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Thirty-six percent of adult children say talking to their parents about the need to stop driving would be harder than discussing funeral plans or selling the family home.

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

Dr. Jeannine McCune is hoping her research can help doctors better dose Busulfan prior to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

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

REDCap Tip of the Month: Survey Termination Options

Regular users of REDCap have often expressed an interest in having more options for ending a survey. New functions were recently released that now offer three new design options for terminating your survey....

19 November, 2015

ITHS KL2 Scholar Dr. Raquel Capote Makes Dental Injury a Public Health Issue

ITHS KL2 Scholar Dr. Raquel Capote applies her research training to improving oral health. Her focus is translating injury and treatment data into programs and education that better prevent and treat traumatic dental injuries....

13 November, 2015

ALMA participants practice yoga at Casa Latina.

Improving Depression Outcomes in Latino Communities

Dr. India Ornelas, an ITHS KL2 scholar, is passionate about addressing public health issues in Latino communities. Her two current studies focus on using yoga to reduce depression symptoms in Latina immigrant mothers and targeted interventions to reduce alcohol use in Latino men....

12 November, 2015

Vascular surgeon Dr. Benjamin W. Starnes pioneered the Physician Modified Endovascular Graft, an alternative treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysms. Now he’s using 3D printing to perfect it.

3D Printing Makes Alternative Treatment for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Possible

Dr. Benjamin W. Starnes pioneered the physician modified endovascular graft (PMEG), an alternative treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysms. Now, with the assistance of the ITHS Research Coordination Center, he is conducting the only FDA-approved PMEG study to perfect it....

10 November, 2015