Clinical and scientific collaboration
For clinicians, physician-scientists, scientists, investigators, and subject-matter experts bringing domain judgment to consequential questions.
Explore this pathway →Professional collaboration · Brown Virtual Lab
Bring the depth of your practice to the research table.
This intake is designed for established professionals who wish to explore a serious research, writing, methods, innovation, implementation, advisory, or publication collaboration with Brown Virtual Lab.
- Format
- Virtual and asynchronous-capable
- Scope
- Project-specific and contribution-led
- Review
- Fit, authority, capacity, and stewardship
Professional pathways
Experience arrives through many doors.
Brown Virtual Lab considers the relationship between expertise, project need, institutional authority, collaborative practice, and the public value of the work.
Methods, data, and technology
For statisticians, methodologists, data scientists, informaticians, digital-health leaders, engineers, and responsible-AI specialists.
Explore this pathway →Writing, review, and publication
For scientific writers, editors, peer reviewers, evidence specialists, and experienced contributors who strengthen the scholarly record.
Explore this pathway →Implementation, equity, and strategy
For health-system leaders, educators, community partners, policy specialists, program leaders, and advisors who carry evidence into practice.
Explore this pathway →Readiness before activity
A clear beginning protects the work that follows.
Professional participation proceeds through project-specific review and written agreements. Collaboration, authorship, data access, funding, compensation, publication, and institutional approvals each receive an explicit determination.
Information boundary
Begin with professional context and high-level research descriptions.
Protected health information, identifiable participant records, confidential datasets, authentication credentials, restricted manuscript text, proprietary files, and third-party secrets belong in separately approved secure channels. Supporting documents can be requested after the initial review.
Professional collaboration intake
Let us understand the work you carry.
This sequence gathers professional identity, expertise, evidence of contribution, collaboration direction, capacity, references, and stewardship permissions. Most respondents will need approximately 25–35 minutes.
Account continuitySign in before submitting to connect this receipt to your account and save private drafts. You may also submit without signing in and retain the confirmation reference. Use high-level professional descriptions and approved channels for sensitive records. Read the seven-step guide.