It seems simple. Write some questions. Paste them into REDCap. Hit send. But anyone who has written a survey knows it is not that easy. This guide will help you write and design REDCap surveys that engage respondents and help you get the data you...
Investigators usually need research support staff for their studies. The question is: should they hire their own staff or use a staffing resource like the ITHS Research Coordination Center? Learn the answer in this Q&A....
ITHS has accepted 12 University of Washington students into its summer TL1 Multidisciplinary Pre-doctoral Clinical Research Training Program. The program offers a unique cohort-based training experience designed to create new leaders in clinical and translational research....
ITHS has awarded three, one-year $50,000 Collaboration Innovation Awards to University of Washington research teams. The awards support development of new interdisciplinary collaborations between investigators in projects addressing critical transitions in translational research....
Research Coordinator Maya Reiter recently partnered with the ITHS Biomedical Informatics team to find participants within a difficult-to-find population. ITHS helped Reiter identify 700% more potential participants by mining clinical notes within electronic medical records....
For patients suffering from mild traumatic brain injuries, just 20 minutes with a social worker can aid in recovery, according to a study led by KL2 Scholar Dr. Megan Moore. ...
Six University of Washington graduate students have been accepted into the 2016 ITHS and the Washington Research Foundation Summer MBA Fellowship program....
A growing body of research has experts questioning low-fat dairy recommendations. Dr. Mario Kratz is one of them. His reviews of observational studies found some surprising effects of full-fat dairy on weight and diabetes. Now he is conducting a clinical trial at the ITHS Clinical...
Wondering how to improve your REDCap survey response rates? This REDCap Tip of the Month describes four potential ways to increase the completion rate of your surveys....
ITHS Rising Star Dr. Sara Kover has dedicated her career to studying language development in children with neurodevelopment disorders. Her latest project focuses on how memory, attention, and phonology relate to vocabulary development....