31 Oct Changes Coming to Clinical Trial Regulations and Policies in 2017
The new policies represent a move toward increasing efficiency, accountability, and transparency in clinical research....
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14 Oct Avoid These Four Data Visualization Pitfalls
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a data visualization is worth at least 10,000. In this post, we’ve outlined four data visualization practices that may seem like a good idea but should actually be avoided....
14 Sep Could 3-D Printers Help Parents Better Understand Children’s Heart Conditions?
The heart is a complex organ. For parents of children with congenital heart disease, it’s even more challenging. But what if parents could actually hold their child’s heart–a 3D-printed model of it, that is–in their hands?...
23 Aug Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Differences in Parental Stress
Using data from a 16-year longitudinal study, ITHS TL1 trainee Sharon Borja is studying how parenting stress differs among African American, Latino, and white parents. ...
17 Aug Now Accepting Applications for 2017 KL2 Cohort
The ITHS KL2 program provides the time, funding, and rigorous mentorship necessary to foster the early career development of clinical and translational researchers. Applications for the 2017 cohort are due by November 1, 2016....
16 Aug ITHS Scholar Awarded R21 to Study C. difficile Therapy
ITHS Rising Star Dr. Kirk Hevener was recently awarded an NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award (R21) to investigate the bacterial enzyme FabK as a novel, druggable target for selective therapy of Clostridium difficile infections....
03 Aug ITHS Regional Translational Scholar Looks at Role of Organic and Conventional Diets During Pregnancy
Dr. Cynthia Curl's pilot study will follow 20 women through their second and third trimesters to better understand the effect of eating organic and conventional produce during pregnancy....
27 Jul Meet Jennifer Sprecher, Director of Lean Performance for ITHS
As Director of Lean Performance, Jennifer Sprecher helps people and teams work smarter, not harder. In this Q&A, she discusses the Lean methodology and how to incorporate it into your daily life....
19 Jul Find Study Participants Faster, Easier with Participate in Research
Participate in Research, a free, web-based study recruitment tool from ITHS, has helped 10 studies meet recruitment goals since the site relaunched last October. We talked to three study coordinators about how the site is helping them find study participants faster and easier....
14 Jul A User-Centered Approach to Creating a Cleaner Cookstove
University of Washington researchers and a local nonprofit are working to develop a cleaner, more efficient cookstove that could improve millions of lives. They engaged the Institute of Translational Health Sciences Research Coordination Center to help them gain the necessary Institutional Review Board (IRB) modifications...