Significant Supporting Activities

Many faculty make substantial contributions outside their area of excellence. These activities are often of outstanding quality and importance but are in domains in which the quantity of the candidate's contribution is less than in the area of excellence. These significant supporting activities will supplement accomplishments in the area of excellence, allowing the sum total of an individual's achievements to be considered in the evaluation for promotion.

Investigation Metrics*

Activity	Examples of Metrics
	Defined role and/or independent conduct of research which may include: Basic research Clinical research and/or laboratory or clinically based translational research which may include studies of disease mechanisms, diagnostic techniques and/or other investigations that may contribute to the prevention, diagnosis or management of disease; may have a role in multidisciplinary or other collaborative research team; may enroll patients in clinical trials Quantitative and social science research such as epidemiology, outcomes and health services research, and biostatistics as well as research in social sciences, ethics, bioinformatics and health economics, among others; note intellectual contributions of the candidate to protocol development/implementation, conduct of studies, data collection and/or analysis of new or existing data; may make intellectual contributions to multicenter studies Development of new methods/technologies and/or novel applications of existing methods/technologies
Recognition
	Invitations to speak about research Funding to conduct research Editorial service as an ad hoc reviewer, editorial board member, or consultant for scientific journals Service on committees related to research such as the IRB, data safety monitoring board or grant review panel Leadership role in professional societies including planning scientific sessions for meetings Awards for research and/or innovation Membership on steering committees, other study committees and/or writing groups of multicenter studies Invitations to participate as an investigator based on specific expertise
Scholarship
	Publication of original research that contributes new knowledge; may be first or senior author, in another authorship position, or member of an unnamed authorship group on publications of collaborative research to which the candidate has made documented, substantive intellectual contributions

* For more detailed examples of activities and metrics, see the criteria for Investigation as an area of excellence.