How do we measure success in research? Is it determined strictly by study results? Or is there something else to be measured, something more subtle? It has been said that translational science is only as successful as your collaborations are with other researchers and the community-at-large. Without effective collaborations, there is no translational research. No bench to bedside. No prototype to device. No beaker to pill. In other words, without long lasting collaborations we're back to doing business as usual.
We think it's important to highlight those translational and clinical research studies that we see as our success stories. This is only the beginning of what we hope will be an enduring collaborative effort. And the end to doing business as usual.
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Chance Encounters, Strong Collaborations
For several years, Tufts CTSI has enjoyed a strong collaboration with Boston's Museum of Science. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Museum's multimedia kiosk focusing on translational research at Tufts.
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Transparency: Does it Improve the Value of Our Hospital Care?
During the past decade, the public’s desire to know about hospital performance and pricing has resulted in an increasingly vocal debate as to whether such transparency actually has had an effect on health outcomes, i.e. improved health care, or cost. In July 2009, Peter Lindenauer, MD, MSC participated in a series of meetings organzied by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies to discuss these issues.
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Understanding your Capacity: Utilizing Community Resources to Maximize Research Scope
Designing an innovative research project isn't just about building your resources; it's also about understanding and maximizing the resources you already have. Rachael Bowers, LICSW, can certainly attest to this. Her participation in Tufts CTSI's Building Your Capacity (BYC): Advancing Research Through Community Engagement program resulted in the creation of a novel research project which was recently mentioned in the New York Times.
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Using Enzymes to Reverse Kidney Disease
Imagine that a bacterial enzyme that digests protein in your throat and intestines could also be used to treat and possibly reverse one of the most deadly and common kidney diseases. That’s exactly what three researchers, bridging Tufts Medical Center’s gastroenterology division and Tufts Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, collectively imagined and are trying to find out.
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