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Category: Population Health
In a globally connected world, a global research university can do great things
Our University’s global reach creates incredible opportunities to advance learning and discovery for the public good in the most universal sense. So, as we celebrate Global Month this November, there are a multitude of ways to explore and connect with the world through the UW.
New partnership has potential to transform cancer care in the PNW
I’m incredibly pleased that UW Medicine, Fred Hutch and Seattle Children’s are exploring a new way to bring our organizations together to accelerate the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
Through public and private investment, we can transform behavioral health care in Washington
A visionary set of gifts from Ballmer Group will complement public investment in behavioral health care by expanding the training and workforce development pipeline.
As the pandemic shows, Population Health Initiative is more relevant than ever
Although the work of the Population Health Initiative goes far beyond our institution’s response to COVID-19, our strength across disciplines has been a key part of global efforts to understand, track and stop the spread of the pandemic
Visionary gift creates neuroscience research opportunities in partnership with UCSF and UC Berkeley
Thanks to a visionary gift from the Weill Family Foundation, the UW today joins UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley to launch a new era of collaboration in the study of the human brain.
New population health building named in honor of renowned data scientist Hans Rosling
Today, the Board of Regents voted to name the new population health building the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health. I am delighted that we have this opportunity to honor Dr. Rosling, a Swedish physician and pioneer in the use of data to address the world’s biggest health challenges.
The Population Health Initiative, three years in
Three years ago, our community launched the Population Health Initiative, an effort to consolidate our extensive expertise and maximize our collective impact to improve the health and well-being of all people. As we knew then, and remain well aware, making an impact of that scale and magnitude is not easy or lightly undertaken. While this wasn’t new work for us, it was an acknowledgment that truly improving health and well-being for whole communities and populations will require efforts across a range of disciplines and actions, with a focus on identifying our strengths and partnerships and learning from what we can do together.
A transformative funding commitment to advance protein design
I’m very pleased to share that the Institute for Protein Design, part of the Department of Biochemistry at the UW School of Medicine, has received a significant initial commitment of $45 million through The Audacious Project philanthropic collaborative.
Through Be the Match, your impact could be life-saving
We often talk about our work at the University of Washington in terms of impact – and our impact truly is felt across our state and the world. But each of us also has the opportunity to make an impact in profound and personal ways. One way that you can make an impact with the potential to actually save a life is by learning about Be the Match, an organization that manages the world’s largest marrow registry.