
Transforming Translation: Impact of Clinical and Translational Science
Author(s) -
Wagner JA,
Kroetz DL
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical and translational science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1752-8062
pISSN - 1752-8054
DOI - 10.1111/cts.12380
Subject(s) - translational research , translational medicine , translational science , translational research informatics , medicine , bench to bedside , context (archaeology) , public health , pathology , biology , medical physics , health informatics , paleontology , engineering informatics
What is translational medicine? This question has been vigorously debated by various constituencies for many years. One recent, encompassing definition of translational medicine was developed for the Strategic Plan in service of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (ASCPT).1,2 Not coincidentally, the ASCPT Strategic Plan was aptly entitled “Transforming Translation.”