The Meaning of Translational Research and Why It Matters

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dc.contributor.authorWoolf, Steven H.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:01:22Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:01:22Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractTranslational research means different things to different people, but it seems important to almost everyone. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has made translational research a priority, forming centers of translational research at its institutes and launching the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program in 2006. With 24 CTSA-funded academic centers already established, other universities are transforming themselves to compete for upcoming CTSA grants. By 2012, the NIH expects to fund 60 such centers with a budget of $500 million per year.1 Besides academic centers, foundations, industry, disease-related organizations, and individual hospitals and health systems have also established translational research programs and at least 2 journals (Translational Medicine and the Journal of Translational Medicine) are devoted to the topic. By some accounts, translational research has become a centerpiece of the European Commission's 6 billion budget for health-related research, and the United Kingdom . . .
dc.description.urihttp://jama.ama-assn.org/content/299/2/211.extract
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/24rj-bzav
dc.identifier.citationWoolf, Steven H. (2008) The Meaning of Translational Research and Why It Matters. JAMA, 299 (2). pp. 211-213.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 1023
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22978
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subject“bench-to-bedside”
dc.subjecttranslating research into practice
dc.subjectclinical research enterprise
dc.titleThe Meaning of Translational Research and Why It Matters
dc.typeArticle

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