Partners on Development (PODs) are focused teams that engage with targeted audiences and Clinical Research Professionals at different stages their career pathways. These targeted audiences and CRPs include high school students, undergraduate students, community and rural health research personnel, existing clinical research support professionals, and investigators.
Workforce Development works alongside each POD leader to develop a Pipeline Network to address the many levels of targeted audiences who are essential for the development of a diverse CRP workforce.
POD leaders provide guidance and develop activities to support the Workforce Development Pipeline Network. PODs meet monthly to identify specific strengths and barriers related to potential or current CRPs and collectively ideate on solutions for recruitment, education, and retention specific to their stakeholders.
POD Advisors and Members
Advisor: Amanda Tyhulski, University Hospitals
Members:
| Amanda Tyhulski | University Hospitals |
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Nicole Fennell, MBA
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Cleveland Clinic |
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Angela Cain
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CWRU |
Advisor: Sheila Pedigo, CWRU and Ron Hickman, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FAAN, CWRU
Members:
| Colin Drummond, PhD | Case Western Reserve University |
| Damian Junk, PhD | Case Western Reserve University |
| Angel Reyes, PhD | Cleveland State University |
| Melissa Zullo, PhD | Kent State University |
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Daryl Thornton, MD, MPH |
Case Western Reserve University |
Advisor: David Sheyn MD,UH, and John “Jack” Weaver MD, Cleveland Clinic
Members:
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David Sheyn, MD
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University Hospitals |
| Jack Weaver, MD | Cleveland Clinic |
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Jennifer Reneker, MD
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NEOMED |
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Rachel Pope, MD
|
University Hospitals |
| Anton Komar, PhD | Cleveland State University |
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Ashley Hughes, PhD, M.S.
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MetroHealth |
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Melinda Hsu, MD
|
University Hospitals |
Advisor: Joan Thoman, PhD, RN, CNS, Cleveland State University
Members:
| Joan Thoman, PhD, RN, CNS | Cleveland State University |
| Margie Sanders | NEOMED |
| Scott Pappada | University of Toledo |
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Marquita Rockamore
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Tri C |
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Jacqueline Dolata
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Metro Health |
| Lena Grafton | University Hospitals |
| Delores Collins |
Advisor: Erin Fogarty, MA, CRA MetroHealth
Members:
| R. Erin Fogarty, MA, CRA | MetroHealth |
| Rachael Yim (Ng), Pharm.D., MPH | Cleveland Clinic |
| Eloise Lemon, MSN, RN, CCRC | Cleveland Clinic |
| Joan Schenkal | Case Western Reserve University |
| Becki Algeri | Cleveland Clinic |
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Heather Tribout, BS, CCRP
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University Hospital |
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Margaret Tiktin
|
VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System |
Advisor: Peter Hovmand, PhD, MPH, CWRU School of Medicine
Members:
Team assembly in progress!
POD Topics
- Identifying ways to expose potential CRPs to the myriad of available CRP careers.
- Describing the state of and developing solutions for CRP recruitment and retention, such as establishing promotion ladders for each respective CRP career.
- Expanding ideas of where education and other interventions are needed with consideration of barriers and facilitators.
- Identifying barriers to recruitment and retention to reflect broad racial, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, economic, and geographic representation and develop solutions.
- Marketing and implementing tailored pathways for students, trainees, and others to enter and remain in the CRP workforce.
- Planning for implementation of ideas proposed by the PODs.