Cycle of Translation

The Cycle begins and ends with the care of patients in our hospitals and clinics. Clinicians in our hospitals care for more than 2.2 million patients annually, enabling them to identify the most pressing challenges in medicine and provide excellent care.

Clinicians and researchers form interdisciplinary teams to address their needs and clinical challenges.

Our teams of clinicians, researchers, and collaborators from around the world have access to a full suite of technology to enable the discovery process.

Inventions that solve a problem have real world value and protectable intellectual property.

Applied research involves testing, evaluating and refining new materials, devices and systems or methods into a final lead experimental product or process with the intent to move into the product development stage.

Product development involves the design and piloting of a test product or process within a cGMP or other controlled environment.

Research teams have access to dedicated Translational Research Initiative bridge funds to take the most promising discoveries into preclinical and early phase clinical development.

Teams have access to early phase trial support, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics support and outpatient clinical care and study management services, including research, nursing, regulatory submissions and budget management support for all phases of clinical trials.

Interprofessional education programs employ the latest advances in simulation and implementation science to facilitate the safe and efficient adoption of new technologies as they are approved for clinical use.

As part of the systemwide goals for quality improvement and patient safety, we develop our education programs to incorporate high reliability organization principles and use team-based training approaches to maximize patient outcomes.