Biomedical informatics can be an ambiguous term to the uninitiated. While data extraction is often the first thing that comes to mind, biomedical informatics can do much more than that, says ITHS BMI consultant Christine Fong. She shares eight BMI tools and features that...
ITHS has accepted 12 University of Washington students into its yearlong 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....
Have you ever wanted to add an instructional video to your REDCap surveys to supplement or replace written instructions? With REDCap version 6.7.0, you now have the ability to embed videos directly into your survey or form....
A study by former ITHS TL1 predoctoral trainee Musetta Fu found that group singing improved both cognitive and pulmonary functions in older adults....
Despite evidence that parents of overweight children consider their children to be a healthy weight, parents estimate greater future risk of weight-related health conditions for their children, according to a new study from former ITHS KL2 Scholar Dr. Davene Wright....
Members of ITHS are part of a unique catalyst that accelerates discoveries to practice. When you become an ITHS member, you become part of a multi-disciplinary team working toward a common goal of advancing research and improving health....
Dr. Susan Apkon has partnered with the ITHS Pediatric Clinical Research Center at Seattle Children’s to study the exon skipping drug eteplirsen, a possible treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy....
When you are designing forms, REDCap will show you a preview of the variables you are building. But it will not show you if your branching logic or calculations actually work as designed. To test logic and calculations, you will need to create test records....
ITHS Research Coordinator Michael Donahue shares five tips to improve the design of clinical trial recruitment flyers and reach more potential study participants....
Dr. Kirk Hevener, an ITHS Regional Translational Scholar, hopes to find a new treatment for C. diff. infections by repurposing a drug that is already on the market. ...