Category: Research
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UW’s Health Promotion Research Center launches employee wellness program for small businesses
With healthcare costs and burnout on the rise, many smaller organizations struggle to find wellness options that fit their budgets and workloads. Connect to Wellness™ is an affordable, low-time employee wellness program built specifically for small businesses and nonprofits.
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UW READU Research team honored with Academy Health Mosaic Award
READU’s work focuses on advancing drug user health equity, improving overdose response within emergency medical services, and reducing stigma toward people who use drugs.
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Developing Climate Change Resilience Plan for Washington State Prisons
A new initiative led by Dr. Sklar in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences will assess the climate and natural hazard vulnerabilities facing Washington State’s correctional facilities and chart a path toward greater resilience.
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Iacobelli to publish book observing care & custody in a maximum-security prison
A new book by Nicholas Iacobelli, assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at UW, explores the complex relationship between healthcare and incarceration in the United States.
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HSPop faculty awarded two new American Cancer Society grants
Together, the awards support both groundbreaking individual scholarship and a major regional collaboration, reinforcing the department’s leadership in translating evidence into real-world impact. From reimagining breast cancer prevention in clinical settings to strengthening the pipeline of early-career cancer researchers, these investments mark an important step forward in efforts to reduce cancer risk and improve outcomes for communities…
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New study links WIC food choices to longer participation
New research from the University of Washington finds that households participating in WIC are more likely to stay in the program when they redeem a higher share of their benefits in the program’s most popular categories.
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Health Services PhD alum named editor-in-chief of Contraception
Dr. Blair Darney (HSERV PhD ’12) has been named editor-in-chief of Contraception, the journal of the Society of Family Planning and one of the most influential journals in reproductive health research. Her appointment reflects a career marked by international collaboration, policy-relevant scholarship, mentorship, and an enduring commitment to reproductive rights and autonomy.
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Bridging gaps in cancer care
When Health Services PhD student Ashlyn Tom began studying how patients experience cancer care, she noticed a pattern that extended far beyond clinical treatment. “Achieving equity in cancer care requires more than new therapies,” said Tom. “It means tackling the everyday barriers related to race, culture, and language that too many patients still encounter.”
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UW Research Team Secures Major Grant to Advance AI-Enhanced Dementia Caregiving Support
With millions of Americans currently living with dementia symptoms and millions more expected in the coming decades, this project aims to ease the burden on families and redefine how evidence-based caregiving interventions can be delivered in the digital age.
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After schools instituted universal free meals, fewer students had high blood pressure, UW study finds
“High blood pressure is an important public health problem that isn’t studied as much on a population level as obesity,” said Anna Localio, a UW postdoctoral researcher of health systems and population health.