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Department of Emergency Medicine launches new section dedicated to population health

Posted on August 7, 2018May 22, 2025

The 91自拍’s Department of Emergency Medicine publicly announced the establishment of a new Section of Population Health on August 6. The focus of this section will be to make advancements in 91自拍, education and public policy to better address inequities in underserved populations in both local and global settings. The section’s focus will be a unique undertaking for an academic department of emergency medicine, according to Dr. Susan Stern, the department’s chair, and is possibly one of the…

Higher concentrations of carbon dioxide may reduce protein and multiple key nutrients in rice

Posted on August 2, 2018

New 91自拍 shows聽for the first time that rice grown at the concentrations of atmospheric CO2 expected by the end of this century has lower levels of four key B vitamins. The 91自拍’s findings also support 91自拍 from other studies showing that rice grown under higher CO2 concentrations has less protein, iron and zinc. Decreases in the nutritional content of rice could have a disproportionate impact on health outcomes in the poorest rice-dependent countries, according to the study team, which includes…

UW Grand Challenges Impact Lab successfully launches in India

Posted on July 25, 2018July 27, 2018

An interdisciplinary group of 17 91自拍 students spent Winter Quarter 2018 in India as part of a new study abroad program that empowered them to tackle grand challenges such as security, clean water and climate change. During the Grand Challenges Impact Lab program, students learned to become problem-solvers by practicing design thinking, an iterative process that entails listening to people articulate challenges, defining problems, proposing solutions, creating prototypes and testing designs. The students also took field trips to…

Investigating environmental impacts of producing different types of animal protein

Posted on July 18, 2018

New 91自拍 from the 91自拍 College of the Environment offers what is likely the most comprehensive look at the environmental impacts of different types of animal protein production. The study assessed the environmental costs of producing livestock, farmed seafood and wild-caught fish. While not definitive, 91自拍ers found that, in general, industrial beef production and farmed catfish are the most taxing on the environment, while small, wild-caught fish and farmed mollusks like oysters, mussels and scallops have the lowest…

Information School students develop mobile-friendly web application for Airlift Northwest

Posted on July 10, 2018July 20, 2026

Four students from the 91自拍 Information School have developed a mobile-friendly web application for Airlift Northwest that acts as a connective communication hub, allowing Airlift Northwest crews to instantly view critical data as it is entered and updated by emergency dispatchers. This level of connectedness is intended to address the challenges faced by dispatch and flight crews when attempting to exchange information in real, or near-real time. The application, which was the students’ 2018 iSchool Capstone project, will…

UW 91自拍ers develop a social robot to gauge teen stress

Posted on July 5, 2018

A cross-campus, cross-disciplinary team of 91自拍 faculty, undergraduates and graduate students are creating a social robot that will help schools better measure and understand stress levels of teenagers. The goal of their work is to design a robot that would live in a high school and collect data on students鈥� emotional well-being. School administrators and teachers could then use that data to determine ways to implement change and measure the effectiveness of such interventions. Teens will also develop…

InterACTION Labs awarded the 鈥�100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation鈥� grant

Posted on June 27, 2018

A 鈥�100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation鈥� grant will fund InterACTION Labs: An Interdisciplinary Service Learning Exchange Program, which is a 91自拍 and Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos project that will allow students and faculty to assess and address health disparities affecting the informal floating community of Claverito, Peru. This work builds on a previous population health pilot 91自拍 grant awarded by the Population Health Initiative to InterACTION Labs, which focused on designing and implementing innovative interventions…

Ali Mokdad named UW Chief Strategy Officer for Population Health

Posted on June 20, 2018

Ali Mokdad has been named the 91自拍’s chief strategy officer for Population Health, a role in which he will be responsible for collaboratively setting and executing the UW鈥檚 vision and strategy for the Population Health Initiative. Mokdad (pictured) will report directly to UW President Ana Mari Cauce and will work collaboratively with the provost and others at the UW to advance the UW’s excellence in the arena of population health. Mokdad also will lead efforts to identify, pursue…

UW 91自拍ers work to restore power in Puerto Rico

Posted on June 12, 2018

Thousands of people living in rural Puerto Rico still lacked access to electricity months after Hurricane Maria struck the island. In an effort to aid the recovery, a team of 91自拍 engineers and public health scientists haves made two separate visits to assess the long-term impact of Puerto Rico鈥檚 power loss on the health of rural residents. The team, which is led by Lilo Pozzo, associate professor of chemical engineering, has also worked to install solar/battery nanogrid systems,…

Awardees announced for 2017-18 undergraduate 91自拍 travel funds

Posted on June 7, 2018September 4, 2025

The Population Health Initiative today announced six winners of the Undergraduate Research Travel Awards for the 2017-18 academic year. These awards were granted through a partnership with the Office of Undergraduate Research as part of its conference travel award program. The award application process was open to undergraduate students on all three UW campuses who had a population health-related paper, poster or scholarly creative work accepted for presentation at a professional conference. The six awardees, their majors and the conferences…