PCORI Research Funding: #13 Emerging Adults w Mental Illness

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I treasure the dynamic tensions in life — for example, privacy and community, pathological optimism and catastrophizing, early adopter and skeptic. While not a researcher, I am personally and professionally neck-deep in research. Yet, despite my commitment to research, I’m a skeptic. Who’s it for? How can it aid decision-making? Who’s included in the research question, process, analysis, and dissemination? Where are the vested interests? Do we already have evidence yet have little will to implement, or does the bureaucracy or culture impede action? I will step in and highlight some dynamic tensions as the conversation flows.

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What about research funding sources? What’s their perspective? What are the dynamic tensions? I asked my cronies at PCORI (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute) to introduce me to a staff scientist specializing in comparative effectiveness research funding for emerging adults with mental illness. Dr. Amanda Chue kindly agreed to speak with us.