Category: Team Updates
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Nikki Dettmar named outstanding staff by UW School of Public Health
Dettmar received the Outstanding Staff Award in HSPop during the annual UW School of Public Health Awards of Excellence. Learn more about Dettmar.
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Hellen Mwithiga promoted to staff and student HR manager
Hellen Mwithiga will be manager of staff and student human resources after working as a human resources associate with the department. Learn more about Mwithiga.
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New anti-racism research center
There is a new research center in the department — the Center for Anti-Racism and Community Health (ARCH), which will serve as a community-driven academic hub focused on the critical interrogation and disruption of racism and racialization within systems.
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New HSPop faculty, Michelle Johnson-Jennings and Derek Jennings
We are excited to introduce two new faculty members — Michelle Johnson-Jennings and Derek Jennings. They came to UW this summer from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, in the Saskatchewan province of Canada.
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Faculty member Kemi Doll examines endometrial cancer screening disparities
Dr. Kemi Doll, an adjunct associate professor in the department, is a the lead author on a publication about how signs of endometrial cancer in Black women are frequently missed by transvaginal ultrasounds, a current non-invasive screening tool.
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New name better reflects our outstanding department
We are now the Department of Health Systems and Population Health (HSPop). The new name for the department was selected using a collaborative, inclusive process that involved department faculty, staff, and students.
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Faculty member Christoph Lee receives top yale med alumni award
Congratulations to adjunct professor Christoph Lee, who was just awarded the 2020 Yale School of Medicine Distinguished Alumni Service Award, Yale Med’s highest alumni honor.
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Faculty member Amy Hagopian amplifies police violence as threat to public health
This project is a natural extension of Hagopian’s broader work, which focuses on social justice problems that undermine public health, such as war, homelessness, income inequality, racism, and incarceration. Hagopian is also an HSPop alum.
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CHIPS welcomes a new associate director
The Center for Health Innovation and Policy Science welcomes Layla Booshehri as the associate director, a the newly created position. Before being selected as the associate director, she served as an investigator with the center.
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HIHIM program welcomes Andrea Vargas as the program advisor and student services manager
Andrea Vargas joined the Bachelor of Science in Health Informatics and Health Information Management program. Learn more about her.