Pathfinder studies: a novel tool for process mapping data-driven health research to build global research capacity

Abstract Background There is vast global inequality regarding where health research happens, who leads the research, and who benefits from the evidence. Globally, wealthier nations drive and influence data-driven research and how it is structured institutionally. Key barriers to high-quality researc...

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Published in:	BMC Medical Research Methodology
Main Authors:	Aashna Uppal, Frank Kagoro, Luciana Monteiro-Krebs, Flavia Thedim Costa Bueno, Larissa Pruner Marques, Sofonias Kifle Tessema, John Amuasi, Matthew Retford, Bonny Baker, Mercedes Rumi, Aliya Naheed, Elvis Temfack, Cristiani Vieira Machado, Agklinta Kiosia, Paul Kingpriest, Trudie Lang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2025-08-01
Subjects:	Public health research methods Data science Research inequality
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-025-02638-7