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The ability of the WTCHP to serve its members and realize positive impacts on all of its stakeholders depends on effective translation of research findings. As part of an ongoing assessment of the translational impact of World Trade Center (WTC)-related research, we applied the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) translational framework to two case studies: WTC-related research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and cancer. We conducted a review of 9\/11 health-related research in the peer-reviewed literature through October 2017, grey literature, and WTCHP program documentation. We mapped peer-reviewed studies in the literature to the NIEHS framework and used WTCHP program documentation and grey literature to find evidence of translation of research into clinical practice and policy. Using the NIEHS framework, we identified numerous translational milestones and bridges, as well as areas of opportunity, within each case study. This application demonstrates the utility of the NIEHS framework for documenting progress toward public health impact and for setting future research goals.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph18052659","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,7]],"date-time":"2021-03-07T20:20:43Z","timestamp":1615148443000},"page":"2659","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Impact of World Trade Center-Related Health Research: An Application of the NIEHS Translational Framework"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9272-2411","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jaime","family":"Madrigano","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA 22202, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6082-3055","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Thomas W.","family":"Concannon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"RAND Corporation, Boston, MA 02116, USA"},{"name":"Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sean","family":"Mann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA 22202, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8094-5677","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sameer M.","family":"Siddiqi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA 22202, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ramya","family":"Chari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"RAND Corporation, Boston, MA 02116, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8953-8856","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Laura J.","family":"Faherty","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"RAND Corporation, Boston, MA 02116, USA"},{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"211","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.2007.26","article-title":"The meaning of translational research and why it matters","volume":"299","author":"Woolf","year":"2008","journal-title":"JAMA"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"126","DOI":"10.1038\/sj.clpt.6100029","article-title":"Translational research: Moving discovery to practice","volume":"81","author":"Zerhouni","year":"2007","journal-title":"Clin. 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