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:
| Larry Ellis | East Cleveland Schools |
| Crystal D. Reed | The Salus Group |
| Shirley Bell-Wheeler | Elements of Internal Movement |
Advisor: Ronald Hickman, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN, CWRU School of Nursing
Members:
| Colin Drummond, PhD | Case Western Reserve University |
| Damian Junk, PhD | Case Western Reserve University |
| Sheila Pedigo, PhD | Case Western Reserve University |
| Angel Reyes, PhD | Cleveland State University |
| Shah Zahoor, PhD | University of Toledo |
| Melissa Zullo, PhD | Kent State University |
| Nate Burger, MD* | Case Western Reserve University |
| Jessica Redel, MHA, FACHE | VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System |
Advisor: Ofer Reizes, PhD, Cleveland Clinic
Members:
| Steve Fenning, PhD | Case Western Reserve University |
| Beth Sump, PhD | Cleveland Clinic |
| George Yendewa MD | University Hospitals |
| Shanina C. Knighton, PhD, RN, CIC | Case Western Reserve University |
| Rachel Pope, MD | University Hospitals |
| Anton Komar, PhD | Cleveland State University |
| Darrell Thorton, MD | Case Western Reserve University |
| Scott Pappado PhD | University of Toledo |
Advisor: Joan Thoman, PhD, RN, CNS, Cleveland State University
Members:
| Delores (aka Ms. Dee) Collins A.S, C-CHW | Greater Cleveland Community Health Worker Association (GCCHWA) |
| Marquita Rockamore, MA, GCDF, C-CHW | Cuyahoga Community College |
| Mary Martel | Pathways Community HUB Institute (PCHI) |
| Marie Velez, MPA | MetroHealth |
| Lena Grafton | University Hospitals |
| Margie Sanders | NEOMED |
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Sonia Alemagno, Ph.D. |
Kent State University |
| Katie Davis Bellamy, MSN, RN, PHNA-BC |
MetroHealth |
| Crystal D. Reed | The SALUS Group |
Advisor: Phil Cola, PhD, CWRU Weatherhead School of Management
Members:
| Joan Schenkal | Case Western Reserve University |
| Beth Hagesfeld | University Hospitals |
| Tracy Wilson-Holden | Case Western Reserve University |
| R. Erin Fogarty, MA, CRA | MetroHealth |
| Eloise Lemon, MSN, RN, CCRC | Cleveland Clinic |
| Margaret Tiktin | VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System |
| Amanda Tyhulski | University Hospitals |
| Becki Algeri | Cleveland Clinic |
| Rachael Yim (Ng), Pharm.D., MPH | Cleveland Clinic |
| Beverly Doyle | Cleveland Clinic |
| Danielle Mitchell | Black Women in Clinical Research |
| Josh Gerlick | Case Western Reserve University |
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.