Summary
The Wake Forest (WF) Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) joined the CTSA consortium in 2015 with the goal of catalyzing our health system’s transformation into an exemplary Learning Health System (LHS). Since then, we have extended this LHS framework by integrating traditional academic goals of T0-T4 translation, scholarship, and education while also promoting health for all people and the vitality of the communities we serve. We call this evolved vision the Academic Learning Health System (aLHS). Achieving this vision requires scientists with a deep understanding of the transl