About the TRAQ
Built by clinicians for the young people they care for. The TRAQ began in a transition clinic and is now used in clinics and research studies worldwide.
The TRAQ has moved to UAB
The TRAQ was developed at the University of Florida College of Medicine–Jacksonville, through the JaxHATS (Jacksonville Health and Transition Services) program, and was later hosted by the Department of Pediatrics at East Tennessee State University.
It now lives at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. David L. Wood continues to manage the TRAQ, in collaboration with Betsy Hopson at UAB and with help from the UAB Department of Medicine (DoM) APEX team.
The UAB connection goes back years: Dr. Wood and the UAB spina bifida team, including Betsy Hopson, developed and validated the TRAQ-SB spina bifida module together in 2019.
What the move makes possible
- Easier access to the current TRAQ, translations and condition-specific versions, all in one place.
- Practical guidance on turning scores into goals, with tools for clinicians and families.
- Pathways for any setting: paper, Excel, REDCap and Epic.
- A research community: a registry of users, a growing list of studies, and de-identified data sharing for ongoing validation.
The team
David L. Wood, MD, MPH
Developer and manager of the TRAQ. Pediatrician; former medical director of JaxHATS at UF–Jacksonville and faculty in the ETSU Department of Pediatrics.
Betsy Hopson
University of Alabama at Birmingham. Leads the TRAQ's move to UAB and its guidance for clinical and research users; co-investigator on the TRAQ-SB studies.
DoM APEX
UAB Department of Medicine. Builds, hosts and maintains the TRAQ website and its digital tools.
With thanks to
Gregory S. Sawicki, MD, MPH, co-developer of the original TRAQ, and the many collaborators who helped develop, validate and translate it, including Kiana Johnson, John Reiss, William Livingood, Katryne Lukens-Bull, Maria Ferris, Kylee Phalen, and research teams around the world.
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