Manoj M. Lalu, MD, PhD, FRCPC is an anesthesiologist and researcher focused on moving basic science discoveries to early phase clinical trials. He co-leads the Blueprint Translational Research Group at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. The group adopts a variety of approaches (systematic reviews/meta-research, qualitative interview studies, early economic analyses, preclinical lab studies) to better understand and improve the ‘translational’ process.