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November 1, 2018
UW project connects excess dining hall food with local non-profit agencies
An idea for a human centered design and engineering class project at the University of Washington is now a fully-functional website that pairs UW dining halls with local shelters to coordinate food donations as a way of reducing food waste. The web platform, mealmatchup.org, works like this: Food providers log food donations and request pickups…
October 30, 2018
Winter 2019 undergraduate course highlights population health research
The Population Health Initiative has again partnered with the University of Washington’s Undergraduate Research Program (URP) to offer a series of faculty lectures during winter quarter 2019 focused on the three pillars of population health: human health, environmental resilience and social and economic equity. The Research Exposed! (General Studies 391) course will feature faculty from…
October 25, 2018
New report projects sea-level changes for Washington State
A new climate change report led by Washington Sea Grant and the University of Washington’s Climate Impacts Group details ocean level projections for more than 150 different sites along the Washington coastline. The report incorporates geology-driven land motion and provides the latest, probabilistic estimates to let planners weigh the risks of different scenarios, which allows…
October 23, 2018
Reuters ranks the UW among top 5 most innovative universities in the world
The University of Washington is listed at No. 5 on the latest Reuters Top 100: The World’s Most Innovative Universities. This list ranks the educational institutions doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies and help drive the global economy. The ranking is an increase of two spots from last year, with the UW also…
October 17, 2018
Testing healthy living strategies in public housing
New research from a University of Washington faculty member indicates that health promotion interventions in public housing communities have the potential to reduce obesity among residents. This one-year study, which looked at the diets and physical activity of people living in 10 public housing developments in Boston, was led by Deborah Bowen, professor of bioethics…
October 11, 2018
New population health concurrent degree program launched by School of Nursing
The University of Washington’s School of Nursing has launched a new concurrent Doctorate in Nursing Practice in Population Health and Master of Public Health in Global Health Degree. This three- to four-year program will expand the multi-disciplinary skills of public health nurses and nurse scholars to better support them in working in partnership with populations…
October 9, 2018
IHME study finds 250,000-plus died from firearm-related injuries in 2016
The University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation recently completed the most extensive study ever conducted on global firearm-related deaths, discovering that more than 250,000 people died from firearm-related injuries in 2016. The study, which is a part of the Global Burden of Disease, found that half of those deaths occurred in only…
October 4, 2018
Initiative supports launch of Pacific Rim Clinical Emergency Preparedness Research Network
Dr. Kyle Pohl of ANTHC A group of researchers and practitioners from Kathmandu University (Nepal), Tohoku University (Japan), the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and the University of Washington gathered at the UW on October 16 and 17, 2018 to convene the Pacific Rim Clinical Emergency Preparedness Research Network. The network’s goal is to support…
October 2, 2018
UW hosting global mental health and sustainable development event on Oct. 19
A special University of Washington and The Lancet event on October 19, 2018 in Seattle will explore sustainable development and global mental health. The event will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. in Kane Hall 225. This event is part of a new Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development, which discusses how…
September 26, 2018
Initiative-funded project addressing health disparities in local agricultural communities
A team of University of Washington researchers in medicine, public health and social work are collaborating with agricultural workers in Whatcom and Skagit counties to assess and, ultimately, address health disparities related to occupational, environmental, socioeconomic and biological stressors faced by that region’s rural, underserved agricultural communities. Through a partnership with a local promotorx (community…
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