Translating science into medicine.
It takes an average of 17 years for scientific breakthroughs to reach doctors' offices and the public. That's nearly two decades of missed opportunities to prevent disease and improve lives. We're here to change that.
Time isn't the only barrier. While the pharmaceutical industry spends $83 billion per year developing treatments for disease, very little funding goes to studying how to prevent disease in the first place. The Atria Research Institute is shifting this paradigm. Through our global network of 100+ distinguished fellows and researchers, we are laser-focused on strategies to prevent and mitigate chronic disease before people get sick. Our non-profit think tank bridges the gap between scientific breakthroughs and real-world solutions that improve lives.
Our mission is to identify and advance preventive solutions that improve health outcomes and enhance the lives of as many people as possible.
We develop modern scientific protocols for optimizing health, preventing disease, and extending healthspan.
We engage in research using longitudinal phenotypic, molecular, genetic, and imaging data to advance medical understanding.
We collaborate on scalable public health initiatives to serve the more than 80% of humanity living in low- and middle-income countries.
We equip medical professionals and the public with free cutting-edge health education content.
The challenge we face
17
Average number of years it takes for scientific breakthroughs to reach the doctor's office
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
73
Number of days it takes for medical knowledge to double
Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association
$9.8T
Trillions of dollars spent globally on health care per year
World Health Organization
5K
Approximate number of new clinical drug trials in the U.S. every year
IQVIA Connected Intelligence
6K
Number of rare diseases with no known treatment
McKinsey & Company
$245B
Billions of dollars spent on medical research and development in the U.S. per year
Research!America
10+
Average number of years for new drugs to go from discovery to market
Journal of Health Economics
4.6
Number of years global life expectancy will increase by 2050
The Lancet