Teamwork and organizational culture have been increasingly recognized as essential components to improving healthcare. Given the stakeholders and complexity of work necessary to execute high-quality animal research, creating a strong, high-performing team of clinicians, scientists and veterinarians would improve productivity. Positive collaborative cultures can advance animal and human welfare, enhance research quality and provide mutual learning for all team members.
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The authors thank Steve Levin, DVM, PhD, DACLAM and Lisa Forman, DVM, MS, DACLAM from the Northwestern University Center for Comparative Medicine and Kiril Chtraklin, DVM from the Northwestern University Department of Surgery for their input and expertise on this commentary. Dr. Alam receives funding from the Department of Defense and National Institute of Health. Dr. Ho is supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number T32HL094293-13 in the form of partial stipend support. The content of this publication is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
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Ober, R.A., Ho, J.W., Kemp, M.T. et al. Culture and collaboration between the clinician-scientist and veterinary specialist: An essential interprofessional partnership in the translational sciences. Lab Anim 51, 95–97 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41684-022-00944-x
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