22 Jun Headache Specialists Use REDCap to Streamline Patient Care
Drs. Natalia Murinova and Melissa Schorn partnered with ITHS to create a new patient questionnaire that gathers relevant information before patients arrive at their office....
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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...
14 Jun REDCap Surveys 101: A Guide to Writing and Designing Effective Surveys
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...
09 Jun Hiring Versus Contracting: What Research Staffing Model Best Fits your Study?
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....
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....
02 Jun Three UW Research Teams Awarded ITHS Collaboration Innovation Awards
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....
31 May Mining Clinical Notes Boosts Participant Pool by 700%
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....
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. ...
19 May Six UW Students Selected for ITHS and WRF Summer MBA Fellowship Program
Six University of Washington graduate students have been accepted into the 2016 ITHS and the Washington Research Foundation Summer MBA Fellowship program....
13 May Is It Time to Bring Back Full-Fat Dairy?
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...