, but cooperative efforts remain difficult to achieve.
From page 16...
... started as interdisciplinary efforts and many of today's interdisciplinary efforts will become tomorrow's disciplines. INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH Over the last 10 years, as interdisciplinary research has been discussed with increasing frequency, several authors have offered definitions of interdisciplinary research as a first step to developing a common understanding of its chal
From page 17...
... INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING Interdisciplinary training encompasses many approaches, from broadening the graduate and postgraduate education of students so that they can understand more than one discipline to exposing a midcareer single discipline trained investigator to a second discipline to broaden her or his research capabilities. Regardless of the method, the outcome is to produce individuals who are capable of research focused on complex problems that require interdisciplinary solutions in short, interdisciplinary research.
From page 18...
... In 1961, the Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health reported findings and recommendations for the national mental health program.5 One recommendation stated, "efforts should be made to increase contacts between researchers and practitioners so as to increase mutual understanding of each other's problems and approaches." In 1961, the predecessor of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke funded the first program projects and clinical centers, which provided environments for interdisciplinary research. Shortly after, Schermerhorn~ published a psychiatric index for interdisciplinary research to facilitate literature searches for investigators interested in collaborating outside their own fields.
From page 19...
... COMMITTEE PROCESS The present study was requested by the directors of the NIMH, OBSSR, the National Institute on Nursing Research, and the National Institute on Aging in response to the need for interdisciplinary research to bridge the gaps among the brain, behavioral, and clinical sciences. The NIH institutes are interested in developing interdisciplinary training programs to increase the number of scientists capable of studying brain/behavior problems.
From page 20...
... To address its charge, the committee began by defining interdisciplinary research as that described in the Interdisciplinary Research section in this chapter. It identified translational research as a subset of interdisciplinary research that translates information between clinical settings and basic research laboratories.
From page 21...
... Changing academic structures and practices to support interdisciplinary research is a long and painstaking process that requires involving and educating academic decision makers, rewarding outstanding interdisciplinary scientists, and attracting excellent behavioral and biological scientists to explore interdisciplinary approaches. To that end, the committee examined means of encouraging interdisciplinary activities and overcoming obstacles.
From page 22...
... It provides the context of the rest of the report. Chapter 3 describes the obstacles to interdisciplinary research and training, ranging from personal obstacles to institutional barriers.


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