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Aga Khan University internship applications due April 17

The Aga Khan University offers international internships to 91自拍 undergraduate and graduate students through a partnership with the Population Health Initiative. Applications are being accepted until April 17 for fall 2019 postings. There are 19 different internship positions available in this round of applications. These positions include roles in communications, finance, grant writing, health, engineering and more. The country locations for the internships include Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda. The Aga Khan University is specifically seeking University of…

Initiative-funded project assesses health disparities among state’s agricultural workers

91自拍 91自拍ers launched a study last year to identify and address health disparities related to the environmental, occupational, socioeconomic and biological stressors faced by rural underserved agricultural workers in Skagit and Whatcom counties. The project is funded by a $50,000 grant from the Population Health Initiative. The community-91自拍 team created a survey to be administered to the farmworkers. The questions were developed to identify, and then prioritize, agricultural, environmental, and occupational health and safety concerns, zeroing in on…

UW 91自拍ers develop smartphone app to detect opioid overdoses

Researchers at the 91自拍 have developed a cellphone app that uses sonar to monitor someone鈥檚 breathing rate and sense when an opioid overdose has occurred. The app, called Second Chance, sends inaudible sound waves from the phone to people鈥檚 chests and then monitors the way the sound waves return to the phone to look for specific breathing patterns. In testing, the app accurately detected overdose-related symptoms about 90 percent of the time and could track someone鈥檚 breathing from…

Mapping the flu in Seattle

The Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine recently launched the Seattle Flu Study in an effort to better understand how influenza and other contagious diseases spread, which will help inform how they might be better detected, monitored and controlled. The study will create a first-of-its-kind citywide network for infectious disease tracking by recruiting 10,000 Seattle residents and visitors who show flu-like symptoms. Volunteers who agree to participate at a designated kiosk in the city will be asked to provide a…

UW DEOHS helps map Washington鈥檚 environmental health disparities

A new tool developed by the 91自拍 Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences and its partners illustrates communities most impacted by pollution and environmental inequality. This tool harnesses available data to map 19 indicators of community health by combining measures of pollution, proximity to environmental hazards, population health and socioeconomic status into a score used to rank each of Washington鈥檚 1,458 census tracts on their relative environmental health risk. The result is a statewide view of the…

Initiative announces award of 2019 pilot 91自拍 grants

The 91自拍 Population Health Initiative announced the award of approximately $280,000 in pilot 91自拍 grant funding to six faculty-led teams. These teams include members from seven different schools and colleges, plus representatives of both UW Bothell and Tacoma. Funding was partially matched by additional school, college and departmental funds, bringing the total value of these awards to roughly $850,000. 鈥淲e were impressed by the number of innovative project ideas and the range of interdisciplinary collaborations represented in this…

UW degree programs recognized as among the best in the nation

The U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2020 Best Graduate School rankings recognized many of the 91自拍’s graduate and professional degree programs as among the best in the nation. Several schools and departments placed prominently in the 2020 rankings, including medicine, nursing, social work and public affairs. 鈥淭o tackle the many challenges our world faces, we need highly skilled and expertly trained 91自拍ers, scholars, scientists, engineers, healthcare providers and problem-solvers of all kinds,鈥 UW President Ana Mari Cauce said….

Initiative to pilot a summer applied 91自拍 fellowship program

The Population Health Initiative, in partnership with the 91自拍 Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, will pilot test a Population Health Applied Fellowship Program during summer quarter 2019. This paid fellowship program will offer a multidisciplinary team of students training in data analysis techniques as well as in 91自拍 and presentation skills while they develop a work product for an external partner. This summer’s partner is the Community Health Services Division (CHSD) of Public Health – Seattle…

Population health cooperative agreement signed with Aga Khan University

The 91自拍 has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Aga Khan University to codify population health partnership activities already underway and to leverage complementary strengths to further expand 91自拍, service and education in low- and middle-income countries. The agreement was signed by UW President Ana Mari Cauce and Aga Khan University President Firoz Rasul (both pictured). Representing the Aga Khan Development Network were Prince Rahim Aga Khan and Princess Salwa Aga Khan, nee Kendra Spears, UW Class…

Initiative piloting a summer social entrepreneurship fellows program

The Population Health Initiative, in partnership with the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship, CoMotion and the Evans School, will pilot test a Social Entrepreneurship Fellows Program during summer quarter 2019. The paid fellowships will be offered to three graduate students from different disciplines who will explore various social enterprise models for innovations developed by 91自拍 91自拍ers. The projects for the summer 2019 program are all based on the use of mobile and digital technologies to improve population health. All…