Dear TIM Community,
We are organising a track on "Translational Research: How far have we come to bridge the gap between science and practice? Rationales, Design, Impact and Evaluation" (Track 21) during the 2023 edition of the EU-SPRI conference. The track is co-organised by Effie Amanatidou, Isabel-Maria Bodas-Freitas, Anders Broström, Cinzia Dello Russo, Dimitri Gagliardi, Jarno Hoekman, Magnus Holmén, Michael Hopkins, Oscar Llopis, Bastian Rake, Ronnie Ramlogan, Taran Maru Thune, and Alfredo Yegros.
Abstracts of 1,000 words must be submitted before Monday 23rd January 2023, 23:59 GMT.
Translational Research refers to the "effective translation of the new knowledge, mechanisms, and techniques generated by advances in basic science research into new approaches for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease […] essential for improving health." (Fontanarosa & De Angelis, 2002, p. 1728). This track will gather original papers should that address the bridging of the divide among the diverse stakeholders engaged in translational processes (researchers, clinicians, regulators, industry, patients and their advocacy organisations, etc.) that may be subject to conflicting logics, epistemic cultures and intrinsic motivations. Contributions to the session should provide novel and interesting insights into initiatives aimed at reducing cognitive, organisational, institutional, and social distances among the actors involved. These considerations should inform policy development and health strategies. We are interested in areas such as: Gaps and challenges in collaborative research and medical innovation; New forms of collaboration bridging knowledge generation and knowledge application; Key conditions for bridging discoveries to practice in health; Differential diffusion of practices and access to medical innovations across disciplines, health systems and regions; Use and abuse' of data and data analytics for bringing discoveries to practice; Changing roles of regulation and regulatory bodies in translational research; New concepts for evidence-based policy design based on TR insights; Evaluation and impact analysis of translational research".
Further information regarding the track can be found here: https://www.euspri2023.com/call-for-papers
Kind regards,
Bastian Rake
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Bastian Rake
Maynooth University
Maynooth
+353 1 708 6670
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