Mastering translational medicine: interdisciplinary education for a new generation.

Translational health research: perspectives from health education specialists

The phrase "from bench to bedside to curbside" is a common definition of translational research among health disparities researchers. Health Education Specialists can make important contributions to the field of clinical translational medicine, particularly in light of U.S. health care reform and a renewed emphasis on medical home or health care home models.Health Education Specialists have the...

Pedagogical mediation using the virtual learning environment and the new generation: A search for improved performance in medical education

Introduction: Medical schools face increasing challenges toaccommodate new health care needs. However, little has changedregarding the students’ education. In addition, educators face thechallenge of improving their teaching approach, making it suitableand effective for the new generation. The purpose of this work wasto describe and contextualize the application of active pedagogicalmethodologi...

Editorial: New Generation of Psychotherapies Inspired by Cognitive Neuroscience Development: Emergence of Neurocognitive Therapies

Genetic polymorphisms: a cornerstone of translational biobehavioral research.

A new generation of interdisciplinary research seeks to use common functional genetic polymorphisms to model emergent variability in brain chemistry that regulates behaviorally relevant brain structure and function. This genetically mediated variability is then being mapped onto trajectories of risk for psychopathology, especially that precipitated by environmental adversity. This Perspective h...

Factoring Health Equations; Comment on “Do You Recommend an Interdisciplinary Field to Your Graduate Student?”

The International Journal of Health Policy and Management (IJHPM) is a new journal that aims to stimulate not only inter-disciplinary research relating to health, but even an entire new generation of such journals. The challenges of improving human health worldwide clearly suggest ‘why’ such a journal is needed, but ‘how’ bridges and junctions across fields of study towards this end might be fo...