Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences

**Our Mission** To accelerate clinical and translational research and advance discovery, knowledge and innovation to improve health outcomes across the lifespan and benefit the healthcare and well-being of all our communities. - We will harness the talent of Washington University and our partners at Saint Louis University and University of Missouri – Columbia to create integrated collaborations among investigators and within the community. - We will train a highly qualified workforce with the tools to discover and implement transformative translational research. - We will develop and promote a collaborative team science framework that will translate discoveries into effective interventions that can transform individual and community health. **Our Vision** We envision a future in which the health and well-being of our community informs the creation and acceleration of new knowledge across the translational divide from study conception through real world dissemination.