Table 2.
TREC constituents’ agreement with roles and responsibilities supporting CC functioning
| CC functional areaa | Corresponding CC member roles and responsibilities | Agree n (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Leadership and administration | Provide infrastructure for between-site collaboration | 54 (98.2) |
| Plan scientific meetings | 50 (90.9) | |
| Arrange conference calls | 48 (87.3) | |
| Coordinate webinars | 48 (87.3) | |
| Manage website | 47 (87.0) | |
| Manage listserv | 47 (85.5) | |
| Serve as a liaison with funders | 41 (74.6) | |
| Respond to site needs and problem-solving | 39 (70.9) | |
| Data and bioinformatics | Assist with data management | 41 (75.9) |
| Assist with data analysis | 27 (49.1) | |
| Developmental projects | Coordinate pilot project RFAs | 48 (87.3) |
| Lead development of pilot project RFAs | 42 (76.4) | |
| Education and training | Offer training on how to integrate disciplinesa | 43 (78.2) |
| Provide guidance on integrated disciplinary approachesa | 38 (69.1) | |
| Offer skills training | 35 (63.6) | |
| Provide scientific expertise in initiative content areas | 33 (60.0) | |
| Provide scientific mentorship | 32 (59.3) | |
| Offer discipline-specific training | 26 (48.2) | |
| Integration and self-evaluation | Provide a broad perspective of initiative activities | 44 (80.0) |
| Assist sites with gauging transdisciplinary progressa | 38 (69.1) | |
| Suggest midcourse corrections | 38 (69.1) | |
| Develop transdisciplinary evaluation metricsa | 36 (65.5) |
Notes: Rows may not sum to 58 due to missing data. Responses do not differ between TREC investigators and NCI program staff based on Fisher’s exact tests.
a
Functional areas correspond to TREC CC cores.