Building a Platform for Translational Research in Chronic Noncommunicable
                        Diseases to Address Population Health: Lessons From NHLBI Supported CRONICAS
                        in Peru

Miranda, J. Jaime; Bernabé‐Ortiz, Antonio; Diez-Canseco, Francisco; Málaga, Germán; Cárdenas, María Kathia; Carrillo‐Larco, Rodrigo M.; Pesantes, María Amalia; Araya, Ricardo; Boggio, Oscar; García, Patricia J.; León‐Velarde, Fabiola; Lescano, Andrés G.; Montori, Víctor M.; Pan, William; Rivera-Chira, María; Sacksteder, Katherine A.; Smeeth, Liam; Garcı́a, Héctor H.; Gilman, Robert H.

doi:10.1016/j.gheart.2014.12.012

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“…Capacity building is a key aspect of our Centre’s mission [ 4 ]. This is achieved through a number of initiatives both university-wide and within our own Centre including supported Fellowships, hands-on engagement of students through the different aspects of research, and the attraction of PhD graduates to lift up our local research capacity to train future researchers [ 4 ].…”

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“…Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia is the leading institution in scientific production in Peru [ 13 ], with the highest output of scientific publications and with an overall normalised impact above the world’s average [ 13 ] as per international indicators [ 28 ]. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia has trained health professionals in research for more than 50 years, and is constantly exploring and supporting alternative models of educational and research engagement [ 4 , 29 , 30 ].…”

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“…Our focus on partnership believes in the advantages of linking diverse areas of expertise as means to move forward in conducting research. Hence, it is vital that every single team member from the CRONICAS Centre, from junior to senior levels, together with international collaborators, step out of their silos and work together to maximise the returns of innovative research [ 4 ]. In this section we briefly present some of these interdisciplinary interactions.…”

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“…The CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, established at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Peru, has achieved a substantial track record in securing internationally competitive research grant support [ 4 ], being a key actor in major awarded projects totalling approximately ~ USD $17.5 million dollars. Whilst research funding can be a powerful indicator, it is an incomplete marker of capacity building.…”

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“…Research does not happen in isolation. For talent to strive, it is important to leverage existing research platforms and institutional support [ 4 , 5 ]. Furthermore, research needs partnerships beyond specific scientific topics or projects, partnerships that foster and develop capacity building.…”

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Towards sustainable partnerships in global health: the case of the CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases in Peru

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Human capital requires opportunities to develop and capacity to overcome challenges, together with an enabling environment that fosters critical and disruptive innovation. Exploring such features is necessary to establish the foundation of solid long-term partnerships. In this paper we describe the experience of the CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, based at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru, as a case study for fostering meaningful and sustainable partnerships for international collaborative research. The CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases was established in 2009 with the following Mission: “We support the development of young researchers and collaboration with national and international institutions. Our motivation is to improve population’s health through high quality research.” The Centre’s identity is embedded in its core values — generosity, innovation, integrity, and quality— and its trajectory is a result of various interactions between multiple individuals, collaborators, teams, and institutions, which together with the challenges confronted, enables us to make an objective assessment of the partnership we would like to pursue, nurture and support. We do not intend to provide a single example of a successful partnership, but in contrast, to highlight what can be translated into opportunities to be faced by research groups based in low- and middle-income countries, and how these encounters can provide a strong platform for fruitful and sustainable partnerships. In defiant contexts, partnerships require to be nurtured and sustained. Acknowledging that all partnerships are not and should not be the same, we also need to learn from the evolution of such relationships, its key successes, hurdles and failures to contribute to the promotion of a culture of global solidarity where mutual goals, mutual gains, as well as mutual responsibilities are the norm. In so doing, we will all contribute to instil a new culture where expectations, roles and interactions among individuals and their teams are horizontal, the true nature of partnerships.

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Implementation Research: An Imperative for Improving Global Health and Health Inequities

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The catalytic role of a research university and international partnerships in building research capacity in Peru: A bibliometric analysis

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Objective In Peru, the past three decades have witnessed impressive growth in biomedical research catalyzed from a single research university and its investigators who secured international partnerships and funding. We conducted a bibliometric analysis of publications by Peruvian authors to understand the roots of this growth and the spread of research networks within the country. Methods For 1997–2016, publications from Web of Science with at least one author affiliated with a Peruvian institution were examined by year, author affiliations, funding agencies, co-authorship linkages, and research topics. Results From 1997–2016, the annual number of publications from Peru increased 9-fold from 75 to 672 totaling 6032. Of these, 56% of the articles had co-authors from the US, 13% from the UK, 12% from Brazil, and 10% from Spain. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) was clearly the lead research institution noted on one-third of publications. Of the 20 most published authors, 15 were Peruvians, 14 trained at some point at UPCH, and 13 received advanced training abroad. Plotting co-authorships documented the growth of institutional collaborations, the robust links between investigators and some lineages of mentorship. Conclusions This analysis suggests that international training of Peruvian physician-scientists who built and sustained longstanding international partnerships with funding accelerated quality research on diseases of local importance. The role of a single research university, UPCH, was critical to advance a culture of biomedical research. Increased funding from the Peruvian Government and its Council for Science, Technology and Innovation will be needed to sustain this growth in the future. Middle-income countries might consider the Peruvian experience where long-term research and training partnerships yielded impressive advances to address key health priorities of the country.

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Building a Platform for Translational Research in Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases to Address Population Health: Lessons From NHLBI Supported CRONICAS in Peru

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Towards sustainable partnerships in global health: the case of the CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases in Peru

Towards sustainable partnerships in global health: the case of the CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases in Peru

Implementation Research: An Imperative for Improving Global Health and Health Inequities

The catalytic role of a research university and international partnerships in building research capacity in Peru: A bibliometric analysis

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