Incorporating calculations into a survey instrument can be tricky to execute for any REDcap user. Recently, Samantha Walkow at BC Children’s Hospital created a new tool called BuildMyCalc to help guide REDCap users through this process. ...
When preparing a new grant or setting up a study, it is important to know about the patient population through which the research will be conducted. With medical information being stored in electronic systems, data can become available to investigators for answering these important questions...
We are sad to announce that Dr. Carlos De La Peña, Executive Director of the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS), passed away on Friday, September 7, 2018 after an extended illness. ...
The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program has established a National Center for Data to Health to make research data more meaningful and accessible. ...
Clinical researchers know how important it is to safeguard trial integrity. In fact, this is such a crucial part of the process that many trials utilize Data and Safety Monitoring Boards (DSMBs) to regularly review safety data and observe trial progress. ...
For many types of research, having a clickable image would make data collection a whole lot easier. The IMAGEMAP action tag enables you to design a survey in which certain text fields become part of an interactive, selectable, image....
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have established a Loan Repayment Program (LRP) to reduce educational debt for individuals who pursue a career in medical research....
The UW Alacrity Center is seeking applications for their pilot study awards to improve the implementation of evidence-based psychosocial interventions. These types of interventions often face barriers, especially in rural or underserved populations, due to lack of clinician training or complexity of the treatment itself....
ITHS is now accepting applications for two formal research training programs. The KL2 Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development program and TL1 Translational Research Training program are designed to provide financial support and mentored training in clinical and translational science competencies. ...
As of September 1, 2018, the ITHS Biomedical Informatics team will no longer provide services through the De-identified Clinical Data Repository (DCDR) tool. This tool will be replaced by a new application called, “Leaf,” which has been developed in partnership with UW Medicine. ...