TY - JOUR
T1 - How inclusion of genetic counselors on the research team can benefit translational science
AU - Zierhut, Heather
AU - Austin, Jehannine
PY - 2011/3/16
Y1 - 2011/3/16
N2 - Translational research in medicine is necessarily a team-based endeavor, and, indeed, translational research teams often include researchers from many different disciplines. We outline some of the practical challenges that are particularly salient to translational research, both for scientists and study participants, and propose that genetic counselors-a group of specialty-trained health care professionals who are as yet only infrequently recruited to collaborate in translational research teams - could contribute a unique perspective and skill set that would be invaluable in the effective navigation of these challenges. We propose that collaboration with genetic counselors could not only bene t individual translational research teams but also potentially help shift the research agenda for translational medicine.
AB - Translational research in medicine is necessarily a team-based endeavor, and, indeed, translational research teams often include researchers from many different disciplines. We outline some of the practical challenges that are particularly salient to translational research, both for scientists and study participants, and propose that genetic counselors-a group of specialty-trained health care professionals who are as yet only infrequently recruited to collaborate in translational research teams - could contribute a unique perspective and skill set that would be invaluable in the effective navigation of these challenges. We propose that collaboration with genetic counselors could not only bene t individual translational research teams but also potentially help shift the research agenda for translational medicine.
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U2 - 10.1126/scitranslmed.3001898
DO - 10.1126/scitranslmed.3001898
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 21411737
AN - SCOPUS:79952791191
SN - 1946-6234
VL - 3
JO - Science Translational Medicine
JF - Science Translational Medicine
IS - 74
M1 - 74cm7
ER -