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From basic biomedical through implementation science, the goal of health research is ultimately to improve the health of populations. In this chapter, translational health research is defined and its rationale described. A variety of cross-disciplinary, or team science, approaches to study complex health issues are also described; these include multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary collaborations. While there is a broad and general acceptance of team science, academic institutions and funding agencies are still in the process of developing appropriate benchmarks that will enable the assessment of the contributions of individual researchers involved in team science, as well as promoting initiatives to encourage and sustain these types of research teams.
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Feine, J.S. (2018). Translational Research in the Oral Health Sciences. In: Meurman, J. (eds) Translational Oral Health Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78205-8_1
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