Theme
The 5th National Conference focuses on “Translational Medicine” to bring about an awakening in young minds. Translational research is a way of thinking about and conducting scientific research to make the results of research applicable to the population under study and is practiced in the natural and biological, behavioral, and social sciences.
To improve human health, scientific discoveries must be translated into practical applications. Such discoveries typically begin at “the bench” with basic research in which scientists study disease at a molecular or cellular level then progress to the clinical level, or the patient’s “bedside”. Growing barriers between clinical and basic research, along with the ever the increasing complexities involved in conducting clinical research, are making it more difficult to translate new knowledge to the clinic – and back again to the bench. These challenges are limiting professional interest in the field and hampering the clinical research enterprise at a time when it should be expanding. With its focus on removing barriers to multi-disciplinary collaboration, translational research has the potential to drive the advancement of applied science.The purpose of translational research is to captivate, advance, and nurture a cadre of well-trained multi- and inter-disciplinary investigators , to create innovative research tools and information technologies and to synergize multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary clinical and translational research and researchers to catalyze the application of new knowledge and techniques to clinical practice at the front lines of patient care.