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May 2, 2024
Honorees announced for 2024 undergraduate research recognition awards
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative announced today the 27 students who received Population Health Recognition Awards as part of their participation in the 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium. These awards, which represent 21 separate projects, recognize each of the students for their innovative and well-presented research work. This award was created in partnership with…
April 30, 2024
Building authentic relationships between academic researchers and communities
History is fraught with repeated violations of researchers breaching the trust of minority communities. From the well-known cases of the 1932 Tuskegee Syphilis study to the more recent Havasupai Genetic Diabetes Research, these ethical violations underscore the importance of prioritizing and fostering respectful and culturally competent relationships between researchers and the communities with which they…
April 23, 2024
Winter quarter 2023 Tier 1 pilot grantees report progress in their projects
Four $25,000 Population Health Initiative Tier 1 pilot grants were awarded to interdisciplinary University of Washington research teams in winter quarter 2022 to investigate pressing population health challenges. Since then, each team has made progress in their respective projects, with the tabs below describing work completed to date. The purpose of Tier 1 pilot grants…
April 17, 2024
UW researchers seek to adapt AI-driven caregiver support tool for Latino community
Weichao Yuwen, an associate professor in the School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership at the University of Washington Tacoma, and Maggie Ramirez, an assistant professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Washington, are collaborating to adapt the program, Caring for Caregivers Online (COCO), for Latino communities. COCO is a mobile-based chat…
April 10, 2024
Spring quarter 2022 Tier 1 pilot grant awardees report final impact of funded projects
The 11 University of Washington research teams who received $25,000 Population Health Initiative Tier 1 pilot grants in spring 2022 have completed their respective projects and reported the impact of their work. Research teams for these projects featured expertise from eight different UW schools and colleges as well numerous community-based partners. The purpose of the…
April 1, 2024
Initiative awards six proof-of-concept grants to interdisciplinary teams of UW researchers
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative announced today the award of six Tier 2 pilot grants to teams representing researchers from seven different UW schools and colleges as well as multiple community-based partners. A total of $350,000 was awarded, which included $300,000 in funding from the initiative and additional matching funds from different schools,…
March 26, 2024
Initiative invites grant applications that seek to apply AI to population health challenges
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative announced today a special funding call for pilot projects that seek to accelerate the application of large language models and generative artificial intelligence to seemingly intractable grand challenges in population health. Awards of up to $100,000 each are available to UW researchers for interdisciplinary projects that propose exploratory…
March 12, 2024
Winter 2022 pilot grant awardees report their final project outcomes
The Population Health Initiative’s Tier 2 pilot grant program support researchers in developing preliminary data or the proof-of-concept needed to pursue follow-on funding to scale one’s efforts. Eight pilot grants were awarded to interdisciplinary teams in April 2022, with the total value of those awards reaching roughly $677,000 in a mix of initiative and additional…
March 7, 2024
First-year students explore communities, earn recognitions for outstanding projects
The University of Washington Communities & Research (CoRe) project is an opportunity for incoming first-year students at the UW to examine population health on a personal level. In interdisciplinary and collaborative groups, students analyze various factors impacting population health in different Seattle neighborhoods, all through the lens of their expertise, discipline and experience. For the…
February 28, 2024
Utilizing drones to incorporate youth perspectives in disaster planning
The same geologic forces that shaped Washington State hold the potential to devastate the Pacific Northwest, which necessitates thorough disaster planning to prepare the region to mitigate, respond to and recover from future catastrophes. At the same time, structural barriers continually lead to significant gaps in knowledge of how to prepare for disasters, with the…
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