ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Policy
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1565096
This article is part of the Research TopicImpact Evaluation using the Translational Science Benefits Model Framework in the National Center for Advancing Translational Science Clinical and Translational Science Award ProgramView all 8 articles
Clinical and Translational Science Award hub portfolio analysis and interorganizational collaborations with Los Angeles County to improve population health and health care delivery (ID 1565096)
Provisionally accepted
- 1UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
- 2Bachelor of Science Program, Biology, University of Western Ontario in London Ontario, Canada, Ontario, Canada
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Demonstrating impact in the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program is crucial to continue governmental, taxpayer, institutional, and donor support and investment. We present an innovative hub portfolio analysis to summarize the scientific achievement translational science impact. Additionally, a unique feature of the UCLA CTSA hub includes the many interorganizational collaborations with Los Angeles County (LAC). This is the first study to examine the Translational Science Benefits Model (TSBM) impact on projects with CTSA hubcounty interorganizational collaborations. A Framework for Evaluating Scientific Achievement Translational Science Impact (SATSI) was used to guide the analyses, with impact indicators derived from the TSBM: (i) clinical and medical, (ii) community and public health, (iii) economic, and (iv) policy and legislation. Two major data sources were used for the evaluation: (i) The CTSA's Longitudinal Scientific Achievement and Impact survey (LSAS-I), and (ii) longitudinal interviews with principal investigators who reported high-impact projects in hub-county collaborations. We reported baseline data from two years of LSAS-I data showing n=507 new CTSA-assisted grants and the associated demonstrated and potential impact using the hub portfolio analysis. Eighteen (n=18) of these grants involved a hub-county interorganizational collaboration. Among these, we identified the highest impact projects and developed impact stories and vignettes describing improvements in health care delivery and population health. Our research offers a model for other CTSA hubs to summarize impact using the hub portfolio analysis, and to partner with local public health departments and governmental agencies to address health concerns among low-income and at-risk populations. This research directly addresses the mission of the UCLA hub, "to produce and implement innovations that impact the greatest health needs of Los Angeles and the nation".
Keywords: translational science, CTSA Program, Knowledge translation, Interorganizational collaborations, hub-county collaborations, TSBM, translational science impact
Received: 22 Jan 2025; Accepted: 07 May 2025.
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* Correspondence: Pamela L Davidson, PhD, UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States
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