Betsy Rolland, PhD MLIS MPH ACC
Betsy Rolland is a translational science strategist with the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR), the University of Michigan's Clinical and Translational Science Award. Previously, she served as the Director of Team Science + Research Development for the Carbone Cancer Center and the Institute of Clinical and Translational Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds a PhD in Human Centered Design & Engineering and a Master of Library & Information Science, both from the University of Washington, and a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Rolland’s research focuses on coordination and collaboration in team-science projects, including how to design, build, and evaluate infrastructure to support complex, multi-investigator initiatives. Before joining UW-Madison, she was a post-doctoral Cancer Prevention Fellow at the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Rolland has served as the Principal Investigator for the coordinating centers for several NIH-funded research initiatives, and is currently leading an NLM-funded R01 focused on information behaviors in Clinical and Translational Research teams. Dr. Rolland was the 2021 recipient of the Association for Clinical and Translational Science Award for Team Science. She is also a certified professional coach and coaches early-stage investigators in building sustainable team science research programs.