Scientists' perspectives on global ocean research priorities

Scientists' perspectives on global ocean research priorities

*Correspondence: Murray A. Rudd, Environment Department, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK e-mail: [email protected] Diverse natural and social science research is needed to support policies to recover and sustain healthy oceans. While a wide variety of expert-led prioritization initiatives have identified research themes and priorities at national and regional scale, over ...

Ocean Research Priorities: Similarities and Differences among Scientists, Policymakers, and Fishermen in the United States

Understanding and solving complex ocean conservation problems requires cooperation not just among scientific disciplines but also across sectors. A recently published survey that probed research priorities of marine scientists, when provided to ocean stakeholders, revealed some agreement on priorities but also illuminated key differences. Ocean acidification, cumulative impacts, bycatch effects...

Perspectives of clinician and biomedical scientists on interdisciplinary health research.

BACKGROUND Interdisciplinary health research is a priority of many funding agencies. We surveyed clinician and biomedical scientists about their views on the value and funding of interdisciplinary health research. METHODS We conducted semistructured interviews with 31 biomedical and 30 clinician scientists. The scientists were selected from the 2000-2006 membership lists of peer-review commit...

Global priorities for patient safety research.

Setting priorities for global mental health research.

OBJECTIVE To set investment priorities in global mental health research and to propose a more rational use of funds in this under-resourced and under-investigated area. METHODS Members of the Lancet Mental Health Group systematically listed and scored research investment options on four broad classes of disorders: schizophrenia and other major psychotic disorders, major depressive disorder an...