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Sarah Munro receives grant to research rural medication abortion care
Dr. Sarah Munro’s research team is looking to create evidence-based guidelines to support abortion care for people living in remote areas.
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Connecting academia and community en route to public health
“I am from community. I am part of community. I value community-oriented work and I am going to continue along this route. I strongly believe that the only way to do public health is to connect academia and community.”
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Rabi Yunusa named 2024 MLK Service Awardee for her community-based public health work
Rabi Yunusa has made community-based work central to everything she does as a faculty at SPH. For her work, she received the 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award. Given annually by the UW Health Sciences schools and UW Medicine, this award honors individuals or groups who exemplify Martin Luther King, Jr.’s principles through commitment…
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HSPop faculty named leadership in new Learning Health System Scientist Training and Research Center
The Washington-based center will be led in part by professor India Ornelas, assistant professor Maggie Ramirez, and adjunct associate professor Allison Cole of the Department of Health Systems and Population Health in the University of Washington’s School of Public Health and the Kaiser Permanente Washington Research Institute.
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UW expert on the rise and risks of artificial sweeteners
“The growing presence of (non-sugar sweeteners) in the food supply, combined with mounting concerns about their use… suggest that caution in adding them to foods and beverages is needed.” HSPop clinical professor James Krieger recently published a paper in JAMA Pediatrics on the rise and risks of artificial sweeteners.
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Donald Chi and Yup’ik communities partner to improve oral health of Alaskan Native children
Sugary drinks have negative health impacts. Chi’s partnership with Native Alaskan communities has been working to improve oral health.
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Brandi Reano on improving Indigenous health equity and mental health care access
“It’s all about you, yet it’s not about you at all. I like this saying because it reminds me of where my place is as a public health professional and how to balance my individuality with being a community member.” -Brandi Reano, MPH ’23
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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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Ornelas Named 2023 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow
India Ornelas, Acting Chair and Professor of Health Systems and Population Health, has been named an Aspen Institute 2023 Ascend Fellow. The Ascend Fellowship brings together leaders from across the U.S. who are transforming systems to promote the well-being and prosperity of all children and families.
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HSPop faculty to participate in Fred Hutch-coordinated study of cardiovascular and other chronic diseases in overlooked populations
Several SPH faculty will play a role in an NIH-funded, Fred Hutch-coordinated study of cardiovascular and other chronic diseases in Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations.
