Health Systems and Population Health

Research Interests

Health communication; text-messaging for public health

Bio

Hilary Karasz is an affiliate assistant professor in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health and a public information officer and communications consultant at Public Health – Seattle & King County. She has a particular interest in mobile health, and she studies the use of technologies such as text messaging to bridge communication gaps and reduce inequities across King County communities. In addition to teaching in the COPHP program, Karasz teaches health promotion and communication in the UW Online Master of Public Health program. She is also a faculty researcher at the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, where she conducts research in emergency communications. Karasz earned a doctorate in communications at the UW.

Education

PhD Communications, University of Washington, 2006
MA Broadcast Communication Arts, San Francisco State, 1993
BA History, University of California (Berkeley), 1987

Academic Programs and Affiliations

• Online Master of Public Health Program
• Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
• Community-Oriented Public Health Practice