Bud Nicola
Affiliate Professor, Health Systems and Population Health
206-221-6179 | bnicola@uw.edu
Box 357660
Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
Research Interests
Effective group functioning; public health infrastructure
Bio
Bud Nicola is an affiliate professor in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health. He worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 1991 until his retirement in 2012. His last CDC position was as a field assignee to the UW Northwest Center for Public Health Practice in the School of Public Health. Before joining the CDC, Nicola directed Public Health – Seattle & King County and the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. He is a former director of the COPHP program and a former member of the King County Board of Health. He has been a member of the national Public Health Accreditation Board. Nicola has an MHSA from the University of Michigan and an M.D. from the University of Oregon.
Education
MD University of Oregon, 1973
MHSA University of Michigan, 1976
BS Biology, University of Oregon, 1969
Academic Programs and Affiliations
News
Laurel County Health Department awarded national accreditation through PHAB
The Sentinel Echo, 11/27/2017
‘Learning by Doing’ Key Tenet of SPH program
SPH News, 04/21/2017
King County considers ban on electronic cigarettes
KING 5, 12/16/2010
King County wants to ban public e-cigarette smoking
Seattle PI, 12/14/2010
County health services facing $10 million cut
Seattle PI, 07/18/2008