Top 10 Most Popular ITHS Stories of 2015
From recruitment strategies to mobile health to lifesaving products, we have written about some amazing people, research, and discoveries this year. Read our top stories from 2015....
29 December, 2015
ITHS to Transition UW-Hosted Nutrition Studies to Fred Hutch
ITHS announced today that it will close its bionutrition research kitchen and body composition and exercise laboratory, which are located in the University of Washington Medical Center, on May 31, 2016. Nutrition and metabolism studies will be transferred from that facility to the Fred Hutchinson...
22 December, 2015
ITHS-Led Study Explores Barriers and Accelerators to Study Recruitment
Findings from an ITHS study were used to support a new article in the Clinical and Translational Health Sciences journal that explores the barriers and accelerators to clinical study recruitment in the Pacific Northwest. ...
17 December, 2015
Reprogramming the Body to Fight Neuroblastoma Cancer Cells
Dr. Julie Park, an attending physician at Seattle Children’s, is leading the effort to treat neuroblastoma through T cell therapy. Learn how an ITHS biostatistician is playing a key role in this Phase I trial....
15 December, 2015
Using Everyday Tech Products to Help Those with Parkinson’s Disease
With the support of the ITHS Rising Stars program, Dr. Sujata Pradhan is using activity monitors to help improve treatment options for people with Parkinson’s disease. ...
07 December, 2015
The Doctor Will See You Now – Via Your Smartphone
A look into the future of mobile healthcare apps and how mPOWEr, a new app kickstarted by ITHS, is changing the way doctors and patients monitor surgical incisions....
03 December, 2015
ITHS Study Supports Policy Forum Article in AMA Journal of Ethics
Findings from an Institute of Translational Health Sciences study were used to support a new policy-related article in the AMA Journal of Ethics. ...
02 December, 2015
New Study Looks at the Role of Dementia in Accident Risk
Laura Fraade-Blanar, an ITHS TL1 trainee, hopes her study can arm families and caregivers with hard facts around the role dementia plays in car accident risk....
01 December, 2015
PI Taps ITHS RCC for Study on Busulfan Metabolites
When an unexpected event left Dr. Jeannine McCune pressed for time, she turned to the ITHS Research Coordination Center to help keep her NIH-funded study on intravenous busulfan metabolism on track....
24 November, 2015
ITHS-Supported Study Profiled on NIH Director’s Blog
An Institute of Translational Health Sciences-supported study that was published in Science Translational Medicine was recently profiled by Dr. Francis Collins on his National Institutes of Health Director’s Blog. This multi-site Phase 1 study examined the effectiveness of an experimental vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus...
20 November, 2015