RESEARCH STRATEGY REVIEW UPDATE

Faculty Meeting 12/16/2015

David Hunter, MBBS, MPH, ScD Acting Dean Dean for Academic Affairs

Why Are We Assessing Our Research Strategy?

•  To identify mission-central research areas around which it is important for the School to play a leadership role

•  To optimize investments in research • Academic workforce • Research platforms

•  To address financial climate change

•  To align infrastructure with academic research mission

RSR Timeline

Data Gathering Strategy

Development & Review

Nov 2014-Oct 2015 Nov 2015-May 2016

RSR Launch •  8 Faculty Quads •  Faculty survey •  Dept self-assessment •  Life sciences review •  Res scientist survey •  Review of peer SPH

strategies

•  Compile materials •  Draft Research Strategy •  Faculty Retreat

3/28/2016 •  Review, revise, & finalize

Faculty Retreat

Oct 2014

•  Strategy Implementation – May 2016 & beyond •  Institutional tactical planning •  Implementation & evaluation

Future Context

http://www.grida.no/graphicslib/detail/world-population-development_29db

Future Context

Future Context

Eberstadt, Nicholas. 2011. “World Population Prospects and The Global Economic Outlook: The Shape of Things to Come.” AEI Working Paper. http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/EberstadtAEIDevelopmentPolicyWorkingPaperFINAL.pdf

Future Context

Created by Mark Schill, Praxis Strategy Group, source: U.S. Census Population Projections. http://www.newgeography.com/content/00194-us-population-projections-age-2008-and-2030-baby-boomers-and-millennials (accessed 11/9/2015)

Future Context

McMichael, A.J. “Globalization, Climate Change, and Human Health.” NEJM 2013: 368: 1335-1343.

Refugees & Displaced Populations

UNHCR. World at War: Global Trends Forced Displacement in 2014. http://www.unhcr.org/556725e69.html, accessed 11/12/2015

Global Health Workforce & Burden of Disease by WHO Region

Crisp N. & Chen, L. “Global Supply of Health Professionals.” NEJM 2013, 370: 950-957

Figure 4. Annual and cumulative GDP lost in low-income and middle-income countries from five categories of surgical conditions (2010 US$, purchasing power parity)57Data are based on WHO's Projecting the Economic Cost of Ill-Health (EPIC) model (2010 US$)

John G Meara…Paul E Farmer, Atul Gawande…Stéphane Verguet….Winnie Yip

Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development

Lancet, Volume 386, Issue 9993, 2015, 569–624

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60160-X

Annual and cumulative GDP lost in LMIC’s from five categories of surgical conditions

Projected Growth in Scientific Literature

Source: Royal Society - http://www.asianscientist.com/2011/04/features/asia-future-hub-scientific-research/attachment/projected-growth/ , accessed 11/12/12015

School Finances Projected

Without Decap

Physical Plant & Buildings

Ariadne Labs office space

Current HSPH office space

Physical Plant & Buildings

HMS NRB Lab Current HSPH Lab

NRB photo credit: Stu Rosener: http://harvardmagazine.com/2003/11/a-scientific-instrument-html

Faculty Life Cycle Analysis •  Ladder faculty promotion rates

•  Repeat of analysis conducted 1997, 2006, & 2010 •  Data reflect appointments made between Jan 1989 and Aug 2015 •  Detailed report will look at gender and racial equity in promotions

• Preliminary results •  Proportion promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate

Professor •  Overall 56% (up from 52% in 2010) •  64% when excluding faculty not yet eligible for promotion (still in rank)

•  Proportion promoted from Assistant Professor to Professor •  Overall 19% (up from 12% in 2010) •  24% when excluding faculty not yet eligible for promotion (still in rank)

Research Strategy Review Major Inputs • Quad Reports

•  Faculty feedback on Quad Reports via Faculty iSite

•  Faculty Survey Results • Departmental Self-Assessments • External Review of Life Sciences Report • Research Scientist Survey Results • Review of Peer SPH Strategies

Quad Recommendations •  Invest in “Big Data”

•  mHealth, eHealth •  Computer science, data science expertise •  Methods development •  Computational power

•  Increase opportunities for collaboration •  Problem-based research clusters

•  Improve access to research resources •  Core facilities •  Data analysis/support core

Quad Recommendations • Administrative/Operations

•  Align resources to maximize faculty success in securing funding •  Expand support for developing competitive proposals (e.g. coordinating

functions, editors) •  Improve coordination with OER •  Audit administrative infrastructures to increase efficiency

•  Work with new & non-traditional partners – improve administrative processes for implementing these partnerships

•  Increase salary support for faculty •  Faculty recruitment – increase diversity, make process more

transparent & inclusive

Opportunities for Input • Quad Reports posted on Faculty iSite

•  Anonymous comments can be submitted through iSite Question Box until Jan 29

•  Faculty retreat •  Monday, March 28: 8:30 am to 1:30 pm

• Suggestions welcome anytime

RSR Timeline

Data Gathering Strategy

Development & Review

Nov 2014-Oct 2015 Nov 2015-May 2016

RSR Launch •  8 Faculty Quads •  Faculty survey •  Dept self-assessment •  Life sciences review •  Res scientist survey •  Review of peer SPH

strategies

•  Compile materials •  Draft Research Strategy •  Faculty Retreat

3/28/2016 •  Review, revise, & finalize

Faculty Retreat

Oct 2014

•  Strategy Implementation – May 2016 & beyond •  Institutional tactical planning •  Implementation & evaluation

Questions ?