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July 25, 2024
How online influencers profit from spreading anti-vaccine misinformation
Instagram is increasingly serving as both a prominent news source and a platform awash in misinformation. University of Washington researchers recently investigated three Instagram influencers who disseminated anti-vaccine messages to better understand how such dissemination led to the promotion of products and fostered parasocial relationships with their followers to endorse products that supported anti-vaccine beliefs….
July 23, 2024
Spring 2023 Tier 3 pilot awardees report midpoint project updates
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative awarded four Tier 3 pilot grants in spring 2023 to interdisciplinary teams of researchers who sought to create follow-on opportunities for impactful projects that realized proof-of-concept. These projects include researchers from five different UW schools and colleges, as well as several community-based partners, and address topics such as…
July 16, 2024
Exploring the impact of social policies on mental health of BIPOC, LGBTQ+ communities
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a wave of mental health crises, marked by heightened anxiety, depression and increased rates of suicide. These adverse mental health outcomes have disproportionately affected Queer (LGBTQ+), disabled and Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) communities, underscoring the need to investigate the upstream causes behind these concerning trends. In spring…
July 11, 2024
Awardees of 2022 Tier 1 pilot research grants report final project outcomes
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative awarded 11 Tier 1 Population Health Initiative pilot grants were awarded to teams representing researchers from 10 different UW schools and colleges on the Seattle and Tacoma campuses, as well as numerous community-based partners, in February 2022. These awards from the initiative’s Tier 1 pilot grant program were…
July 2, 2024
Initiative jointly funds two spring 2024 Innovation Gap Fund projects with CoMotion
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative announced with CoMotion the joint funding of two Innovation Gap Funds of $50,000 each. This $100,000 in collective funding will support projects that simultaneously support the UW’s vision for improving population health while also fulfilling the CoMotion Innovation Fund’s goal of enabling research that will achieve sustainable commercial…
June 25, 2024
New study assesses financial impact to business from Vision Zero safety projects
Seattle has committed to Vision Zero, an international street safety movement. Through numerous infrastructure projects, this proposal aims to eliminate all traffic fatalities by 2030. Despite concerns from local business owners about potential decreases in revenue due to reduced parking and disruptions to regular traffic flow, a study conducted by the University of Washington revealed…
June 18, 2024
Initiative announces awardees of AI-focused population health pilot projects
The Population Health Initiative announced the award of five, $100,000 artificial intelligence-focused pilot grants to support interdisciplinary teams of University of Washington researchers to develop preliminary data or proof-of-concept needed to pursue follow-on funding to scale their respective efforts. The total collective value of these awards is roughly $600,000, which includes matching funds from different…
June 12, 2024
UW research finds pharma companies increased opioids marketing after Purdue Pharma lawsuit
New research from the University of Washington examines the behavior of prescription opioid companies following key events in Kentucky’s lawsuit against Purdue Pharma regarding its controlled-release oral formulation of oxycodone hydrochloride (OxyContin). While Purdue Pharma significantly decreased its marketing budget for OxyContin, the UW researchers found that Kentucky’s litigation had the opposite effect on competing…
June 6, 2024
Initiative announces awardees of spring quarter 2024 Tier 3 pilot research grants
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative has announced the award of five Tier 3 pilot grants to interdisciplinary teams of population health researchers. The total value of this round of awards is roughly $930,000, which included $850,000 in funding from the initiative plus additional matching funds from different schools, colleges and units. “We are…
June 4, 2024
Winning papers announced for 2024 Population Health Library Research Awards
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative announced today that four undergraduate students have been honored for outstanding scholarship with 2024 Population Health Library Research Awards. This award was created in 2017 in partnership with the University of Washington Libraries and is open to undergraduates from all three UW campuses. The projects submitted were completed…
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