The Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS), in partnership with the Northwest Association for Biomedical Research and Fred Hutch, hosted a panel discussion and networking reception for National Institutes of Health K-Award recipients on February 27, 2014. The event, which was the first of its...
Four abstracts from the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) were accepted for presentation at the American Medical Informatics Association 2014 Joint Summits on Translational Science. This meeting will take place April 7 to 11, 2014, in San Francisco. The ITHS poster presentations will discuss...
Evaluation & the Health Professions recently published a journal article written by a group of Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) faculty and staff describing ITHS’ hybrid approach to program evaluation. The authors, led by Dr. Craig S. Scott (pictured), detailed their rationale for focusing on...
Rural and underserved populations often do not have opportunities to be involved in the latest healthcare research due to their geographic remoteness and lack of affiliation with academic medical centers. The WWAMI region Practice and Research Network (WPRN) seeks to break down these barriers by...
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences launched its new newsletter, the ITHS Research Connector, earlier today. The goal of this newsletter is to highlight some of the many ITHS resources and tools available to researchers. The newsletter will also share researcher success stories. The first issue...
Bioethics Role with ITHS Facilitates Response to SUPPORT Study Dr. Benjamin Wilfond is an attending pediatric pulmonologist and Director of the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Given his passion for pediatric pulmonology and bioethics, it is not surprising that he developed...
Latino communities are growing rapidly in the WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho) region that the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) serves. Also growing is the need for high-quality, community-engaged health research to promote the health of these diverse communities, which face significant...
The PENUT (Preterm Epo Neuroprotection) trial is a new study being led by University of Washington researchers who are assessing whether erythropoietin (Epo) can provide neurological protection for infants who are born extremely prematurely. This study is seeking a treatment for the approximately 50,000 infants...
Dr. Aaron Kusano, a resident in the University of Washington Department of Radiation Oncology, has research interests that he admits fall a bit outside the conventional realm of radiation oncology. He has examined the burnout amongst academic chairs of radiation oncology departments in the past. He...
UW Today recently profiled the work of Dr. Mike Bailey and his project team on an ultrasound device that would allow doctors to actually move, rather than break up, kidney stones inside the body. The team has entered the clinical trial phase of their work,...