Latino communities in the five-state WWAMI region will soon be benefitting from the synergies that result from combining the efforts of the Hispanic Community Outreach Program (HCOP) with the new Latino Center for Health at the University of Washington. The HCOP was developed by the Group Health Research Institute (GHRI)...
Dr. Nathan White, an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Washington and Attending Physician at Harborview Medical Center, is guided by the philosophy of identifying a problem and then attacking it from all angles. This philosophy is serving him well in his...
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), also known as a stool transplant, may soon be a treatment option for children afflicted with Crohn’s disease thanks to the work of a researcher at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Crohn’s is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that is often accompanied by a...
While the majority of REDCap users conduct their research in English, there are a number of projects that target Spanish-speaking participants. The Spanish language contains a number of special characters that often do not display properly on participant’s web browsers. When this occurs, the characters in...
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences announced today the release of the three videos that have been developed to support the study, “Attitudes about the Ethics of Research on Medical Practices (RoMP).” The RoMP ethics study, which is a collaboration between ITHS and Spectrum at...
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences has been selected to present its new Research START (Study and Trial Accelerator for Research Teams) project at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) workshop on the Enrollment and Retention of Participants in NIH-funded Clinical Trials. The workshop, which...
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences announced today the launch of new website focused on the study, “Attitudes about the Ethics of Research on Medical Practices (RoMP),” which is a collaboration between ITHS and Spectrum at Stanford University. The RoMP study is assessing the ethical...
Have you launched an active survey, but don't want to spend time checking REDCap to see if you have received new responses? An easy solution to this scenario is to set up REDCap’s “Survey Notification” function. By enabling this function, you will receive an automatic email that...
Abigail Echo-Hawk (pictured), Tribal Liaison for the Institute of Translational Health Sciences, was recently awarded a 2014 Bob Roseth Standing Ovation Award by the University of Washington Professional Staff Organization. This award is designed to honor UW professional staff members who have a high impact...
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences recently completed a three-day in-person training session in Anchorage, Alaska, for the investigators and research support staff at Southcentral Foundation’s Research Department. The training, which was led by a team from the ITHS Research Coordinator Core, presented attendees with topics that...