2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/175570A confluence of theoretical and technological developments are beginning to make possible contributions to nuclear physics from lattice QCD. Effective field theory plays a critical role in these advances. I give several examples.Talk presented at "Quark Confinement and the Hadron Spectrum VII 2006". V2: several typos corrected and references addedNuclear TheoryHigh Energy Physics - LatticeEffective field theory as the bridge between lattice QCD and nuclear physicstext