Category: Student Research & Fieldwork
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Universal Free School Meals: A key ingredient in improving childhood health outcomes
Findings from a promising new study show universal free school meals could be an excellent tool in reducing childhood obesity and improving health outcomes. “Universal free school meals are important because they eliminate the paperwork required for both schools and parents to maintain eligibility for free meals,” said Dr. Jessica Jones-Smith, “They also provide free…
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Sherry Wu (MPH ’23) Awarded APHA’s Masters Student Research Award in Aging and Public Health
Sherry Wu, Research Coordinator and UW alum, has been awarded the 2023 Masters Student Research Award in Aging and Public Health. Wu says, “Our society’s emphasis on productivity categorizes older adults as less desirable. But the experiences and wisdom of older adults are invaluable, and they have a right to fulfilling and healthy lives.”
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How social and economic inequalities are impacting everyone’s life expectancy in America
“There is something about being born in the U.S. that gives you a life expectancy disadvantage,” said Youssef Azami, a graduate student in public health and public policy at the University of Washington.
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Access to culturally relevant and healthy foods is critical to improving health equity in Seattle
“Increasing access to farmers markets is really important because when you’re looking at some of the top chronic diseases that a lot of people are dying from in this country, a lot can be related to nutrition.”
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Helena Darrow on centering community and Native voices in public health
Culturally-tailored, community-based work really creates a sense of identity and culture that allows people to become more interested in learning more about an intervention and willing to participate if they can see themselves in it.
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MPH students build roads to equitable health care in rural communities
Liz Mariluz and Elena Soyer, Health Services MPH students, engaged with rural communities through their practicums. Practicum projects are a field-based experience with a public health organization required for our MPH degrees.
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Ph.D. candidate highlights the experiences of Washington state agricultural workers
Érica Chavez Santos, a Health Services Ph.D. student, is researching the association of labor and social determinant-related laws and agricultural workers’ health. Her goal is to address the knowledge gap about the impact of labor laws on agricultural workers’ health.
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HSPop PhD student honored for academic excellence
Tessa Matson received the 2022 Gilbert S. Omenn Award for Academic Excellence, the most prestigious recognition from the UW School of Public Health for graduate students.
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Student Molly Codding assesses lead levels in Washington school drinking water
Molly Codding, a Community-Oriented Public Health Practice Master of Public Health (COPHP MPH) student, is assessing the lead levels and disparities. Lead exposure is an incredibly important environmental justice issue,” she said.
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MPH student Lance Frankel studies emergency school meals during COVID
For his practicum, Frankel worked with conducted an analysis of emergency school meal programs across Washington state during the COVID-19 pandemic.