Author: Raquel Sanchez

What a Program Management Unit Actually Does, and When You Need One

Large health initiatives rarely fail for lack of ambition. They stall between the strategy and the partners who must deliver it. A program management unit exists to close that gap.

How Research Administration Models Are Changing in Academic Medicine

Academic medicine is undergoing one of the most significant organizational shifts in decades. The traditional research administration model, long centered on grant compliance, finance, and institutional oversight, is turning into a more strategic, integrated, and data-driven function. This transformation reflects new pressures across the research enterprise: intense competition for funding, growing compliance demands, and the…
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The Hidden Governance Challenge in Global Health Partnerships

Governance rarely captures headlines, yet it determines whether global health partnerships succeed or struggle. Behind every collaboration, from sanitation programs to vaccine delivery networks, lies a governance structure that shapes decision-making, accountability, and trust. Too often, governance is treated as a technical afterthought rather than the foundation of effective partnership. The Invisible Architecture of Collaboration…
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