To realize medical care that "supports," we must pursue multi-disciplinary research and develop products that address daily inconveniences experienced by individuals with health issues. Previously research has focused on translational research, which analyzed all processes from the development of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment to clinical research as one single thread in handling data obtained from basic research in medicine and biology. However, in the field of nursing research that supports the everyday lives of individuals, not all of the fruits in basic research could be applied to nursing care products. Instead, we must take an approach that addresses the needs of the people and contexts which require nursing care and in which such care is practiced. In the department of reverse translational research, we not only seek to conduct research that bridge existing basic research with clinical application, but we also aim to realize needs-oriented care through understanding data made available by clinical research and by developing products.
 We conduct reverse translational research into things such as wounds including diabetic foot ulcers. It also seeks to offer a model for this type of research to nursing studies.