Health ACEs

Take Aways Applied research generating diagnostics at centers - ACEGID Open source training videos - ACEGID Strong organizational meetings – CERHI Grant Revenue – WACCBIP High publication rates – WACCBIP/ACEGID/PRD Regional Student Recruitment – NTDFB/SAEMF Gambia collaboration – CERHI/PRD Take into consideration Environmental/Social Safe Guards for construction

Group Problem Solving Define your problem: Recruitment Incentives for faculty/allocation of center resources Industry partners/internship development Revenue Generation Efficient Center Operations

Methods High Cost OOMC Low Cost EASY Hard

Revenue Generation Short Courses, Workshops (EL) EASY/Low Cost Short Courses, Workshops (EL) Fees for specialized analysis (EH) Tuition payments (EH) Grant obtaining (LH) Private Sector Support (LH) Consultancy (LH) Product Development (HH) Patents (HH) OOMC: Institutional support Tuition fee shares Share of IGR resources sharing Hard/High Cost

Industry Partnership/Internship Dev EASY/Low Cost National Partners (EL) NIMR/Luce Industry (EL) Danon/Nestle Internships (EL) Hospitals International Agency (EH) WHO, NGO, MOH Industry (EH) GE/Thompson Reuters International partner (HH) Broad/Bremen/Harvard/Lyon/Wash Hard/High Cost

Incentivizing Faculty EASY/Low Cost Access to center facilities (EL) Inclusion of faculty members in short courses (EL) Faculty program travels (EH) Publication costs for high impact journals (EH) Research support – reagents (EH) Conference Attendance (EH) Increase revenue generation/sharing the resources (HH) OOMC Bonus/honorarium Hard/High Cost

Student Recruitment Focus on female ratio (EL) EASY/Low Cost Focus on female ratio (EL) Publicity – websites (EL) Advocacy – conferences, posters (EL) Relocation/accomdations (EH) Disabled students (HH) OOMC: Faculty recruitment Staff Recruitment Qualifications School Fees Hard/High Cost

Administrative/Operations EASY/Low Cost High jack of the procurement process by university system (LH) Too many meetings (EL) Lack of technical specifications (EL) Mobility – personal vehicle use (LH) Clashes of schedules/duties Acct vs. Procurement (EL) Communication needs (LH) Work Overload - additional staff needed (EH) PMC decision implementation slow (EL) Working Tools – computers/printers/VC/Media (EH) Inefficient communication WB w/ACE use program staff (EL) Procurement Delays (LH) Importation Challenges (HH) Procurement threshold – center leader limits vary (LH) Currency (HH) OOMC: Beauracratic bottle neck motivated Hard/High Cost

Accreditation Status UCAD – External Visit Royal College of Canada in 2 weeks – Q4 WACCBIP – Applied waiting Cell Biology Society Site visit – Q1 NTDFB – Identify accrediting bodies – Q1 ACEGID – Apply to CAPES – Q2 CERHI – Identify accrediting bodies – Q3/4 ACEPRD – Apply to American pharmaceutical education society – Q1

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