Category: Research
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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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Chaparro highlights the dangers of cuts to U.S. nutrition programs
Project 2025 proposes substantial cuts to SNAP and WIC, which nutrition expert Pia Chaparro warns would harm already vulnerable populations facing food insecurity.
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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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Director of HIHIM programs contributes to book on health care management fundamentals
HIHIM Program Director’s research provides essential briefings on key topics in health care management that every current or aspiring health care leader needs to know.
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Multi-substance use, including e-cigarettes, associated with poor mental health in college students
New research, led by Marie Kava, clinical assistant professor in Health Systems and Population Health (HSPOP), examines multi-substance, including e-cigarettes, and mental health among college students.
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Sharing public health knowledge through short documentary filmmaking
Dr. Megha Ramaswamy (PhD, MPH) disseminates insights from her public health research via her (S)HE video series, which stands for Sexual Health Empowerment, and shares stories from women with experiences of incarceration.
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Are artificial sweeteners a safe sugar substitute?
Dr. Jim Krieger was interviewed by journalists at the New York Times about the safety of artificial sweeteners. Read below for more information and the full article.
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Banta-Green advocates for Health Engagement Hubs
Caleb Banta-Green, professor at HSPop and Director of the Center for Community-Engaged Drug Education, Epidemiology & Research, co-developed Health Engagement Hubs to combat the opioid crisis. Banta-Green’s decades-long research shows significant reductions in opioid use and mortality leading to his advocating for a national implementation of the model.
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Study recommendations come to fruition in new policies to combat fentanyl crisis
Researchers collected qualitative data from first responders as well as people who use drugs to glean their attitudes around three different policy ideas: leave-behind naloxone, buprenorphine, and HIV/HCV testing.