An emerging TIMER-2C framework for addressing barriers to research culture and productivity among local healthcare providers in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa: A qualitative study and modified Delphi approach

Authors

• Beryne Odeny, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Dorothy Mangale, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Dhananjaya Sharma, NSCB Medical College & Allied Hospitals
• Mariam Balogun, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Elizabeth Bukusi, Kenya Medical Research Institute
• Fatima Suleman, University of KwaZulu-Natal
• Miliard Derbew, Addis Ababa University
• Juliet Iwelunmor, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Ermyas Birru, University of Colorado
• Isaac Che Ngang, Missouri Baptist Hospital
• Akila Anandarajah, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Vaishnavi Mamillapalle, Stanford University
• Wael Almahmeed, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

Journal

PLoS Global Public Health

Publication Date

1-1-2026

Volume

6

Issue

4

First Page

e0006046

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1371/journal.pgph.0006046

Rights and Permissions

Odeny B, Mangale D, Sharma D, Balogun M, Bukusi E, Suleman F, Derbew M, Iwelunmor J, Birru E, Ngang IC, Anandarajah A, Mamillapalle V, Almahmeed W. An emerging TIMER-2C framework for addressing barriers to research culture and productivity among local healthcare providers in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa: A qualitative study and modified Delphi approach. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2026 Apr 8;6(4):e0006046. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0006046. © 2026 Odeny et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Recommended Citation

Odeny, Beryne; Mangale, Dorothy; Sharma, Dhananjaya; Balogun, Mariam; Bukusi, Elizabeth; Suleman, Fatima; Derbew, Miliard; Iwelunmor, Juliet; Birru, Ermyas; Ngang, Isaac Che; Anandarajah, Akila; Mamillapalle, Vaishnavi; and Almahmeed, Wael, "An emerging TIMER-2C framework for addressing barriers to research culture and productivity among local healthcare providers in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa: A qualitative study and modified Delphi approach." PLoS Global Public Health. 6, 4. e0006046 (2026).
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/oa_4/7504

Department

ICTS (Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences)

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