The BIH QUEST Center for Transforming Biomedical Research
QUEST – Quality | Ethics | Open Science | Translation
Mission Statement
QUEST strives to increase the value of biomedical research at BIH and beyond.
Our Mission
To overcome the roadblocks in translational medicine: Increasing the value and impact of biomedical research by maximizing the quality, reproducibility, generalizability, and validity of BIH research.
To create an awareness of the need to rethink biomedical research and to initiate a culture change in academic biomedicine.
Quality assurance
We promote compliance of preclinical as well as clinical research with standards and guidelines on design, conduct, analysis and reporting.
Education & Training
We develop and implement training and teaching resources on experimental and study design, methods to reduce bias, new modes of publishing, the digital footprint of academics, as well as open science.
Open Science
We increase the accessibility and transparency of BIH research through Open Data and promote research data management.
Meta Research
We identify opportunities for improving research practice and obtain evidence for the impact of its activities through ‘research on research’.
Incentives and rewards
We develop new incentive systems in research, e.g. by selecting appropriate novel indicators and metrics for the assessment of research performance of researchers and institutions.
Stakeholder Engagement
We develop, support and evaluate Patient and Stakeholder Engagement activities throughout the entire process of biomedical research.
