The Department believes that actively designing and implementing a Translational Research program will lead to the following benefits while meeting the goal of helping humanity lead better lives:

• Provide a road map to accelerate commercialization of university-based life science innovation
• Help develop university biomedical innovations to a critical endpoint
• Attract follow-on funding from investors/industry
• Create high paying jobs and increase the biomedical industry infrastructure in the region

Two programs are presently being implemented under the Department of Bioengineering's leadership: