ITHS founding Prinicipal Investigator Nora Disis, MD, was recently honored as the UW School of Medicine Inventor of the Year for her work developing cancer vaccines. Among her many other academic and advisory roles, Dr. Disis serves as director of the Cancer Vaccine Insitute and...
ITHS is excited to welcome a new group of outstanding researchers to the TL1 Translational Research Training Program. The program has accepted 19 predoctoral trainees from Montana State University and the University of Washington. These up and coming translational scientists come from a diverse variety...
ITHS faculty member Lynn Rose, PhD, has been honored with the 2024 Martha Feldman Award by the Organization of Regulatory and Clinical Associates (ORCA). The award, named for the founder of ORCA, honors a Washington individual who has contributed to the field of regulatory affairs...
The new "Hot New Grants" page on the ITHS website offers an exciting collection of cutting-edge funding opportunities for researchers, entrepreneurs, and innovators. This new online resource highlights the latest grants designed to support translational research, technology commercialization, and collaborative interdisciplinary projects. Visitors will find...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced a significant award to create a primary care research hub for research-to-clinic connectivity in the Pacific Northwest. The vision is to accelerate research advancement for adoption into every day clinical care, improving health outcomes and advancing health...
ITHS is pleased to announce the winners of its Translational Science Acceleration Awards. Leaders of the awarded projects will receive pilot funding to support planning and development of approaches that aim to address significant roadblocks in clinical and translational research. Project awardees: Taran Gujral, PhD, Associate...
From January to May of this year, the ITHS Technology Development Center brought together seven groups of panelists for a series of hour-long discussions on what it takes to make it as an entrepreneur in the field of biomedicine. The Biomedical Innovation Fireside Chat Series...
ITHS is pleased to announce that the successful Team Science Seminar Series is launching into its third year of trainings for early career faculty and beyond. The theme of this year's seminars will be Developing Your Collaborative Leadership Potential. Sessions begin on October 3rd, and...
The ITHS profile series is meant to shine a deserving spotlight on individuals or programs within ITHS doing critical work across the vast spectrum of translational science. In our July installment, we are spotlighting the research of Cami Rencken, a predoctoral ITHS TL1 Trainee at...
The ITHS profile series is meant to shine a deserving spotlight on individuals within the institute doing critical work across the vast spectrum of translational science. In our July installment, we are focusing on the vibrant career of Dr. Kari A. Stephens, a longtime faculty...