ACADEMIC RESEARCH ADMINISTRATORS SHOULD BE SEEN AS SCIENTISTS FRIENDS, NOT ADVERSARIES

COMMENTARY: Academia is going through a time of unprecedented financia l, political, and regulatory challenges, but also an era of unlimited opportunities. As a first line of defense against the former and a maj or facilitator of the latter, University of Pennsylvania research admi nistrator Anthony Merritt urges academic scientists to view people in his position as team members, not adversaries.