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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Geriatr Oncol. 2019 Oct 22;11(2):338–342. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2019.09.007

Table 3.

Research infrastructure proposed to meet needs and overcome barriers.

Cores and other aspects of
research infrastructure		 Needs and barriers addressed
Leadership, Mentorship, and Training

  • Mentorship and training

  • Collaboration

  • Protected time/balancing clinical load with time for research

  • Bi-weekly CARG conference calls; monthly Junior Faculty CARG conference calls; monthly CARG data-meeting calls

  • Junior Faculty Advisory Board

  • Pilot funding awards
Clinical and Biological Measures of Aging

  • Identifying appropriate measures/tools
Behavioral, Psychological, & Supportive Care Intervention

  • Mentorship and training

  • Participant recruitment

  • SCOREboard: Patient and caregiver advisory board
Care Delivery & Comparative Effectiveness Research

  • Mentorship and training

  • Participant recruitment
Epidemiology, Biostatistics, & Informatics

  • Statistical support

  • Research design
Dissemination and Communication

  • Institutional support/buy-in from wider community

  • Lack of access to (pilot) data