How long does biomedical research take? Studying the time taken between biomedical and health research and its translation into products, policy, and practice

Stephen R. Hanney; Sophie Castle-Clarke; Jonathan Grant; Susan Guthrie; Chris Henshall; Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz; Michele Pistollato; Alexandra Pollitt; Jon Sussex; Steven Wooding

doi:10.1186/1478-4505-13-1

How long does biomedical research take? Studying the time taken between biomedical and health research and its translation into products, policy, and practice

Stephen R. Hanney, Sophie Castle-Clarke, Jonathan Grant, Susan Guthrie, Chris Henshall, Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz, Michele Pistollato, Alexandra Pollitt, Jon Sussex, Steven Wooding

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The time taken, or ‘time lags’, between biomedical/health research and its translation into health improvements is receiving growing attention. Reducing time lags should increase rates of return to such research. However, ways to measure time lags are under-developed, with little attention on where time lags arise within overall timelines. The process marker model has been proposed as a better way forward than the current focus on an increasingly complex series of translation ‘gaps’. Starting from that model, we aimed to develop better methods to measure and understand time lags and develop ways to identify policy options and produce recommendations for future studies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-18
Number of pages	18
Journal	Health research policy and systems / BioMed Central
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1478-4505-13-1
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015

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Hanney, S. R., Castle-Clarke, S., Grant, J., Guthrie, S., Henshall, C., Mestre-Ferrandiz, J., Pistollato, M., Pollitt, A., Sussex, J., & Wooding, S. (2015). How long does biomedical research take? Studying the time taken between biomedical and health research and its translation into products, policy, and practice. Health research policy and systems / BioMed Central, 13(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1186/1478-4505-13-1

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