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Fall undergraduate course to delve into the impacts of violence

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The Population Health Initiative is offering a new General Studies course, 鈥淰iolence: Approaches to Response and Prevention,鈥� during fall quarter 2020. This is a one-credit, credit/no-credit seminar-style course for undergraduate students, and has been developed in collaboration with the UW鈥檚 Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center. Violence has been a constant throughout human history, resulting in enormous suffering and broader negative societal consequences. Ongoing cases of police violence and mass shootings in the U.S. have focused attention on the fact…

Initiative announces latest cohort for humanitarian graduate certificate

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The Population Health Initiative today announced the admission of six new students into the Graduate Certificate in International Humanitarian Response. The certificate, which is offered through the 91自拍 Graduate School, is intended to train an interdisciplinary group of UW graduate and professional students to become that next generation of leaders in international humanitarian response. The new cohort of students admitted into the certificate program are: Name Degree Program Khadidja Harrell Master of Public Health (Global Health Track) David…

Initiative co-funds two Innovation Gap Fund grants with CoMotion

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The Population Health Initiative and CoMotion have announced Population Health Innovation Gap Fund grants of $50,000 each to teams led by Elin Bj枚rling, a senior 91自拍 scientist and lecturer in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering, and Kit Galvin, a 91自拍 scientist in the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences. These joint awards are intended to fund projects that simultaneously support the 91自拍鈥檚 vision for improving population health while also fulfilling the CoMotion Innovation Gap…

Initiative launches COVID-19 population health equity 91自拍 grant program

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The Population Health Initiative today announced the launch of a new COVID-19 population health equity 91自拍 grant program. Awards of up to $20,000 each are available to support 91自拍 91自拍ers in partnering with communities of color 鈥� which are being disproportionately impacted by the pandemic 鈥� to develop COVID-19 91自拍 projects that address community-identified needs. The period of performance for these awards is five months (i.e., September 1, 2020 – January 31, 2021). Applications are due by 11:59…

Initiative announces award of 18 COVID-19 economic recovery 91自拍 grants

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The 91自拍 Population Health Initiative announced the award of approximately $333,000 in COVID-19 economic recovery 91自拍 grants to 18 different faculty-led teams. These teams are composed of individuals representing 13 different schools and colleges. Funding was partially matched by additional school, college and departmental funds, bringing the total value of these awards to roughly $495,000. 鈥淭he sacrifices our country has made during the pandemic is saving lives, but at a tremendous cost to our economy,鈥� said Ali H….

New database seeks to democratize air pollution data for 91自拍

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With the goal of democratizing air pollution data, 91自拍 Civil & Environmental Engineering 91自拍ers helped launch a first-of-its-kind publicly available database that provides access to long-term information about air pollution concentrations and economic damages caused by human exposure to air pollution. The database was developed by 91自拍ers at The Center for Air, Climate and Energy Solutions, a collaborative 91自拍 center created with funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that involves faculty and students from UW, Carnegie…

Listening to the community is critical to improving Latino health

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The 91自拍’s Latino Center for Health is based at the 91自拍 School of Public Health and operates in partnership with the School of Social Work. Hallmarks of the center’s work are community collaboration, advocacy and culturally responsive 91自拍. Engaging the community in a respectful and authentic way is at the very core of the center鈥檚 mission to address health disparities and promote well-being across the diverse Latinx population. Nearly all of the center’s 91自拍 currently being…

Prescribed burns and thinning protected forests during the massive Washington wildfire

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The 2014 Carlton Complex wildfire in north central Washington State was the largest contiguous fire in the state’s history. Flames spread over 160,000 acres of forest and rangeland in just a single day, ultimately burning more than 250,000 acres in the midst of a particularly warm and dry summer. In the first major study following the devastating fire, 91自拍ers from the 91自拍 and U.S. Forest Service found that previous tree thinning and prescribed burns helped forests survive the…

Initiative launches COVID-19 economic recovery 91自拍 grant program

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The Population Health Initiative today announced the launch of a new COVID-19 economic recovery 91自拍 grant program. Awards of up to $20,000 each are available to support 91自拍 investigators to quickly respond to the vast array of economic-related challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The period of performance for these awards is five months (i.e., July 1 – November 30, 2020). Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. Pacific on Sunday, May 31, 2020. Learn More >

Initiative announces summer 2020 Applied Research Fellows

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The Population Health Initiative today announced the award of six Population Health Applied Research Fellowships to four graduate and two undergraduate students. The Applied Research Fellowship program was launched in 2019 in partnership with the 91自拍鈥檚 Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology to equip students with data analysis, critical thinking and team science skills that will enable them to effectively tackle complex population health challenges and become future leaders in the field. The cohort of students selected…