The Institute of Translational Health Sciences announced today the acceptance of 12 University of Washington students into its yearlong TL1 Multidisciplinary Pre-doctoral Clinical Research Training Program. The TL1 program, which is available to UW pre-doctoral students across all health professions, provides a unique cohort-based training...
New findings from the Institute of Translational Health Sciences study, “Attitudes About the Ethics of Research on Medical Practices (ROMP),” have added the voice of potential research participants to the ongoing debate about the informed consent process in studies where the lines between research and...
The recently published research of Dr. Nathan White has received substantial media attention due to its potentially life-saving applications for trauma patients. Dr. White and his UW research team developed an engineered hemostatic polymer (PolySTAT) that circulates harmlessly in the blood, identifies wound areas, and...
Our next Clinical Research Education Series (CRES) will cover the topic, "Exploring Conflict of Interest." The event will take place Thursday, March 26, 2015, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the Seattle Children's Research Institute in downtown Seattle. Doug Diekema, MD, MPH, of Seattle Children's will broaden...
The University of Washington's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, in collaboration with the Friends of Alzheimer’s Research, is funding pilot research awards related to the Center’s theme of Precision Medicine for the Molecular and Clinical Complexity of Alzheimer’s Disease. ADRC's long-term vision is to develop the knowledge...
Are you looking for a way to more effectively collect and manage your study data? Research teams across the world are turning to Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap), a free, rapidly evolving web tool for researchers in the translational domain, for just this reason. In this month's...
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences is offering interactive, two-hour group trainings to academic, scientific, business, and medical leaders who want to expand their abilities to present in a convincing and effective manner. These sessions will take place on April 9, 2015, at UW Medicine South...
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences announced today the launch of Data QUEST, an electronic health record data-sharing network designed to offer researchers access to research datasets. Data QUEST spans community-based primary care practices in the states of Washington and Idaho, which allows researchers to...
Health-related scientific discoveries are often relegated to bookshelves after publication rather than being applied in clinical settings. The Group Health Research Institute (GHRI), in collaboration with the Institute of Translational Health Sciences, is seeking to bridge this gap between discovery and actual clinical practice with...
A unique fellowship experience training in nephrology and endocrinology got Dr. Ian de Boer, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington, interested in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its wide range of metabolic abnormalities. These dual interests in have converged in his latest...