Author: Alison Jean Smith
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How one MHA graduate became a serial entrepreneur and “dot connector”
Rick Lee, an MHA alum, reflects on his surprising journey to becoming a healthcare entrepreneur. His latest venture, Healthrageous, is an innovative meal-plan solution for seniors.
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London Breedlove receives David A. Winston fellowship
Breedlove, Executive MHA student and associate clinical professor in the Family Medicine Department, reflects on the benefits of holistic care that treats mind and body in tandem.
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Zoe Pleasure receives NIH fellowship to study contraceptive care delivery to Veterans with autoimmune conditions
Pleasure was awarded the prestigious F31 predoctoral fellowship from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health for her study.
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Improving Public Health with Effective Administrative Practices
As part of a larger mission to improve public health with focus from the front lines to the front offices, the UW MHA program has made a deliberate and multi-year effort to reshape our curriculum and approach with a particular focus on health equity and effective health care administrative practices. Equity, diversity, and inclusion have…
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“We are facing a health care affordability crisis”: COPHP alum tackles spiraling health care costs
Community-Oriented Public Health Practice MPH alum Sam Hatzenbeler describes her journey to health care policy and how she utilizes her public health background.
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MHA alum Denise Bowen receives 40 Under 40 Award
Denise Bowen reflects on the thorny challenges she’s taken on during her 10-year career at Providence, as well as the lasting impact of her dual MHA-MBA degree.
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Creating problem solvers – health informatics in project management
Software developer, digital health leader, and Health Informatics and Health Information Management (HIHIM) associate teaching professor John Hartgraves details the appeal of project management as a career. His courses provide students with hands-on project management experience.
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Tankwanchi reflects on work for the WHO, new book chapter tackling research ethics
Akhenaten Tankwanchi expounds upon his varied research interests, including vaccine hesitancy and skilled migration.
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The legacy of redlining in America: Shanise Owens reveals health, wealth impacts in new study
Recent Health Services PhD graduate Shanise Owens discusses her thesis, which digs into the lingering impacts of redlining on generational wealth and BMI.
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UW researchers receive grant to streamline, improve addiction care in Zimbabwe
Facing a substance use disorder epidemic, Zimbabwe’s health care system is struggling to provide care to patients. UW researchers describe their Population Health Initiative-funded study aiming to help change that by implementing a quicker, simpler screening tool to identify those in need of addiction treatment.