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Franziska Michor's research skills involve equations and computers, but her goal is clinical: to eliminate cancer.

Mathematician John Wesley Cain works with clinicians, physicists, and engineers in a field called cardiac electrophysiology.

Epigenetics provides a common theme to Spanish cancer researcher Manel Esteller's broad interests in basic and translational research.

New Ph.D. programs in translational medicine provide basic science training and clinical experience.

Brown University scientist Carmen Marsit's unique training allows him to take an interdisciplinary and translational approach to epigenetics.

"The opportunity for this career development is now. I think the job opportunities that follow on that will be very substantial." -Graham Lord, King's College London and Guy's and St. Thomas' hospitals

Biomedical ontology is growing as an informatics specialty, and ontologies are proving to be powerful software and data-mining tools.

Fewer faculty jobs are tenure-track, but job seekers in academic medical research need to look beyond the tenure-track label.

D.V.M.-Ph.D.s are uniquely qualified to do research in animal models and translate findings across species -- including humans.

Harvard physician-scientist Lynn Bry has developed an informatics system for matching biological samples to research needs.

Is an M.D.-Ph.D. program right for me? Where should I apply? Where should I go?

There are many ways that classically trained engineers can work at the interface of engineering and medicine.

Young physician-scientists must learn to thrive despite a divided culture and rigid, anachronistic institutional structures and expectations.

Regulations seem to discourage academic scientists from partnering with industry, but such collaboration is essential to translational research.

Postdoc Liz Cirulli started out in plant genetics but now co-leads Duke's Centenarian Project, which aims to find gene variants that account for longevity.

People with scientific training are needed to explore ethical, legal, and social issues involved in bringing science into the clinic.

Speed networking can be an effective way to promote new research collaborations.

Empty training slots and ample job opportunities make the job outlook positive for physician-scientists.

Translational social scientists adapt research for the people it aims to serve and carry the lessons they learn in the community back to the lab.

Opportunities for Ph.D. scientists to interact with patients appear to be growing.