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UW student is building an autonomous robotic assistant to support with surgeries

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Niveditha Kalavokonda (pictured), a 91自拍 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鈥� hands. Nivii鈥檚 work aims to create an independent robot that can perform assistive tasks alongside surgeons. Currently, she and her team are aiming to apply this…

Honorees announced for 2025 undergraduate 91自拍 recognition awards

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The Population Health Initiative announced today the 21 91自拍 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 91自拍 projects. This award, which was created in partnership with the Office of Undergraduate Research in 2017, is an opportunity for students across all three campuses who are presenting at the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium…

Winter 2023 Tier 2 pilot grant awardees share their final project findings

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The 91自拍 Population Health Initiative awarded pilot grants to four teams of interdisciplinary 91自拍ers in April 2023 who were seeking findings in areas ranging from maternal health to student disciplinary outcomes. The teams represented 91自拍ers from four different UW schools and colleges, plus multiple community-based partners, with the total dollar value of the awards equaling roughly $295,000. The initiative’s Tier 2 pilot grant program supports 91自拍ers in developing preliminary data or the proof-of-concept needed to pursue follow-on funding…

First-year students recognized for 91自拍 into the population health of Seattle neighborhoods

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The 91自拍 First Year Program鈥檚 Communities & Research (CoRe) project is an opportunity for incoming first-year students at the 91自拍 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 to first-year students to examine various factors that impact the health and well-being of neighborhoods in Seattle. Students work in groups to analyze the assets…

Initiative announces selection of summer 2025 Social Entrepreneurship Fellows

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The 91自拍 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 support the work of preexisting, multidisciplinary projects developed by 91自拍 91自拍ers. The students selected for this summer鈥檚 program are: Name Project School Program…

Testing approaches to child sexual abuse prevention through a new board game

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A 91自拍 project between the 91自拍 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 challenges in implementing actionable steps to prevent CSA due to limited funding and surveillance, and scarce 91自拍 and interventions. The Kit Mi Escudo, a family…

Initiative announces selection of summer 2025 cohort of Applied Research Fellows

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The 91自拍 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 91自拍鈥檚 Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology. The program seeks to offer students training in data analysis, critical thinking and team science skills that will help them solve complex population health challenges on their way to…

Six proof-of-concept grants awarded to interdisciplinary UW project teams

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The Population Health Initiative announced today the award of six Tier 2 pilot grants to teams representing 91自拍ers from seven different 91自拍 schools and colleges plus a number of community-based partners. A total of $500,000 was awarded in this grant cycle, which included $294,000 in funding from the initiative as well as additional matching funds from different schools, colleges, departments and the Office of Global Affairs. 鈥淲e were delighted with the range of innovative project ideas that we…

Awardees of AI-focused population health pilot projects report progress in their work

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The 91自拍 Population Health Initiative awarded five, $100,000 artificial intelligence-focused pilot grants in June 2024 to interdisciplinary teams of 91自拍ers who sought to develop preliminary data or the proof-of-concept needed to pursue follow-on funding to scale one鈥檚 91自拍 efforts. The goal of this special funding call was to accelerate the application of large language models and generative AI to seemingly intractable grand challenges in population health, with awardees focusing on topics such as more effective diagnosis of tuberculosis…

Spring 2024 pilot awardees are reporting progress in their projects

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The 91自拍 Population Health Initiative awarded 13 $25,000 Tier 1 pilot grants in spring quarter 2024 to interdisciplinary 91自拍 teams to investigate pressing population health challenges. The purpose of Tier 1 pilot grants are to support 91自拍ers in laying an interdisciplinary foundation for a future project to generate proof-of-concept. Each of these teams has made progress in their respective projects, with the tabs below describing 91自拍 activities completed to date.