This year’s ITHS/WE-REACH Expo focused on the latest advancements in biotech and vaccine development. Keynote presentations focused on developing targeted vaccines for breast cancer, development of a substance abuse vaccine that targets opioids, and developing innovative vaccine technology that has the potential to revolutionize the field...
The application period is now open for the ITHS TL1 Translational Research Training Program, a predoctoral training program sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). We invite graduate students from health-related programs at the University of Washington and Montana State University to apply by December...
Congratulations to ITHS Faculty Co-Director of Integrating Special Populations, Tumaini Rucker Coker, MD, MBA, for being elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Coker is one of three professors at the University of Washington elected to the National Academy of Medicine in recognition of excellence...
This September, ITHS played host to REDCapCon 2023, an international networking & learning event for REDcap administrators. The three-day gathering in Seattle, held at the Westin Hotel, was dedic ated to the exploration of cutting-edge research and data management techniques as well as networking with...
The 2023–2024 Team Science Seminar Series is kicking off with the session Introduction to the Team Science Seminar Series 2023-2024: Teamwork and Collaboration. The 10 events in this free series will be offered the first Thursday of each month, 12:00–1:00pm Pacific, beginning October 5th. Launched during...
Top scholars at the University of Montana's Center for Work Physiology and Exercise Metabolism (WPEM) are studying how the human body reacts when subjected to extreme environmental stressors --and how gender may play a role. The work of these ITHS partners has attracted the attention...
Dr. Sebastian T. Tong, the associate director of the ITHS WWAMI Region Practice and Research Network (WPRN) has been designated as a 2023 National Academy of Medicine Fellow. In addition to his role at ITHS, Dr. Tong is a family medicine practitioner, addiction medicine specialist,...
The ITHS KL2 Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Career Development program provides the time, funding, mentorship, and training necessary to foster the early career development of clinical and translational researchers. The program is funded by the NIH and welcomes scholars with faculty appointments from all health professions....
ITHS is pleased to announce our new three-session course: Clinical, Regulatory, and Business Considerations in Telemedicine and Device-Related Digital Health. Even with the recent popularization of telemedicine and the prevalence of machine-learning/AI digital health devices, implementation of these platforms and technologies continues to confound care-providers and...
This summer, ITHS was pleased to welcome two distinguished guests from NASA to the Translational Research Unit (TRU) at the UW Medical Center. Dr. Nancy Fleming and Dr. Kris Lenhardt visited the TRU as part of a comprehensive visit to the Center for Industrial and Medical...