Post-doctoral position in sensorimotor learning and control of speech production
TheLaboratory for Speech Physiology and Motor Control(PI Ludo Max, Ph.D.) at the University of Washington (Seattle) announces an open post-doctoral position in the areas ofsensorimotor integration and sensorimotor learning for speech production. The position will involve experimental work on both typical speech and stuttering. The lab is located in the University of Washington's Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences and has additional affiliations with the Graduate Program in Neuroscience and the Department of Bioengineering. Seehttp://faculty.washington.edu/ludomax/lab/for more information.The successful candidate wil...
Source: Talking Brains - February 26, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Intravascular Camera Using Multiple Lasers for Illumination Helps Assess Dangerous Plagues
A collaboration between scientists at University of Washington and University of Michigan has led to the development of a new way of imaging atherosclerosis within blood vessels. The technology relies on delivering a tiny camera into a vessel’s lumen and illuminating the plagues using red, green, and blue lasers. The scanning fiber endoscope (SFE) was originally developed at UW to visualize cancer cells, but its small size and multi-modal imaging warranted testing its capabilities inside of vessels.
Scanning fiber angioscopic images with red reflectance for structural images (left) and blue fluorescence for label-fre...
Source: Medgadget - February 14, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiology Radiology Source Type: blogs
Updates and Recommendations After Implementing an Indigenous Health Curriculum Into a Medical School Curriculum
This is the Evergreen Longhouse Education and Cultural Center, at Evergreen State College, called sgʷigʷialʔtxʷ, which means “The House of Welcome” in Salish. While there is not a medical school here, there are several programs that place Indigeneity in the forefront whether it be course content, building and classroom architecture and design, or Indigenous learning methods. Not only do students meet and learn in a traditional Salish structure, but their course content and learning techniques are influenced by tribal community members and contemporary Indigenous issues.
By: Melissa Lewis, PhD
M. Lewis is ...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - February 7, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Featured Guest Perspective cultural competence curriculum development indigenous health underserved populations Source Type: blogs
A Cross-Section of Recent Work in the Aging Research Community
A recently published report from last year's Biomedical Innovation for Healthy Longevity conference, held in Russia, serves as a sampling of ongoing work in the field of aging research; a wide range of views on theories of aging are represented. One thing that strikes me from a review of the topics is that few of the people involved are working on anything related to rejuvenation, or, setting aside the much-needed consideration of biomarkers of biological age, any other projects with near term practical applications likely to significantly extend life. For the most part this is a field concerned with investigation, develop...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 7, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Healthy Life Extension Community Source Type: blogs
Resilience: ‘T’ain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)’
Resilience can mean the ability of a person to solve problems and bounce back from difficult situations. That, at least, is the definition a group of researchers from the University of Washington gave to resilience when they surveyed a cadre of 1,574 people with a range of chronic conditions that included multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, post poliomyelitis syndrome, and spinal cord injury.
The information for this study was collected from mail-in surveys as part of an ongoing study of people as they age with disability.
In their report of the study, published in December 2016 in Archives of Physical Medicine and Reh...
Source: Life with MS - January 20, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Trevis Gleason Tags: multiple sclerosis emotions inspiration Living with MS ms community research trevis gleason work Source Type: blogs
Telomere Length and Good Health Practices
One of the original researchers involved in telomere length studies is currently publishing a book on general health. It is in no way novel in the lineage of such things save for the relentless emphasis on telomeres, the repeating DNA sequences that cap the ends of chromosomes. Telomeres shorten with each cell division, and stem cells generate daughter cells with fresh, long telomeres, so the average length in a cell type is some function of cell division rates and stem cell activity. The thing is, telomere length as presently measured in immune cells from a blood sample is actually a terrible biomarker (of aging or health...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 12, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
A Profile of UNITY Biotechnology
An accumulation of senescent cells is one of the causes of aging, and periodic removal of senescent cells is therefore one of the foundations for near future rejuvenation therapies. The first generation of these treatments will likely be available via medical tourism within the next couple of years, but we'll be waiting five years or more for comprehensive human data and passage through the regulatory systems of the US and Europe. For those who have been following events in the nascent senescent cell clearance industry, there won't be much that is new in this popular press article on UNITY Biotechnology, but it is nonethel...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 9, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Pediatric Nail Bed Laceration Basics – Part 5
When and where should you use prolene? What about nylon suture threads? We will end with the latest on antibiotic use in hand injuries.Pediatric nail bed laceration and finger laceration. Tissue adhesives can be used in place of absorbable sutures for minor injuries to the nail bed.Nylon vs. ProleneHow do we decide on which to use and where to use it? Prolene is a synthetic, monofilament, non-absorbable polypropylene thread. This material can be difficult to handle, and many practitioners avoid using it. Its fishing thread-like structure makes it stiff, and its knots tend to be loose, especially for larger threads.Nylon...
