Dr. Lisa Welch, Denise Daudelin, Lisa Serrano, Siyu Chen, Alyssa Cabrera, and Erin Gibson are the authors of Assessing Impact on Health, Health Care, and Public Support: The Evolution of a CTSA Hub’s Evaluation and Continuous Improvement Program, published in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science.

The paper focuses on: moving beyond traditional outputs (papers, grants) to track real-world impact, building teams’ capacity to measure and improve, using key driver diagrams to connect daily work to long-term goals, and embedding shared metrics across programs. The key takeaway from the paper? With continuous improvement and strategic partnerships, CTSA hubs can show how research drives better health, stronger health care, and public trust.

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