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Wake Forest demonstrates how a health care system can more quickly turn research outcomes into patient care with a new blood pressure measurement protocol that may help prevent strokes and cardiovascular events.
Equipping Faculty at Wake Forest and Beyond When asked the vision behind CTSI’s Mentor Academy, Claudia Olivier, PhD responded: “Every mentor needs some level of training on how to be a good—a great—mentor.” Dr. Olivier serves as co-facilitator of the 6-month Mentor Academy cohorts alongside faculty Program Leader Debra Diz, PhD. Initially created for mid-career faculty, the Mentor Academy has
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Wake Forest University School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health, is hosting a virtual conference on October 14th which will bring together thought leaders from academic health centers that have adopted the LHS concept and expanded their approach to clinical care, research and education, to reflect the principles and practices of LHS. The virtual session will include panel discussions
KL2 awardees from Clinical and Translational Science Centers (CTSA) present virtual lectures as part of the CTSA Visiting Scholar Program. Kirsten M. Wright, ND, MCR, MS from Oregon Health and Science University hosted by Wake Forest School of Medicine will present her research on "Using a Home-Based Monitoring Platform to Explore Real-World Routines and Nutrition Behavior in Older Adults at Risk
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The Wake Forest School of Medicine and Atrium Health enterprise is a top 50 national academic medical center and world class health system with an extramurally funded research portfolio of over $300M annually. We bring together high-quality health care with innovative research as an academic learning health system with the goal of improving the health of our patients and communities we serve. The
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Background: According to the National Institutes of Health, translation is defined by NCATS as turning observations in the laboratory, clinic and community into interventions that improve the health of individuals and communities. Translational Science is the field of investigation focused on understanding the scientific and operational principles underlying each step of the translation process. A
The Wake Forest Clinical and Translational Science Institute is working to nurture the academic Learning Health System (aLHS) at Wake Forest. Each of the CTSI’s unique programs were tasked to pivot a portion of their work specifically to this aim. In doing such, a collaboration formed among the Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD), Team Science, and Translational Pilot Programs
During this unprecedented time of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wake Forest’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has navigated significant challenges the pandemic has presented to best support our research community. Our poster will communicate several areas where our CTSI has promoted COVID-19 research activities, facilitated the implementation of research new policies impacted by COVID
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Caregiver engagement practices in National Cancer Institute Clinical Oncology Research Program settings: Implications for research to advance the field
Supportive care interventions have demonstrated benefits for both informal and/or family cancer caregivers and their patients, but uptake generally is poor. To the authors' knowledge, little is known regarding the availability of supportive care services in community oncology practices, as well as
Neurologist prescribing versus psychiatry referral: Examining patient preferences for anxiety and depression management in a symptomatic epilepsy clinic sample
Anxiety and depression symptoms in epilepsy are common, impactful and under-recognized and undertreated. While prior survey data suggests equipoise among epileptologists for managing anxiety and/or depression via prescribing in the epilepsy clinic versus psychiatry referral, patient preferences are
Preferences for breast cancer survivorship care by rural/urban residence and age at diagnosis
Preferences for survivorship care among recently treated breast cancer survivors may vary by rural-urban residence and age, but potential differences have not been examined. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of survivorship preferences among women treated for non-metastatic breast cancer 6-24