RTI International Archives - MedCity News https://medcitynews.com/tag/rti-international/ Healthcare technology news, life science current events Fri, 22 Sep 2023 17:17:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 https://medcitynews.com/uploads/2021/03/cropped-mblue-32x32.png RTI International Archives - MedCity News https://medcitynews.com/tag/rti-international/ 32 32 40682243 How Genome Sequencing Can Broaden the Scope of Newborn Screening https://medcitynews.com/2023/09/genome-sequencing-newborn-screening-rare-disease-rti-international-unc/ https://medcitynews.com/2023/09/genome-sequencing-newborn-screening-rare-disease-rti-international-unc/#respond Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:31:38 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=649545

Standard newborn screening can detect dozens of inherited diseases, but genomics technology enables testing for hundreds of them. A North Carolina program evaluating the feasibility of bringing genomics to newborn screening is expanding with an initial goal of testing 5,000 babies in the next year.

]]> https://medcitynews.com/2023/09/genome-sequencing-newborn-screening-rare-disease-rti-international-unc/feed/ 0 649545 Patients who text message just prior to surgery end up needing less pain medication https://medcitynews.com/2015/04/patients-text-message-just-prior-surgery-end-needing-less-pain-medication/ https://medcitynews.com/2015/04/patients-text-message-just-prior-surgery-end-needing-less-pain-medication/#respond Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:29:46 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=332535 New research indicates that the social support a patient gets when text messaging before surgery decreases the need for additional pain management.

]]> https://medcitynews.com/2015/04/patients-text-message-just-prior-surgery-end-needing-less-pain-medication/feed/ 0 332535 RTI’s new CEO comes from within; Holden leads institute’s largest unit https://medcitynews.com/2012/03/rtis-new-ceo-comes-from-within-holden-leads-institutes-largest-unit/ https://medcitynews.com/2012/03/rtis-new-ceo-comes-from-within-holden-leads-institutes-largest-unit/#respond Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:06:54 +0000 http://www.medcitynews.com/?p=128003 RTI International has named one of its own to become its next president and CEO. […]

]]> https://medcitynews.com/2012/03/rtis-new-ceo-comes-from-within-holden-leads-institutes-largest-unit/feed/ 0 128003 RTI lands $60M contract with CDC for public health program https://medcitynews.com/2011/11/rti-lands-60m-contract-with-cdc-for-public-health-program/ https://medcitynews.com/2011/11/rti-lands-60m-contract-with-cdc-for-public-health-program/#respond Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:40:57 +0000 http://www.medcitynews.com/?p=107795 RTI International has won a nearly $60 million federal contract to assess just how effective […]

]]> https://medcitynews.com/2011/11/rti-lands-60m-contract-with-cdc-for-public-health-program/feed/ 0 107795 RTI toxicologist Tyl to advise public health standards body NSF https://medcitynews.com/2011/09/rti-toxicologist-tyl-to-advise-public-health-standards-body-nsf/ https://medcitynews.com/2011/09/rti-toxicologist-tyl-to-advise-public-health-standards-body-nsf/#respond Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:15:11 +0000 http://www.medcitynews.com/?p=92313   A senior toxicologist at RTI International whose expertise includes research on bisphenol A, or […]

]]> https://medcitynews.com/2011/09/rti-toxicologist-tyl-to-advise-public-health-standards-body-nsf/feed/ 0 92313 Early stage biotechs told to make early decisions to avoid late-stage failures https://medcitynews.com/2011/02/early-stage-biotechs-told-to-make-early-decisions-to-avoid-late-stage-failures/ https://medcitynews.com/2011/02/early-stage-biotechs-told-to-make-early-decisions-to-avoid-late-stage-failures/#respond Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:59:07 +0000 http://www.medcitynews.com/?p=58806 The CED Biotech/Life Science Conference didn’t have an official theme, but if it did, it could have been “think early.” What the more than 1,000 in attendance got was a steady, instructional drumbeat telling them to think about facing important decisions for their companies and their research and development at earlier stages than they’re accustomed.

]]> https://medcitynews.com/2011/02/early-stage-biotechs-told-to-make-early-decisions-to-avoid-late-stage-failures/feed/ 0 58806 CDC executive recruited to study health effects of climate change https://medcitynews.com/2011/01/cdc-executive-recruited-to-study-health-effects-of-climate-change/ https://medcitynews.com/2011/01/cdc-executive-recruited-to-study-health-effects-of-climate-change/#respond Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:31:21 +0000 http://www.medcitynews.com/?p=55898 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention veteran Michael McGeehin has been chosen to lead a new program at RTI International researching public health issues, such as how people are affected by flooding, drought, higher readings of ground-level ozone and food and water-borne diseases. RTI is a non-profit research institute based in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park.

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