23 Aug Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Differences in Parental Stress
Using data from a 16-year longitudinal study, ITHS TL1 trainee Sharon Borja is studying how parenting stress differs among African American, Latino, and white parents. ...
17 Aug Now Accepting Applications for 2017 KL2 Cohort
The ITHS KL2 program provides the time, funding, and rigorous mentorship necessary to foster the early career development of clinical and translational researchers. Applications for the 2017 cohort are due by November 1, 2016....
16 Aug ITHS Scholar Awarded R21 to Study C. difficile Therapy
ITHS Rising Star Dr. Kirk Hevener was recently awarded an NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award (R21) to investigate the bacterial enzyme FabK as a novel, druggable target for selective therapy of Clostridium difficile infections....
08 Aug Modify Individual Survey Fields with Action Tags
Ever wish you could make a certain field read-only? Well, action tags will allow you to do that and more. Action tags are a relatively new addition to REDCap and can be applied to any variable. Each has a corresponding action that is performed when...
03 Aug ITHS Regional Translational Scholar Looks at Role of Organic and Conventional Diets During Pregnancy
Dr. Cynthia Curl's pilot study will follow 20 women through their second and third trimesters to better understand the effect of eating organic and conventional produce during pregnancy....
27 Jul Meet Jennifer Sprecher, Director of Lean Performance for ITHS
As Director of Lean Performance, Jennifer Sprecher helps people and teams work smarter, not harder. In this Q&A, she discusses the Lean methodology and how to incorporate it into your daily life....
19 Jul Find Study Participants Faster, Easier with Participate in Research
Participate in Research, a free, web-based study recruitment tool from ITHS, has helped 10 studies meet recruitment goals since the site relaunched last October. We talked to three study coordinators about how the site is helping them find study participants faster and easier....
14 Jul A User-Centered Approach to Creating a Cleaner Cookstove
University of Washington researchers and a local nonprofit are working to develop a cleaner, more efficient cookstove that could improve millions of lives. They engaged the Institute of Translational Health Sciences Research Coordination Center to help them gain the necessary Institutional Review Board (IRB) modifications...
12 Jul Adding Progress Bars in REDCap
Having a progress bar can be a nice visual aid for survey respondents and may help reduce survey dropout. While REDCap doesn’t have the capability to create a progress bar out of the box, you can add one with some clever use of HTML. Learn...
06 Jul Teaching Resilience to Teens with Cancer, Diabetes
ITHS KL2 Scholar Dr. Abby Rosenberg is teaching teens how to improve their coping skills and overcome the hardships of serious illness....