Category: Team Updates
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SPH releases statement on impacts of anti-Blackness as Black History Month begins

UW School of Public Health Dean Hilary Godwin and Wendy E. Barrington, the director of the UW Center for Anti-Racism and Community Health (ARCH), released a statement to the school’s community. HSPop is a department within SPH.
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Meet staff member Wade Angeli

Wade is the marketing and student recruitment specialist for the UW Online Master of Public Health (MPH) program within our department. Hear a little more about Wade in his own words.
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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.