The terms translational research and translational science have been used interchangeably for more than a decade, but that’s changing across Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA)-funded institutions, including TRI.
Driving the transformation is the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), which funds the CTSA program. Beginning this year, TRI supported awardees and trainees will need to explain how their research is geared toward translational science and not translational research.
Broadly speaking, there is uncertainty about how the terms differ, but TRI is working to clarify the issue and provide researchers with the information they need.
A recorded video presentation on the topic is now available. Produced by TRI Director Laura James, M.D., the presentation is a condensed version of a recent TRInnovations in Translational Science Seminar led by J. Rob Singleton, M.D., director of the University of Utah’s Clinical Research Unit at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute.