June 4, 2025
Winning papers announced for 2025 Population Health Library Research Awards
The Population Health Initiative announced today that four University of Washington undergraduate students have been honored with 2025 Population Health Library Research Awards for outstanding scholarship. The Population Health Library Research Award program was created in 2017 in partnership with the University of Washington Libraries and is open to undergraduates from all three UW campuses….
May 27, 2025
DecarbCityTwin: A platform for urban decarbonization
A project between the University of Washington, Southern Illinois University and the City of Seattle is developing a groundbreaking platform to improve urban decarbonization efforts. DecarbCityTwin merges advanced technologies to help cities implement effective carbon reduction measures while simultaneously addressing ever-important equity concerns. “DecarbCityTwin is a pilot platform developed as a proof-of-concept to support building…
May 21, 2025
Initiative-led research highlights disparities in childhood vaccinations
A new study conducted by the University of Washington’s Population Health Initiative has revealed the persistent racial disparities in childhood vaccination programs in Canada and the United States, stressing the need for comprehensive policy interventions addressing immunization barriers. Published in the journal Vaccine, the research compared both countries’ immunization programs over the past decade. The…
May 13, 2025
UW student is building an autonomous robotic assistant to support with surgeries
Niveditha Kalavokonda (pictured), a University of Washington Electrical & Computer Engineering Doctoral student, is developing an autonomous robotic assistant for surgical suction. While robots are currently utilized in surgical settings, and praised for their minimal invasion, reduced risk of infection, faster recovery time and lessened scarring, they are currently only an extension of physicians’ hands….
May 6, 2025
Honorees announced for 2025 undergraduate research recognition awards
The Population Health Initiative announced today the 21 University of Washington students who received Population Health Recognition Awards as part of their participation in the 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium. These awards, representing 18 separate projects, recognize each of the students for their innovative and well-presented research projects. This award, which was created in partnership with…
April 30, 2025
Winter 2023 Tier 2 pilot grant awardees share their final project findings
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative awarded pilot grants to four teams of interdisciplinary researchers in April 2023 who were seeking findings in areas ranging from maternal health to student disciplinary outcomes. The teams represented researchers from four different UW schools and colleges, plus multiple community-based partners, with the total dollar value of the…
April 28, 2025
First-year students recognized for research into the population health of Seattle neighborhoods
The University of Washington First Year Program’s Communities & Research (CoRe) project is an opportunity for incoming first-year students at the University of Washington to learn more about population health and its manifestations within communities. Since 2018, the First-year Interest Group (FIG) program, in partnership with the Population Health Initiative, has assigned the CoRe project…
April 22, 2025
Initiative announces selection of summer 2025 Social Entrepreneurship Fellows
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative announced today the selection of four graduate fellows for the summer 2025 cohort of the Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship program, which is run in partnership with the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship and CoMotion. The four fellows will spend 10 weeks over the summer producing innovative solutions and contributions to…
April 15, 2025
Testing approaches to child sexual abuse prevention through a new board game
A research project between the University of Washington and Universidad San Francisco de Quito is evaluating an innovative approach to child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention: a family board game. CSA is a prominent global health issue, with 1 in 5 women and 1 in 13 men reporting CSA experiences. Low- and middle-income countries often face…
April 8, 2025
Initiative announces selection of summer 2025 cohort of Applied Research Fellows
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative has selected three graduate students and two undergraduate students as the 2025 cohort of the summer Applied Research Fellowship program. The Applied Research Fellowship, which launched in 2019, is run in partnership with the University of Washington’s Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology. The program seeks to…