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TRANSLATION PROGRAMME
Description
The process of transferring basic science knowledge to the search for effective therapeutic or preventive interventions requires non-stop interaction and a deliberate exchange of resources and knowledge to make sure that basic science discoveries benefit patients . The objective is to efficiently apply the knowledge of cellular, molecular, physiological, chemical or genetic processes to the search for effective treatments or for prevention or diagnostic techniques, approaching the work from bench to bed-side .
A fundamental agent in the CIBERER science and technology system for group activity is the National Health System (NHS) as a coordinated set of health services offered by the Public Administration and the Spanish Regions .
CIBERER is responsible for leading the research that is being carried out in the organisation into clinical practice so that it directly and effectively benefits society and the National Health System . In this regard, relations with the health sector and specifically with the National Health System (NHS) are the best way to implement the social return of research . CIBERER research groups, many of which are integrated in the hospital and healthcare field, seek to develop knowledge that can be applied as clinical solutions .
Objectives
The general objective is to promote top-quality translational research, translating the results of basic, clinical, epidemiological, health services and public health research to the National Health System (NHS), the Spanish System of Science and Technology, to patients and to society as a whole .
Resources Used
• Staff resources: Translation Manager with the support of the team of Scientific Activity Managers .
CIBERER groups are involved in the different links of the value chain, ranging from developing basic knowledge to applying it in routine clinical practice . That potential of complementary profiles must be put to use to favour translation by means of networking .
Results
EXISTING COLLABORATIONS AND ESTABLISHING NEW COLLABORATIONS WITH LINKED CLINICAL GROUPS (LCGS) IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE NHS
As established in the CIBERER bylaws, the Board of Trustees, subject to a report from the Scientific Director and a favourable report from the Permanent Commission, may associate NHS centre clinical groups with CIBERER . This association would be necessary to carry out CIBERER programmes by means of specific agreements .
Therefore, in the framework of its Strategic Plans in 2013, CIBERER opened up the possibility of including new Linked Clinical Groups (LCGs) . This allows CIBERER groups to collaborate with groups that have vast clinical experience with RDs, accelerating the final translation of the research conducted by CIBERER groups into the NHS .
In summary, efforts are pooled within the framework of skills and expertise that are characteristic of each of them, i .e ., health centres and CIBERER research groups, in developing cooperative, multidisciplinary and translational research activities, as well as working to transfer research and development results and handling scientific training specialised in Biomedicine, and specifically in the area of RDs .
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