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November 17, 2016
School of Public Health undergraduate major receives top ranking
The University of Washington School of Public Health’s undergraduate major was just ranked the best public health degree for 2016 – 2017 by College Choice. Of note was the School of Public Health’s approach to curriculum, which is intended to reach communities locally and globally so students have many opportunities to find a field that…
November 15, 2016
Clean, efficient cookstove focuses on reducing pollution illness, and early death
Smoke from polluting open indoor cooking fires and cookstoves in developing countries are believed to cause millions of illnesses and premature deaths each year. Gathering fuel for these fires and cookstoves can also expose adults and children to further dangers. To overcome these challenges, researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering have partnered with the…
November 8, 2016
Reconnecting veterans to life through farming
Christopher Brown, a three-time Marine combat veteran and master of social work graduate, created a sustainable local farming organization for veterans in the name of holistic mental health. Growing Veterans, a thriving nonprofit, seeks to transform the lives of veterans through satisfying work and an opportunity to reconnect with one another and their communities to…
November 2, 2016
Restoring oysters in Puget Sound
The nature of our local ecosystem changed when a combination of overharvesting, polluted waters, and shoreline changes led to the commercial extinction of the Olympia oyster from the Puget Sound. Dr. Bonnie Becker, UW Tacoma associate professor of marine ecology, is leading undergraduate researchers in a collaborative effort to reintroduce the native oyster to its…
October 26, 2016
Innovative, low cost NIFTY™ Cup seeks to save millions of lives
Each year, there are millions of babies born prematurely or with oral clefts in developing countries who struggle to breast feed. These babies are often at high risk for malnourishment, infection, and often death, but thanks to Christy McKinney, a clinical assistant professor of oral health sciences, a new feeding aid for them is now…
October 25, 2016
UW receives transformative gift
The University of Washington’s Population Health Initiative has received a transformative gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, advancing our efforts to improve human health and well-being. This $210 million gift will catalyze our work to enhance human health, environmental resiliency and social and economic equity here in Washington and around the world. Learn…
October 18, 2016
Summer tutoring boosts literacy outcomes
The majority of the reading achievement gap that appears between poverty-impacted students and their peers is attributable to the lack of access to summer reading opportunities. To boost these literacy outcomes, tutors from the College of Education have partnered with Seattle’s Whitman Middle School to offer one-on-one support to students, which includes 12 90-minute sessions…
October 13, 2016
Provost report on population health released
The focus of the latest provost’s report, which was released today, is population health and the UW’s groundbreaking new Population Health Initiative. The report introduces readers to work the University of Washington currently has underway to better address population health, and features the following: Social and Economic Equity: How factors of equity impact health and…
October 10, 2016
Latest Global Burden of Disease study released
The latest Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study, which allows a thorough analysis of the state of the world’s health, was released on October 7. The study is conducted by the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. The study, which is published by The Lancet, noted continued increases in…
October 4, 2016
Creating a mobile app that tests lung capacity
People suffering from lung diseases in developing worlds often do not have a good way to track lung functioning without visiting the doctor. Through the work of UW researchers, many may soon be able to measure their lung function simply by blowing into any type of phone after SpiroCall, a new health sensing tool, was…
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