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. ...
Education & Training
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....
17 Jun 2016 ITHS TL1 Trainees Describe Their Road to Research
For students who have an interest in both clinical care and research, the ITHS TL1 Multidisciplinary Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Program provides a bridge between the two fields. UW Health Sciences NewsBeat recently interviewed three UW students in the 2016 TL1 cohort about their road...
07 Jun ITHS Announces 2016 Summer TL1 Clinical Research Trainees
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....
25 May KL2 Scholar Finds 20-Minute Chat Can Help Patients with Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries
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. ...
05 May ITHS Regional Translational Scholar Studies Intricacies of Language Development
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....
29 Mar A Secret to Healthy Aging? Join the Choir
A study by former ITHS TL1 predoctoral trainee Musetta Fu found that group singing improved both cognitive and pulmonary functions in older adults....
18 Feb KL2 Scholar Studies Drug Variability in Kidney Disease Patients
ITHS KL2 Scholar Dr. Catherine Yeung is building a mathematical model to help doctors better dose medications for patients with kidney disease. Learn why Yeung credits the KL2 program for helping her build a research network....
19 Jan ITHS Names Three Promising Investigators to KL2 Training Program
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Early-career biomedical investigators face numerous challenges when trying to become independently established. Mitigating two of the biggest challenges to becoming established is the goal of the ITHS KL2 training program, which recently accepted its newest cohort of three scholars....