I Am Translational Science
NCATS’ I Am Translational Science video series shares the stories of people working in translational science. Translational science emphasizes collaboration, innovation, systems approaches and knowledge integration across disciplines to understand and address the many scientific and operational bottlenecks that exist along the road from laboratory discovery to public health intervention.
The stories shared here by researchers and others are about what they do, what inspires their work and why they find translational science exciting. The initial stories feature those involved in COVID-19 efforts. Learn more about NCATS’ translational approach to addressing the pandemic.
Follow the #IamTranslationalScience hashtag on Twitter or check back each month for new stories about innovative research that is advancing translational science.
Hongfang Liu, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic
Hongfang Liu, Ph.D., program director for informatics at Mayo Clinic, is experienced in using clinical data for translational science research and improving health care delivery. Dr. Liu explains how collaborating with experts in other disciplines to build the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) Data Enclave will advance the science behind COVID-19 to deliver health care interventions and treatments.
Posted November 24, 2020
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Brittany M. Haynes, Ph.D., NCATS
As a cancer biology researcher, Brittany M. Haynes, Ph.D., learned firsthand the challenges that keep laboratory discoveries from becoming medical treatments. Now, as a scientific program specialist in the Education Branch at NCATS, Dr. Haynes helps young scientists acquire the translational science skills needed to pursue a broad range of scientific careers. She explains how the team sport of translational science shortens a treatment’s journey from benchtop to bedside.
Posted October 20, 2020
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Carleen Klumpp-Thomas, M.S., NCATS
NCATS’ Carleen Klumpp-Thomas has always been fascinated by viruses. Now that interest is helping to drive her work collaborating with others at NIH on a study to determine the spread of COVID-19 in the United States, especially among people who might not have known they were infected.
Posted August 13, 2020
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Kirill Gorshkov, Ph.D., NCATS
Kirill Gorshkov is part of the team at NCATS conducting research to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Gorshkov talks about his role on multiple projects and how earlier translational science efforts laid the groundwork for NCATS to quickly mobilize for COVID-19 research.
Posted August 6, 2020
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Chang Hee Kim, Ph.D., GoDiagnostics (GoDx)
Chang Hee Kim, CEO of GoDx, talks about what it’s like to conduct research during a pandemic and how a translational science approach is essential to fighting COVID-19. With funding from NCATS’ Small Business Innovation Research program, GoDx is adapting its technology platform into a quick, simple and inexpensive approach that could detect the novel coronavirus from nasopharyngeal or saliva samples in less than 30 minutes.
Posted July 29, 2020
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