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...
Wondering how to improve your REDCap survey response rates? This REDCap Tip of the Month describes four potential ways to increase the completion rate of your surveys....
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....
Dr. Shireesha Dhanireddy recently worked with the ITHS biomedical informatics team to create a program that assists with participant identification and management of patient data. Learn how the program helps Dr. Dhanireddy save time and reduce administrative paperwork....
Dr. Kevin Conley partnered with two ITHS research services to study a new experimental drug that aims to reduce muscle loss in the elderly by targeting mitochondria....
ITHS and the Washington National Primate Research Center (WaNPRC) have awarded three, one-year $75,000 Ignition Awards to University of Washington investigators to support work that develops and expands the use of non-human primates in the research of human diseases....
Biomedical informatics can be an ambiguous term to the uninitiated. While data extraction is often the first thing that comes to mind, biomedical informatics can do much more than that, says ITHS BMI consultant Christine Fong. She shares eight BMI tools and features that...
ITHS has accepted 12 University of Washington students into its yearlong 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....
Have you ever wanted to add an instructional video to your REDCap surveys to supplement or replace written instructions? With REDCap version 6.7.0, you now have the ability to embed videos directly into your survey or form....
A study by former ITHS TL1 predoctoral trainee Musetta Fu found that group singing improved both cognitive and pulmonary functions in older adults....