A 2019 Swiss Academy of Medical Science bulletin addressed the challenge of translational research: the enormous rift between basic scientific discoveries and their use in clinical therapies. The report termed this distance “the valley of death”. Strategies to apply implementation science methods to Swiss health research offer an excellent return on investment. Designing studies specifically to overcome translation barriers promises to remove years from the current research process.
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