How might the NHLBI effectively encourage and support its investigators to collaborate with strategic partners to pursue the early translation of their HLBS discoveries into new diagnostics and therapeutics? The critical challenges to effective early translation of discovery science experienced by the investigator community include: 1. The need for translational skills development, training and guidance 2. Need for... more »

How best to train T1 investigators in using big health care data to test their basic science hypotheses related to heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders and thus generate sufficient confirmation to justify clinical interventions.