Source: The Procedural Pause - January 3, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Lessons From The Field: How Local Innovators Are Reshaping How Doctors Are Trained
The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation spent the past year traveling the country to discover what different regions were doing to better align physician residency training programs with the many changes occurring in health care delivery. The model of graduate medical education (GME) in the United States is held in high esteem both here and around the world, but it needs to adapt to an environment of constrained resources coupled with expanding societal health needs.
The foundation partnered with six academic institutions (Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, Tennessee; University of Texas System MD Anderson Cancer Center in Hous...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - December 15, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: George Thibault Tags: Featured GrantWatch Health Professionals Organization and Delivery Source Type: blogs
A Semi-Automated Benchtop System to Produce Genetically Modified Stem Cells: Interview with Professor Jennifer Adair
Scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington have developed a semi-automated benchtop system to produce clinical-grade genetically modified haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). The research was recently published in Nature Communications. Genetically modified HSCs have significant therapeutic potential for patients with bone marrow disorders. However, producing such cells so they remain contamination-free and fit for purpose usually requires cell handling and manipulation at sophisticated Good Manufacturing Practices facilities, which limits the availability of these cells. The re...
Source: Medgadget - November 11, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Genetics Medicine Oncology Pathology Source Type: blogs
Collaborative Care
Dr. Insel lauds University of Washington psychiatrist and researchers Wayne Katon and the collaborative care approach for depression he helped develop. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - November 11, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Thomas Insel Source Type: blogs
NIGMS Is on Instagram!
Science is beautiful.
For several years, we’ve used this blog to highlight pictures we think are cool, scientifically relevant and visually striking. The images were created by NIGMS-funded researchers in the process of doing their research. Many come from our Life: Magnified collection, which features dozens of stunning photos of life, close-up. We’ll continue to bring you interesting images and information here on Biomedical Beat, but if you can’t get enough of them, we have a new way to share our visual content with you: Instagram.
We’re pleased to announce the launch of our NIGMS Instagram account. We’ll high...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - November 9, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Erin Ross and Alisa Zapp Machalek Tags: Cell Biology Cellular Imaging Cellular Processes Cool Images Source Type: blogs
Collaborative Care
Dr. Insel lauds University of Washington psychiatrist and researchers Wayne Katon and the collaborative care approach for depression he helped develop. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - November 9, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Thomas Insel Source Type: blogs
Age-Friendly Health Systems: How Do We Get There?
As the American population ages, our health care delivery system must embrace significant changes in payment strategies, as well as value-based service provision, to meet the demands of this demographic shift. Health care leaders are clear that without change, the system will suffer destabilizing financial distress, access to needed services will be limited, and the quality of care received by older adults will deteriorate. We will likely experience all of the above unless we continue to shift to new ways of providing and paying for health care.
As a result of the aging demographic doubling and skewing older, the demand fo...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - November 3, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Terry Fulmer and Amy Berman Tags: Costs and Spending Featured GrantWatch Health Professionals Hospitals Organization and Delivery Payment Policy Quality ACOs Aging seniors Source Type: blogs
