A-IATRIS, Association Italian Advanced Translational Research Infrastructure, is a network of institutions of excellence on the national scene able to make specific and complementary contributions in the area of translational medicine. A-IATRIS represents the Italian node of EATRIS (European Advanced Translational Research Infrastructure in Medicine).

EATRIS is designed to bridge the gaps and deficits in the panorama of European translational medicine. Its objectives for EATRIS are:

• To support the process of translating research results into innovative strategies aimed at the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of particular health and economic importance for European member states;
• To build a beWer space in which the flow of information between basic research and clinical observations is bidirectional