APA Dictionary of Psychology

both a research paradigm and an interdisciplinary field with the primary goal of advancing basic science research findings so that they may be applied in everyday clinical practice to enhance health and overall well-being. Translational research also advances a bidirectional ideal; that is, it not only emphasizes the translation of basic science research for use in new treatments and clinical services (captured by the phrase “from bench to bedside”), but it also advocates for the translation of clinical experience in real-world settings to inform the questions investigated in the basic science laboratory (“from bedside to bench”).