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When a vaccine to fight COVID-19 has been approved by the FDA for distribution, its unlikely that at first there will be enough doses for everyone. Consequently, the United States will need an equitable and effective plan for who gets those first doses, how they get them and whos next. Just as important, that plan like the vaccine itself has to be trusted and accepted by the general public. To accomplish this complicated and potentially fraught task, the CDCAdvisory…

With Latinos 1.5 times more likely to have dementia than non-Latino whites, among other health disparities, researchers at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 are hoping to better understand Latino family caregivers and adapt the training available to those caregivers. To do that, the 窪蹋勛圖厙 Department of Health Services is seeking to interview Latino caregivers for a study to increase the cultural relevance ofSTAR-Ctraining a non-pharmacological intervention endorsed by the Administration on Aging that trains caregivers to manage the behavioral and…

The National Academy of Medicine on Monday announced the election of 100 new members, including three from the : Patrick Heagerty, Dr. Joel Kaufman and Sean Sullivan. In addition, David Eaton, dean and vice provost emeritus of the 窪蹋勛圖厙s Graduate School, was recognized for outstanding service.

With a grant from the National Institutes of Health, a five-year, $1.8 million training program at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 will fund 25 academic-year graduate fellowships, develop a new training curriculum and contribute to methodological advances in health research at the intersection of demography and data science.

Election security is the theme of a new podcast by James Long, an associate professor of political science at the 窪蹋勛圖厙. Neither Free Nor Fair? features experts from the 窪蹋勛圖厙 and elsewhere on topics such as mail-in voting, foreign interference and the role of social media, and resolving disputed elections.

A study by 窪蹋勛圖厙 researchers found that both mainstream and misinformation news sites displayed similar levels of problematic ads. 窪蹋勛圖厙 News had a conversation with the team about this research, where ads on news sites come from, and how things might change leading up to the election.

Dr. Sverre Vedal, 窪蹋勛圖厙 professor emeritus of environmental and health sciences, served on an expert committee for the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine studying the long-term respiratory health impacts of military service in Southeast Asia.

The National Science Foundation has awarded $3 million to establish a NSF Research Traineeship at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 for graduate students in quantum information science and technology. The new traineeship known as Accelerating Quantum-Enabled Technologies, or AQET will make the 窪蹋勛圖厙 one of just a handful of universities with a formal, interdisciplinary QIST curriculum.

The 窪蹋勛圖厙 was recognized this week in two separate rankings for its global impact in teaching and research, as well as for its value to graduates compared to cost of attendance.

The 窪蹋勛圖厙 has a long history of leading research into the impacts of wildfires from an ecological and health perspective. We worked with two experts to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about wildfires in the Pacific Northwest, including the ways that the pandemic is increasing our communitys vulnerability to extreme wildfire events in the region.

A new online survey for Washington state residents has launched to gather data on how the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic downturn have affected food access and economic security. The Washington State Food Security Survey, which went live June 18 and runs through July 31, is open to all Washington state residents aged 18 or over.

With the nation debating its response to COVID-19 and witnessing protests against racial injustice and police violence, undergraduate students enrolled in Visual Anthropology of Protest Music examined how communities use music to share their lived experiences and confront oppression.

In a paper published May 29 in Nature Communications, a team of scientists at the 窪蹋勛圖厙, the University of Minnesota and the Johns Hopkins University reports that differences in visual motion perception in autism spectrum disorder are accompanied by weaker neural suppression in the visual cortex of the brain, which may help scientists understand sensory hypersensitivity in people with ASD.