05 Oct Funding available to repurpose existing drugs
The National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) has announced two funding opportunities for researchers to test existing drugs and biologics for potential new applications....
04 Oct Six Building Blocks for opioid management in chronic pain
Prescription opioid use and misuse have reached a crisis level in the U.S., with roughly 58 opioid prescriptions for every 100 residents in 2017 and more than 46 people dying daily from overdoses involving prescription opioids. Although treatment plans are being developed, implementing these evidence-based...
28 Sep Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Conference Held at UW Medicine
On September 23rd and 24th, faculty, staff, students and software developers from both clinical and research disciplines were invited to learn more about the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (or FHIR®) platform over a two day conference. ...
24 Sep ITHS granted $280K in supplemental funding from the National Institutes of Health
Over $280,000 has been granted to Dr. Allison Cole to improve how the results of scientific research are disseminated and implemented into existing clinical and community settings. Only a small subset of scientific discoveries become actionable changes in the clinic. ...
19 Sep Using advanced functions for calculations in REDCap
Incorporating calculations into a survey instrument can be tricky to execute for any REDcap user. Recently, Samantha Walkow at BC Children’s Hospital created a new tool called BuildMyCalc to help guide REDCap users through this process. ...
12 Sep ITHS announces new data access tool: Leaf
When preparing a new grant or setting up a study, it is important to know about the patient population through which the research will be conducted. With medical information being stored in electronic systems, data can become available to investigators for answering these important questions...
11 Sep In Memorium: Carlos De La Peña
We are sad to announce that Dr. Carlos De La Peña, Executive Director of the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS), passed away on Friday, September 7, 2018 after an extended illness. ...
05 Sep Connect with the National Center for Data to Health (CD2H)
The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program has established a National Center for Data to Health to make research data more meaningful and accessible. ...
04 Sep CTSA collaboration produces manual for data safety monitoring boards
Clinical researchers know how important it is to safeguard trial integrity. In fact, this is such a crucial part of the process that many trials utilize Data and Safety Monitoring Boards (DSMBs) to regularly review safety data and observe trial progress. ...
27 Aug REDCap Action Tag Spotlight: @IMAGEMAP
For many types of research, having a clickable image would make data collection a whole lot easier. The IMAGEMAP action tag enables you to design a survey in which certain text fields become part of an interactive, selectable, image....