Weinberger: COVID-19 Vaccine Trials Continue

Weinberger: COVID-19 Vaccine Trials Continue

Even though FDA-authorized coronavirus vaccines are now widely available, writes Hannah Weinberger (@Weinbergrrrrr) for Crosscut, people continue to participate in clinical trials of new COVID-19 vaccines. Her story discusses a new University of Washington clinical...
Stiffler: Disrupting Drug Development

Stiffler: Disrupting Drug Development

For Geekwire’s Health Tech podcast, Lisa Stiffler (@lisa_stiffler) talks to Sanath Kumar Ramesh, whose son Raghav was born with an ultra-rare genetic disorder. As a software engineer, Ramesh is oriented toward problem-solving. So when Raghav’s doctors told the family...
Silberner: COVID-19 Research and Waste

Silberner: COVID-19 Research and Waste

For NPR’s Goats and Soda, Joanne Silberner (@jsilberner) interviews scientists who argue that COVID-19 inspired a crush of scientifically wasteful clinical trials as the world sprang into action to find solutions to the pandemic. There’s a better, though more...

Kuwana: Hot Summer at Children’s

Science Day to staff hires—Ellen Kuwana covers it all for Seattle Children’s Center for Clinical and Translational Research. In the June issue of the Center’s newsletter (link downloads a pdf), Ellen introduces us to its exceptional providers and staff, including the...