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…
February 20, 2024
Summer 2024 Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship applications due March 29
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative is again partnering with the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship, CoMotion and the Evans School for Public Policy & Governance to offer its summer Social Entrepreneurship Fellows Program. Applications are due by the end of day, March 29, 2024. The program offers each graduate or professional student $10,000 each…
February 15, 2024
Fostering connections in AI and health event for UW researchers set for March 5
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative is co-hosting a winter quarter Open Space-style event, “Fostering Connections in AI and Health,” on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 in the HUB, room 145. The goal of this gathering is to help facilitate new collaborations between UW faculty researchers who are interested in applying generative AI and large…
February 13, 2024
Applications now being accepted for 2024 summer applied research fellowships
The Population Health Initiative is partnering with the University of Washington’s Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology for the sixth consecutive summer to offer the Population Health Applied Research Fellowship program. Applications for this summer’s cohort will be accepted until March 29, 2024 from undergraduate and graduate students across all UW schools and colleges…