Participatory methods to support team science development for predictive analytics in health

Armen C Arevian; Doug Bell; Mark Kretzman; Connie Kasari; Shrikanth Narayanan; Carl Kesselman; Shinyi Wu; Paul Di Capua; William Hsu; Mathew Keener; Joshua Pevnick; Kenneth B Wells; Bowen Chung

doi:10.1017/cts.2018.313

Participatory methods to support team science development for predictive analytics in health

J Clin Transl Sci. 2018 Jun;2(3):178-182. doi: 10.1017/cts.2018.313. Epub 2018 Aug 30.

Authors

Armen C Arevian¹, Doug Bell², Mark Kretzman¹, Connie Kasari¹, Shrikanth Narayanan³, Carl Kesselman⁴, Shinyi Wu⁵, Paul Di Capua⁶, William Hsu⁷, Mathew Keener⁸, Joshua Pevnick⁹, Kenneth B Wells¹, Bowen Chung^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
² General Internal Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
³ Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁴ Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁵ School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁶ Baptist Health Medical Group, Miami, FL, USA.
⁷ Medical Imaging Informatics Group, Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁸ Blackbird Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
⁹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
¹⁰ LA Biomed, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Abstract

Predictive analytics in health is a complex, transdisciplinary field requiring collaboration across diverse scientific and stakeholder groups. Pilot implementation of participatory research to foster team science in predictive analytics through a partnered-symposium and funding competition. In total, 85 stakeholders were engaged across diverse translational domains, with a significant increase in perceived importance of early inclusion of patients and communities in research. Participatory research approaches may be an effective model for engaging broad stakeholders in predictive analytics.

Keywords: Predictive analytics; participatory research; stakeholder engagement; team science; translational research.

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