Researchers have long debated whether excess weight gain is a result of genetic predisposition or an acquired trait. A neuroimaging study currently underway at the University of Washington is attempting to better understand this topic to provide new data for prevention and intervention efforts. The study,...
The lines between research and clinical care are becoming increasingly blurred in today’s clinical research environment as greater emphasis is being placed on comparative effectiveness research. The blurring of these lines raises questions for researchers, however, about the ethical implications of using randomization within clinical...
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences hosted the Third Annual Research Coordinator Networking & Education Day (NED) on April 25, 2014, at the University of Washington. This professional development conference brought together research coordinators from UW, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle Cancer Care...
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences will present its new online Self-Directed Learning Center at the National Organization of Research Development Professionals Annual Research Development Conference. The conference, which is taking place May 19 to 21, 2014, in Portland, Oregon, will allow round table and...
The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), which oversees the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) held by the Institute of Translational Health Sciences, recently released its 2012-2013 Annual Report. The report provides an update on the projects, progress, and achievements of the CTSA program...
Dr. Katherine Odem-Davis, a Biostatistician and Research Scientist at the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS), has been invited to present at the Society for Clinical Trials 35th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia on May 20, 2014. She will be part of a three-person panel that...
Researchers seeking access to clinical data for observational study purposes have historically faced challenges when trying to determine cohort sizes for their investigations. Through the Institute of Translational Health Sciences’ De-identified Clinical Data Repository (DCDR), researchers now have access to a secure, web-based tool that...
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences announced today the launch of its new Self-Directed Learning Center. This free online learning repository for translational health sciences is adaptable to individual learning needs and covers domains ranging from research initiation to data analysis and management to professional...
A key component of the Institute of Translational Health Sciences’ Community-Engaged Research and Regional Collaborations program is its Regional Advisory Workgroup. The Workgroup supports ITHS’ regional collaboration efforts, helping ITHS to focus its attention on issues of importance to translational science in the five-state WWAMI...
The Association for Clinical and Translational Science has accepted four abstracts from the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) for poster presentation at the Translational Science 2014 Meeting, which will take place April 9 to 11, 2014, in Washington, DC. The accepted abstracts discuss the...