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January 06, 2025
Funded by an R21 grant from the National Institutes of Health, our research examines the validity of a virtual reality floor maze test that could help identify early signs of Alzheimer’s diseas...
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August 29, 2024
The U.S. Department of Defense has funded research into the potential benefits of providing supplemental oral fluids to patients with burn injuries rather than via intravenous (IV). Burns caus...
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August 13, 2024
By Jessica N. Rivera Rivera, PhD
MedStar Health Research Institute is collaborating with the DC Department of Health to investigate the reasons for refusal, discontinuation, or delay of breast cancer treatment and to identify potent...
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August 06, 2024
By by MedStar Team
A post-FDA-approval clinical trial at MedStar Health Research Institute connects patients with first-line Afib treatment, reducing the time from diagnosis to symptom relief. Atrial fibrillation (Afib)...
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July 22, 2024
Our research demonstrates a link between a child’s health and developmental outcomes and their social determinants of health, such as food insecurity, social connectedness, and parental stress. It’s ...
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July 15, 2024
By Neil J. Weissman, MD, Chief Scientific Officer
Clinical trials are an essential way we create new knowledge about how to help our patients heal. Yet, despite our efforts to expedite this work, clinical trials remain inefficient, expensive, slow, ...
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May 28, 2024
This article was written by Kathryn Walker, PharmD and Hunter Groninger, MD. In collaboration with investigators at the University of Pennsylvania, this NIH-funded research will examine a meth...