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Tools & Resources ITHS offers a variety of tools and resources to researchers and investigators to support their work. In this Section Collaboration Tools Informatics Tools Recruitment Resources Mentoring Tools Helpful Links...

For Clinical & Community Partners Clinicians and community-members come together in learning how to build healthier lives. ITHS is dedicated to fostering a culture of collaboration throughout the five-state WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho) region. We develop strong partnerships with the community through networks, research projects, and advisory committees and promote a research environment where patients and community-based...

Volunteers & Patients Volunteers play an important role in helping researchers and investigators test new medical discoveries that can lead to better health outcomes for everyone. These researchers and investigators need contributions from healthy volunteers as well as individuals with specific health conditions. To learn more about clinical and translational research studies and trials, please visit ClinicalTrials.gov for answers to...

Clinical Research Networks ITHS is pleased to offer opportunities for collaboration with two regional clinical research networks. WWAMI region Practice & Research Network (WPRN) The WWAMI region Practice and Research Network (WPRN) is a practice-based research network of over 120 primary care clinics across 40 organizations in the five-state WWAMI region Northwest Participant and Clinical Interactions (PCI) Network The NW...

Volunteer for Research Regional Focus Participate in Research Research studies often end without answering important questions because of a lack of volunteers. To make it easier to participate in the research process, ITHS and the University of Washington’s School of Medicine have built the Participate in Research website to connect members of the community to research study teams. Researchers are...

Donate Blood & Tissue Donate Blood and Tissue to Northwest BioSpecimen ITHS is pleased to be one of four partner institutions in NWBiospecimen. Through the NWBiospecimen, patients at Fred Hutch, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, and UW Medicine can donate blood and tissue samples after clinical tests have been performed. These donated samples are then connected to research projects that are...

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Employment Opportunities The Institute of Translational Health Sciences is dedicated to speeding science to the clinic for the benefit of patients and communities throughout Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. The ITHS is based at the University of Washington, with integrated partnerships with Fred Hutch and Seattle Children’s Hospital and Research Institute. UW is proud to be one of the...

Mary L. “Nora” Disis, MD Dr. Nora Disis, ITHS Principal Investigator Emeritus and consultant faculty member, served as Principal Investigator of the Institute from 2007 through 2024. She is Director of the UW Medicine Cancer Vaccine Institute, as well as a Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Pathology and Obstetrics and Gynecology at UW, and a Member of the...

Bonnie W. Ramsey, MD Bonnie W. Ramsey, MD, was a co-Principal Investigator of the Institute from its beginning through 2022. She is currently a Faculty Contributor to the ITHS Participant & Clinical Interactions and Network Capacity teams. At Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Dr. Ramsey is Director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Research. She is also Professor and Vice...