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Straus Lecture
Travels from Bench to Bedside and Back
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| Dr. Stephen Straus |
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We have all heard the terms "from bench to bedside" or "translational
research" — taking the discoveries of the laboratory to the patient.
But translational research is more than that; it is also taking clinical
observations back to the laboratory to produce research results to
use at the bedside. An upcoming NIH Director's Lecture will focus
on the cycle of translational research as viewed through studies
of the herpes simplex and varicella zoster viruses led by Dr.
Stephen Straus, senior investigator, Laboratory of Clinical
Infectious Diseases, NIAID, and director, National Center for Complementary
and Alternative Medicine.
On Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 3 p.m. in Masur Auditorium, Bldg. 10, Straus
will share insights from more than 20 years of translational research
of these common human herpesvirus diseases. He will take the audience
from molecular biology, to pathogenesis, to treatment and prevention
of these diseases and their complications and show how work progressed
because of lessons he and his colleagues learned from their patients,
in addition to laboratory studies. This research ultimately led
to the development and testing of novel drug and vaccine strategies
for genital herpes and shingles.
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