MONA CAMPUS REPORT
visibility of the FHE’s scholarly work. Where relevant, abstracts are provided, and URLs and DOIs to facilitate access to the publication. Available at https://www. mona.uwi.edu/humed/sites/default/files/humed/fhe_ research_index_2023.pdf Also, in FHE, Deputy Deans for Postgraduate Matters and of Marketing and Resource Mobilisation collaborated on an initiative, Towards a 21st Century Researcher-led Faculty of Humanities and Education, aimed at developing a model for collaborative, interdisciplinary research, and resource mobilisation. To this end, an online form was developed, which approximately 60% of staff completed, so that a Research Map could be compiled for the Faculty. To support its publication agenda, especially for early career researchers, faculty also collaborated on a Call for Authors and several activities for the respondents, including a series of writing workshops that were attended by some 18 staff members. The Dean’s Office in the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) developed a Graduate Coordinator Reference Guide. This guide will serve as a valuable reference tool for Graduate Coordinators in the execution of their responsibilities. There were three peer-reviewed articles published in the UWI Faculty of Sport . Additionally, over 40 articles were published in the two newspaper columns, Sport Matters and Sport Pulse , in the Trinidad Guardian and the Jamaica Gleaner respectively with submissions from staff across the Faculty, our graduate students at the Mona Academy, as well as from guest contributors. At the Western Jamaica Campus a year-long free coaching programme to ensure the completion and award of their PhD thesis was launched by staff at the Mona Unit in collaboration with the Office of Graduate Studies.
interests. Slowly, collaboration is being fostered between the two institutions. During its annual research conference FMS’s CARPHA Supplement Journal resumed acceptance of new manuscripts from September 2022, using online platforms. The Journal continues to be very important for our Faculty as many young researchers start their academic career and publishing through this journal. The SUNY-UWI Centre for Sustainable Leadership Development and the SUNY Global Health Institute held the 4th joint session of the SUNY-UWI Health Research Consortium and the SUNY Global Health Institute Workshop during the academic year. The SUNY-UWI Health Research Consortium’s symposium was geared towards building research capacity through subgroups with specific interests. Slowly, collaboration is being fostered between the two institutions. Collaborating with Caribbean Institute of Health Research (CAIHR), FMS re-established the Research Fellowships Programme to build research capacity in the Faculty. In the Faculty of Humanities and Education (FHE ) an MPhil/PhD taskforce was constituted with leadership drawn from among postgraduate students across departments. Activities of the task force included a session titled, “Sip and Write: The Literature Review”, the launch of a new initiative – Ignite Sessions: Research in Progress – to create a space for research students to meet to offer peer support, critique, and share ideas, and creation of a WhatsApp group to facilitate communication among research students. The Faculty also introduced its first Postgraduate Networking Cocktail event. FHE also launched its inaugural Research Index of scholarly work, covering the 2019/20 and 2020/21 academic years to increase access to, and enhance the
the course of their research programmes.
This first edition of the research toolkit focuses on quantitative research procedures and outlines various stages of the research process, commencing at the critical research conceptualization phase and culminating in the research publication phase. This resource aims to simplify and clarify the research process across the various stages. It recognizes the translational science pathways, especially in relation to the multi-disciplinary nature of the training and research programmes of the Mona-based Faculty of Medical Sciences. From the ‘bench to the bedside’, the translational science principle supports applications for clinical research, clinical practice, and population health programming. This will provide a baseline guide for persons who may be at various stages in their research journey. This resource may also be informative for students, researchers, and staff members in other faculties of the wider UWI. The Toolkit is available on the Clinical Translational Research Unit page – FMS website at: https://www. mona.uwi.edu/fms/clinical-translational-research-unit FMS also published the CARPHA Supplement Journal for its annual conference during the reporting year. The Journal resumed acceptance of new manuscripts using online platforms and continues to be very important for FMS Faculty as many young researchers start their academic career and publishing through this journal. The SUNY-UWI Centre for Sustainable Leadership Development and the SUNY Global Health Institute held the 4th joint session of the SUNY-UWI Health Research Consortium and the SUNY Global Health Institute Workshop. This symposium was geared towards building research capacity through subgroups with specific
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