Evaluation of Estonian Medical and Health Research Institutions
Assessment conducted on Estonian research institutions in medical and health sciences reveals impressive infrastructure, diverse collaborative efforts, and opportunities for integrating societal needs into research strategies. The evaluation highlights the need for clearer incorporation of societal needs, more proactive collaboration, and an emphasis on translational research initiatives.
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Seminar REGULAR EVALUATION OF ESTONIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT September 7 2017 Medical and Health Sciences Boye L. Jensen Institute for Molecular Medicine University of Southern Denmark Odense
Who am I 1992 M.D. 1995 PhD, Univ. of Copenhagen 1997 Post doc, Regensburg Germany 2001 Dr. med. Univ. Southern Denmark 2011 Professor Evalution panel member Norwegian Clinical Research 11-12 Evaluate applications for the Danish Heart Association and Swedish Research Council and ad hoc for UK, Dutch, Israeli, swedish funding bodies
Tasks ..to assess the level of research and development in medical and health sciences at different R&D institutions according to internationally recognized criteria. Prof Ronald Maughn Loughbororugh, UK Prof Ole J. Bjerrum Copenhagen, DK University of Tartu NICPB NIHD TTU Protobios The competence center for cancer research
Institutions visited National Institute for Health Development-NIHD Tartu University Faculty of Medicine Tallinn University of Technology Protobios National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics NICPB
Infrastructure Very impressive! New and restructured older buildings Technical equipment excellent Ample space Animal housing and facilities Biobanks At several places very open atmosphere with sharing of research infrastructure At other places, groups were in non- biological environments
Collaborative efforts Societal needs were not clearly incorporated in research strategies at some institutions Lack of explicit strategies to integrate with existing facilities/groups in other areas in Estonian R&D Start-up shared facilities, teaching and employees with university - less silo thinking! Several groups and institutions had extensive EU and international networks Short distance from basic to applied and back again
New, exciting and forefront A translational institute from bench to bedside - and back again great initiative! Genome center Start-up enterprise with significant connection to basic university research (projects, PhD candidates) Strong environmental medicine/ecotoxicology Incorporation of animal housing with modern experimental facilities in one unit Automated language recognition and translation platforms
Education of researchers - PhD Result of separate meetings at 3 institutions Enthusiastic , devoted, loyal Recruited after open calls Worked independently with influence on projects Impression was that a non-hierarchical organization predominated Access to instrumention was good - although more collaboration and sharing was mentioned Greater recruitment from overseas should be a goal
Education of researchers - PhD Career is hampered by +5 years completion time Better granting for exchange and travel to conferences Non-competitive salary for 5 years Soften the demand on NUMBER of publications Master student graduation times protracted Make incentives for MDs to obtain a PhD more PhD candidates will promote clinical reasearch
Tech transfer and start ups Collaboration and integration between hospitals and technical university Very active biomedical start-up with excellent infrastructure and collaboration in both directions Split positions reseach/clinic? Little pharma industry for drug development and clinical testing what is done? We heard very little about patenting and entrepreneurship- is it integrated in health science curricula?
Publication activity Very diverse across and within institutions uneven distribution of productivity Excellence at highest level present Young researchers bringing knowledge and skills back from leading institutions in tenure track positions
Thanks for great hospitality and a well organized evaluation
