The concept of IARC Research Teams was developed to facilitate the scientific work within and across IARC’s Research Branches by reducing the silo approach within Branches and introducing a more flexible modality of scientific collaboration on closely related research.
Teams are informal organizational units within a Research Branch or across Branches. The main task of a Team is to manage the implementation of two or more thematically related research or technical projects towards a common goal. The creation of Teams is based on needs and added value.
The rationale and purpose of Research Teams:
- Clustering related research or technical projects and gaining synergies while minimizing duplication
- Facilitating the development and achievement of larger goals
- Enhancing the public health impact of projects
- Enhancing flexibility and agility to use resources according to needs in a timely manner
- Reducing the administrative burden
- Creating leadership opportunities for early-career or mid-career personnel
- Ensuring a stimulating and interactive research and work environment, including bringing together motivated and complementary individuals
Cancer-Focused Teams
Functional Cancer GenomicsFunctional Cancer Genomics Team
MetabolismMetabolism Teams
Methodological InnovationsMethodological Innovations Teams
- Risk Assessment and Early Detection Team (RED)
- Population-Based Long-Term Surveillance Team (LTS)
- Biostatistics and Data Integration Team (BDI)
- Lifestyle Exposure and Interventions Team (LEI)
Cancer in Informative Populations Teams
Cancer, Public Health, and SocietyCancer, Public Health, and Society Teams
- Cancer Inequalities Team (CIN)
- Health Economics and Cancer Team (HEC)
- Public Health Decision Science Team (PHDS)
- Research for Implementation Team (RFI)
IARC Teams related to WHO Global Initiatives
- IARC Global Breast Cancer Initiative (GBCI) Team
- IARC Cervical Cancer Elimination Initiative (CCEI) Team
- IARC Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC) Team