Author: Alison Jean Smith
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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.
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MHA alum Joe Smecker receives 40 Under 40 award
Western Washington Medical Group COO and MHA alum Joe Smecker, who was recently recognized by The Puget Sound Business Journal as a 40 Under 40 executive, discusses the myriad challenges facing the health care industry.
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HIHIM professor Jim Condon reflects on transitioning to academia after 21 years in the Army
HIHIM professor Jim Condon reflects on his multi-decade career path from Army veteran to cancer registrar to academic. He explains why veterans should consider careers in health information management, and why cancer registrar is such a promising job for HIHIM graduates.
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COPHP student mentors Yakama Nation students impacted by the Hanford nuclear site
COPHP student Jerry Wood discusses their practicum project tackling the intersection of the environment and health, their role as a health care navigator at UW, and more.