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  • MPH student publishes study examining gun culture and “the armed home”

    MPH student publishes study examining gun culture and “the armed home”

    HSPop MPH student ThuyMi Phung recently published a mixed-methods article in the Journal of Integrated Social Sciences examining the legitimization of gun use in the home, mixing quantitative and qualitative methods. “My findings suggest that maybe people view gun violence and the threat of firearms outside of the home to be great, and they counteract…

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  • HSPop at the MPH Practicum Symposium

    HSPop at the MPH Practicum Symposium

    Alongside students from all UW School of Public Health departments, students from the HSPop MPH and Online MPH programs presented their practicum projects. Out of nearly 100 presenters, Shalom Mhlanga was one of three students to receive the Most Memorable interACTIONS Award.

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  • Multiple HSPop programs in US News & World Report’s 2026 Rankings

    Multiple HSPop programs in US News & World Report’s 2026 Rankings

    The Department of Health Systems and Population Health (HSPop) has three programs receiving recognition in this year’s US News & World Report Graduate School rankings.

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  • Sophia Tulino champions community on and off the court 

    Sophia Tulino champions community on and off the court 

    University of Washington volleyball player Sophia Tulino is making an impact both on and off the court. As a student-athlete and masters student in HSPOP, Sophia brings a strong sense of teamwork and community to everything she does.

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  • UW researchers receive grant to streamline, improve addiction care in Zimbabwe

    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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  • Are artificial sweeteners a safe sugar substitute?

    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

    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

    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.

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  • Distress and depression rates soar among American transgender or gender-diverse adults

    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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  • Seattle’s sweetened beverage tax linked to lower BMIs in children

    Seattle’s sweetened beverage tax linked to lower BMIs in children

    The researchers found that compared to those living in neighboring nontaxed areas, Seattle children experienced a greater decrease in body mass index.

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