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Mashup Score: 2Grant will augment nurse-practitioner training in psychiatry - 2 year(s) ago
Premera Blue Cross will invest $6.6 million to train advanced nurse practitioners in a psychiatry fellowship at the University of Washington. The fellowship will accept up to four ARNP fellows each year starting in 2023. Training will focus on inpatient, outpatient, telehealth consultation and integrated psychiatric care for mental health conditions, and include rotations at primary care clinics…
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Mashup Score: 3Clarivate names Highly Cited Researchers - 2 year(s) ago
This year 37 UW School of Medicine faculty members and scientists affiliated with UW Medicine have been named to the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers™ list. The list was released today, Nov. 15. Both quantitative and qualitative methods are used to identify individuals from across the globe who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their chosen area of research. The preliminary…
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Mashup Score: 2Clarivate names Highly Cited Researchers - 2 year(s) ago
This year 37 UW School of Medicine faculty members and scientists affiliated with UW Medicine have been named to the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers™ list. The list was released today, Nov. 15. Both quantitative and qualitative methods are used to identify individuals from across the globe who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their chosen area of research. The preliminary…
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Mashup Score: 3To improve a promising cancer drug, cut it in half - 2 year(s) ago
A new study shows that when an experimental cancer medication is split in half, the molecule becomes safer and more effective. Scientists at the University of Washington School of Medicine were looking for ways to improve a promising cancer drug called Neo-2/15. This protein was created to mimic the function of Interleukin-2, or IL-2, which is a natural molecule that can amp up immune cells to…
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Mashup Score: 10Gene-edited malaria vaccine warrants more study - 2 year(s) ago
Findings from a preliminary human study of an experimental, genetically attenuated malaria parasite immunization show this vaccine warrants further exploration. The study’s proof-of-concept results are reported today in Science Translational Medicine. The research was headed by investigators at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, and Kaiser…
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Mashup Score: 0Study addresses living well after ovarian cancer - 2 year(s) ago
Once you are diagnosed as in remission from ovarian cancer, can you heave a big sigh of gratitude and move on with your life? Perhaps not, says a UW Medicine gynecologic oncologist. For the past two years, Dr. Kathryn Pennington has been an investigator on the Living Well Study, which examines interventions that can help with successful recovery and life after ovarian cancer. Pennington will…
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Mashup Score: 4What to know if you’re attempting to restart lactating - 3 year(s) ago
Consistency and patience are key factors for people working to resume lactating if they’ve slowed down or stopped altogether, according to UW Medicine nurse and lactation consultant Gretchen Rohrbaugh.
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Mashup Score: 1New aspirin guidance? Talk with your doctor - 3 year(s) ago
Taking a daily low-dose aspirin, a common practice long believed to protect against heart attacks and strokes, is not always a healthy one, says the United States Preventive Services Taskforce.
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Mashup Score: 0Strategies and solutions amid baby formula shortage - 3 year(s) ago
Dr. Beth Ebel, a professor of pediatrics at the UW School of Medicine, warns families against diluting dwindling supplies of baby formula.
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Mashup Score: 3Study addresses living well after ovarian cancer - 3 year(s) ago
Once you are diagnosed as in remission from ovarian cancer, can you heave a big sigh of gratitude and move on with your life? Perhaps not, says a UW Medicine gynecologic oncologist. For the past two years, Dr. Kathryn Pennington has been an investigator on the Living Well Study, which examines interventions that can help with successful recovery and life after ovarian cancer. Pennington will…
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In order to integrate mental health into primary care we need more staff who are trained in the collaborative care model. $6 million Grant from insurance @premera will augment nurse-practitioner training in psychiatry @UWMedicine | #healthInnovation https://t.co/YQOjJNyxHE