News and Events

Dr. Suri and colleagues received the Outstanding Paper Award Winner for the presentation of “The Association Between Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Degeneration and Low Back Pain is Modified by Genetic Propensity to Pain” Presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the North...

Dr Rundell, Associate Director of the Resource Core at CLEAR Center, received PCORI Engagement Award for the “Priorities and preferences of older adults with chronic back pain and multiple chronic conditions,” project in October 2024. 

CLEAR Center’s Data Analysis, Dr. Laurie Gold, in collaboration with Drs. Zahid Lalani, and Karima Lalani received the University of Washington Population Health Initiative’s Tier 1 Pilot Research Grant for the “Evaluation of claims-based data for evaluating the...

Dear Colleagues, The UW CLEAR Center is pleased to announce the next webinar in the Methods Webinar Series, scheduled for June 9, 2025. We will be hosting Dr. Trevor Cohen, Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry...

Dr. Aghajani is a Senior Research Scientist/Engineer in the Department of Radiology at the University of Washington. She has extensive experience in clinical research, medical device development, and utilizing machine learning and advanced analytics to improve patient...

Congratulations to Brian Chang for his recent thesis defense, “Leveraging Multimodal Models to Detect Osteoporotic Compression Fractures”.  Dr. Change is a medical doctor and a PhD student in Biomedical Informatics at the University of Washington who has been working...

We are pleased to announce a request for proposals to the Pilot and Feasibility Award program of the UW CLEAR Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders.  Applications are due by Monday, March 10th, 2025, by 5pm Pacific Time. Please go to the following link for additional...

Good afternoon, The CLEAR Center’s next talk in the Visiting Professor series is soon approaching! On Monday, February 24th at 12:00pm PST, Drs. Andrea Cook and Lynn DeBar will be presenting their talk, “A Policy Relevant Pragmatic Trial on Acupuncture Effectiveness...

We would like to congratulate Dr. Michele Curatolo for being featured in a New York Times article titled "Chronic Pain Is a Hidden Epidemic. It’s Time for a Revolution."! Please see the link below for the full article:...

Congratulations to Dr. Jarvik on receiving the Outstanding Researcher award at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in November 2024.