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29 Oct Ophthalmology Study Seeks to Improve Healthcare Transparency
Dr. Bryan Lee, ophthalmology, performing an eye exam with a slit lamp in the Eye Institute at Harborview Medical Center. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act grants patients the right to review their clinic, or visit, notes, which most often occurs by providing them a paper copy when notes are actually requested. Dr. Bryan S. Lee, an Assistant Professor...
29 Oct ITHS Supports Clinical Next Generation Sequencing for Patient Diagnosis
Clinical NGS staff in the Microbiology Section of the Molecular Diagnosis Program in Laboratory Medicine. Pictured (Left to Right): Dhruba SenGupta, PhD, Senior Research Scientist; Dan Hoogestraat, BS, Medical Laboratory Scientist Lead; and Lisa Cummings, BS, MS, Medical Laboratory Scientist II. Not shown: Bioinformaticist Tyler A. Land and Senior Computer Specialist Christopher A. Rosenthal. Culture methods are a mainstay of...
29 Oct Collaborative Approach Tackles Challenging Research Bioethics Cases
Academic medical researchers traditionally relied on institutional review boards (IRBs) to provide guidance on bioethical issues in their studies. However, IRBs typically give guidance only during the pre-study regulatory review, whereas many researchers need advice on ethical challenges encountered while actually conducting the research. To address this issue, academic medical research has seen an emergence of ethics consultation services that...
29 Oct Researcher Spotlight: Featuring Andrea Burnett-Hartman
The opportunity to positively impact the health of others through preventive medicine has always been a passion of Dr. Andrea Burnett-Hartman, Staff Scientist at Fred Hutch and Affiliate Instructor in the University of Washington’s Department of Epidemiology. It is therefore no surprise to learn her current research is focused on improving colorectal cancer screening to help reduce the risk of...
28 Oct New Translational Research Scholars Program Targets Promising Early-Stage Investigators
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences announced today the launch of the TRSP, a new career-development program for promising early-stage investigators. This program offers two years of high-quality, targeted, and structured career development for investigators from across the five-state WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho) region. The program includes components such as research funding of up to $15,000, mentoring,...
21 Oct What’s New with the ITHS CRC: Fall, 2014
The University of Washington Clinical Research Center (CRC) is a resource within the Institute of Translational Health Sciences that provides clinical research space and support for investigators conducting research with human subjects. The goal of this update is to provide the local research community with the latest updates on CRC resources and tools that are available to support your work....
18 Feb Comparative Effectiveness Research Training
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