{"id":5054,"date":"2019-09-09T14:44:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T18:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ctsi\/?page_id=5054"},"modified":"2025-07-28T19:51:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T23:51:26","slug":"what-is-translational-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ctsi\/about\/what-is-translational-science\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Translational Science?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; max-width: 850px; margin: 40px auto; padding: 20px; background-color: #f9f9f9; border-radius: 12px; box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);\">\n<h2 style=\"color: #8b0000; text-align: center;\">What is Translational Science?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333; line-height: 1.6;\">Scientists around the world are making new discoveries and breakthroughs in understanding illness every day. But turning these discoveries into improvements in human health is a difficult process. Translational science presents tremendous opportunity for innovation to develop solutions that make the process of developing a new medicine better and more efficient. Learn more about translational science: <a href=\"https:\/\/ncats.nih.gov\/training-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/ncats.nih.gov\/training-education<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 30px auto; text-align: center;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/ctsi\/files\/2019\/09\/BiomedicalTranslation_GIF_3a.gif\" alt=\"BiomedicalTranslation_GIF\" width=\"794\" height=\"446\" class=\"wp-image-5055 aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e0f8f2; padding: 20px; border-left: 6px solid #f57c00; margin-top: 20px; border-radius: 8px;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0; color: #83224f;\">Why Translational Science Matters<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"line-height: 1.8; font-size: 16px; color: #444;\">\n<li>It is a new field with boundless promise to transform biomedical research and medicine.<\/li>\n<li>Translational science enables a better understanding of how to turn scientific discoveries into real-world interventions that improve patient outcomes.<\/li>\n<li>It forms the foundation for developing more effective treatment and prevention strategies for all diseases.<\/li>\n<li>Translational scientists aim to break down barriers in the translation process to deliver more treatments to more people more quickly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 30px;\">\n<details style=\"margin-top: 10px; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 6px; background-color: #f9f9f9;\">\n<summary style=\"padding: 12px; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; color: #8b0000; cursor: pointer;\">Traits of Successful Translational Scientists<\/summary>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333;\">A key NCATS strategic goal is developing and fostering a highly skilled, creative and diverse translational science workforce.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #333;\">Members of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.translationtogether.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Translation Together<\/a>, an international partnership with NCATS and other organizations to advance translational innovation, collaborated to define the ideal translational scientist. Their work outlined seven essential traits. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.1021\/acsptsci.9b00022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Read more about what it means to be a translational scientist<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Translational Science? Scientists around the world are making new discoveries and breakthroughs in understanding illness every day. But turning these discoveries into improvements in human health is a difficult process. Translational science presents tremendous opportunity for innovation to develop solutions that make the process of developing a new medicine better and more efficient. 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