Category: Team Updates
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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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Health Services Ph.D. leadership transition
After 18 years in the HSERV Ph.D. program as a student, faculty member, associate director and director, Dr. Emily Williams will step down from the role of director, and Dr. Peggy Hannon will take over as interim director.
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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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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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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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Ria Francisco receives Anderson-O’Connell Award for Outstanding Staff Service & Outstanding Staff Award
Ria Francisco, the Senior Grants Administrator for HSPoP, plays a vital role in securing millions of dollars in research grants to faculty each year. Recently, Francisco was honored with two awards for staff excellence, the Andersen-O’Connell Award for Outstanding Staff Service and the Outstanding Staff Award.
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Distress and depression rates soar among American transgender or gender-diverse adults
A new analysis of federal health data reveals rates of distress and depression among American adults who identify as transgender or gender-diverse (TGD) have more than doubled between 2014 and 2022.
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Collins to oversee COPHP capstone program during Shimkin leave
Starting in May 2024, Francesca Collins will temporarily take over as capstone director for the Community-Oriented Public Health Practice (COPHP) MPH program for Genya Shimkin while Shimkin is on parental leave. Currently, Collins serves as the program’s curriculum and strategic planning director.
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HSPop faculty, staff, students recognized with Awards of Excellence
The University of Washington School of Public Health (SPH) recognized dozens of students, staff, and faculty at its annual Excellence Awards celebration on May 14, 2024 in the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health. The Excellence Awards celebrates members of the SPH community for their dedication, service, and many contributions to public health.