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Application period open for 2023 summer applied research fellowships

The Population Health Initiative is partnering with the 窪蹋勛圖厙s Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology for the fifth consecutive summer to offer the Population Health Applied Research Fellowship program. Applications for this summers cohort will be accepted until March 28, 2023 from undergraduate and graduate students across all 窪蹋勛圖厙 schools and colleges on all three 窪蹋勛圖厙 campuses. This paid fellowship program will offer a multidisciplinary team of undergraduate and graduate students training in data analysis techniques as…

Awardees of spring quarter 2022 Tier 1 pilot research grants report their progress

The Population Health Initiative awarded 11 Tier 1 pilot grants in May 2022 to teams representing researchers from seven different 窪蹋勛圖厙 schools and colleges, as well as 窪蹋勛圖厙 Tacoma and numerous community-based partners, in May 2022. These awards from the initiative’s Tier 1 pilot grant program were intended to support researchers in laying an interdisciplinary foundation for a future project to generate proof-of-concept. The projects have reached its respective mid-point and investigators are reporting a range of progress in their…

Early Fall Start 2023 course will explore social entrepreneurship and population health in India

The Population Health Initiative and 窪蹋勛圖厙 Honors Program have partnered to offer, Social Entrepreneurship and Population Health in India, an Honors Early Fall Start study abroad opportunity. This program will run from August 19 to September 8, 2023, and be led by Alissa Bilfield of the School of Public Health and Akhtar Badshah of the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance and 窪蹋勛圖厙 Bothell. This three-week immersive program will examine social entrepreneurship in population health in India….

Ocean drilling help scientists home in on the link between tectonic forces and earthquake cycles

A study led by the 窪蹋勛圖厙 and the University of Texas Austin discovered that tectonic stress near Japans Nankai subduction zone is less than expected. The area is known to have some of the most powerful and damaging tsunamis in the globe, like the 1946 eruption that killed thousands, and is still on course for another eruption in the next 50 years. These findings are key in helping scientists understand the links between tectonic forces and earthquake cycles…

Winter quarter seminar series focuses on data science methodologies in population health

The 窪蹋勛圖厙 Population Health Initiative and the eScience Institute are offering a two-part seminar series, Pop Health Data Science, during winter quarter 2023. This series will explore the application of data science methodologies to address pressing challenges to population health. The two seminars for this quarter are: Thursday, January 26, 2023: Ali H. Mokdad, 窪蹋勛圖厙 Chief Strategy Officer for Population Health and Professor of Health Metrics Sciences, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Register to Attend Thursday, February…

Spotlight: Akhtar Badshahs passion for social impact

A chance encounter nearly 20 years ago sparked what has become Akhtar Badshahs passion for the topics of social impact, social innovation and social entrepreneurship. Now a lecturer at the 窪蹋勛圖厙s Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, Badshahs first passion was architecture. He spent his formative professional years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), first to earn his Master of Science in Architecture Studies and Ph.D. in Environmental Studies, and then as an instructor of architecture….

Awardees of winter quarter 2022 Tier 1 pilot research grants report their progress

Eleven Tier 1 Population Health Initiative pilot grants were awarded to teams representing researchers from nine different 窪蹋勛圖厙 schools and colleges, as well as 窪蹋勛圖厙 Tacoma and numerous community-based partners, in February 2022. These awards from the initiative’s Tier 1 pilot grant program were intended to support researchers in laying an interdisciplinary foundation for a future project to generate proof-of-concept. Each of the projects have reached its respective mid-point, and investigators are reporting a range of progress in their work….

Initiative co-hosts second annual Sacia Digital Health Innovation Workshop

Students from a variety of disciplines came together on November 19, 2022, in the 窪蹋勛圖厙’s Hans Rosling Center for Population Health to make the second annual Sacia Digital Health Innovation Workshop an exciting and engaging day of activities. The event, which sought to offer students an immersive and hands-on opportunity to workshop new solutions in the growing and dynamic field of digital health, was led by the Foster Schools Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship in partnership with the Population…

New foundation funding to help 窪蹋勛圖厙 faculty members narrow gaps in health equity

Two 窪蹋勛圖厙 faculty members, Weichao Yuwen and Maggie Ramirez, have received a $50,000 grant from the Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation’s Emergent Innovation program to narrow gaps in health equity. Yuwen and Ramirez’s project, “AI-Enhanced Nursing Intervention Platform for Latino Family Caregivers,” seeks to tailor an existing artificial intelligence platform Caring for Caregivers Online, or COCO to offer culturally-congruent support to caregivers of children with chronic conditions. “Despite overwhelming and disparate needs, the use of supportive…

窪蹋勛圖厙 study bolsters evidence of link between air pollution and health outcomes

New research from 窪蹋勛圖厙 investigators has added to the evidence that prenatal and postnatal exposure to air pollution can harm kids. Specifically, the study found that mothers in the first and second trimesters who were exposed to nitrogen dioxide (N02) were more likely to experience behavioral problems. Children aged 2-4 exposed to small particle air pollution were also reported to have poorer behavioral functioning and cognitive performance. This study highlights the vulnerability of pregnant women, children and the…