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Initiative’s Applied Research Fellowship project assesses housing vulnerabilities in King County

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The 2021 91自拍 Population Health Applied Research Fellows recently concluded their 91自拍 on the effects of household growth, demographic and spatial distribution, environmental risks and COVID-19 on housing vulnerabilities in King Country. Their goal was to analyze the disparities created by these factors in an effort to better inform future access to affordable housing in King County and its communities. The team analyzed past and present factors to develop methods for projecting the number of households, average household…

Initiative announces relaunch of its interdisciplinary pilot grant program

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The Population Health Initiative has relaunched its interdisciplinary pilot grant program, leveraging project savings from the construction of the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health to dramatically expand the initiative鈥檚 internal granting capacity in 2022 and 2023. The relaunched program now features three different tiers of grants with varying foci and awards ranging in size from $25,000 to $200,000. 鈥淲e are delighted to have the funding capacity to be able to support the launch of roughly 75 innovative and interdisciplinary…

UW Community Circle kicks off a year of healing discussions with a virtual event

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Several 91自拍 programs kicked off a community circle on October 28, 2021, with a virtual event open to all UW faculty and staff. The purpose of the event was to invite attendees into an intentional space to participate in future conversations around processing and coping with the events of the past 20 months through the reading and discussion of My Grandmother鈥檚 Hands by Resmaa Menakem. Menakem鈥檚 book aims to engage readers in building a healing community through somatic…

New 91自拍 and education hub to focus on coastal resiliency

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The Cascadia Coastlines and Peoples Hazards Research Hub, which is based at the 91自拍 and Oregon State University, has launched with the goal of studying dangers prevalent in coastal communities, specifically in Northern California, Oregon, and Washington, in order to increase safety and resiliency in the communities. These coastal areas are prone to environmental consequences of many geological hazards, which drives this project鈥檚 intention of increasing resiliency of these areas through 91自拍 and education. The hub aims to…

Spotlight: Sara Curran’s exemplification of interdisciplinary collaboration

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Sara Curran, professor of International Studies at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and Director of the Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology (CSDE), recognizes the merit and significance of interdisciplinary collaborations. Curran also holds a joint appointment as professor of Sociology, another joint appointment at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy & Governance and is an adjunct professor in the Department of Global Health. Through her own interdisciplinary background and career, Curran illustrates the…

Analyzing the impact of the pandemic on low-income housing security in Washington State

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New 91自拍 from of the 91自拍 Evans School of Public Policy & Governance analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on housing security in Washington State. Through a collaboration with the Tenants Union of Washington State, the 91自拍ers examined low-income tenants鈥� housing security. They discovered that current conditions had increased rental debts, reduced residential mobility, and poorer housing quality for low-income people. The 91自拍ers also uncovered that the pandemic had worsened the negative impacts of housing insecurity on…

Assessing the mental health of UW students during spring 2020

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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been growing concern over how social distancing and pandemic-related isolation have impacted mental health. Of significant interest is the pandemic鈥檚 impact on student mental health, recognizing the stressfulness of academia and navigating the uncertainty of 2020. Coincidentally, a 91自拍 study on student mental health was in progress while these events unfolded. The 91自拍 team had been studying student mental health over the past four years. The overlap between the onset of the…

Winter 2022 undergraduate course highlights UW population health 91自拍

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The Population Health Initiative is continuing its partnership with the 91自拍’s Undergraduate Research Program (URP) to offer a series of lectures during winter quarter 2022 that focus on the three pillars of population health: human health, environmental resilience and social and economic equity. The Research Exposed! (General Studies 391 D) course will feature faculty from a number of disciplines discussing their population health-related 91自拍. Undergraduates may take this course for credit (i.e., one credit/quarter; three quarters max). Each…

Impact of wildfire smoke hit some groups harder than others

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Nearly a dozen 91自拍ers from the 91自拍 Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) in the School of Public Health have been hard at work addressing questions and health risks associated with wildfires in the Northwest. Through a series of community-based 91自拍 projects, DEOHS 91自拍ers and their collaborators are working to study the dangers of wildfires, identify those most vulnerable to uncontrolled fires and develop innovative solutions to alleviate or reduce the health issues associated with wildfires….

UW Community Circle launches, seeks to build a community of care

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Several 91自拍 programs are launching a community circle with a conversation about Resmaa Menakem鈥檚 book, My Grandmother鈥檚 Hands, which focuses on how to build a community of care by addressing embodied trauma. The kickoff event is occurring virtually on October 28, 2021 at 4 p.m. Pacific and is open to all UW faculty and staff. Interested participants should register online by October 25th. The ebook is available via UW Libraries. The community circle will serve as a space…