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  • How one MHA graduate became a serial entrepreneur and “dot connector”

    How one MHA graduate became a serial entrepreneur and “dot connector”

    Rick Lee, an MHA alum, reflects on his surprising journey to becoming a healthcare entrepreneur. His latest venture, Healthrageous, is an innovative meal-plan solution for seniors.

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  • Improving Public Health with Effective Administrative Practices

    Improving Public Health with Effective Administrative Practices

    As part of a larger mission to improve public health with focus from the front lines to the front offices, the UW MHA program has made a deliberate and multi-year effort to reshape our curriculum and approach with a particular focus on health equity and effective health care administrative practices. Equity, diversity, and inclusion have…

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  • MHA alum Denise Bowen receives 40 Under 40 Award

    MHA alum Denise Bowen receives 40 Under 40 Award

    Denise Bowen reflects on the thorny challenges she’s taken on during her 10-year career at Providence, as well as the lasting impact of her dual MHA-MBA degree.

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  • What is a Master of Health Administration Degree at UW?

    What is a Master of Health Administration Degree at UW?

    A Master of Health Administration is designed to equip individuals with the skills to take managerial and leadership roles in health care administration. Also known as an MHA, this degree covers both the health care and business side of health care administration. If you want to make meaningful changes at the administrative level in health…

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  • MHA alum Joe Smecker receives 40 Under 40 award

    MHA alum Joe Smecker receives 40 Under 40 award

    Western Washington Medical Group COO and MHA alum Joe Smecker, who was recently recognized by The Puget Sound Business Journal as a 40 Under 40 executive, discusses the myriad challenges facing the health care industry.

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  • Brayden McLaughlin wins Best Presenter Award at case competition

    Brayden McLaughlin wins Best Presenter Award at case competition

    In early April, the University of Washington’s Master of Health Administration (MHA) program sent a group of students, along with faculty advisor Penny Edlund, to The Ohio State University’s First-Year Health Administration Case Competition. Brayden McLaughlin received the Best Speaker Award for his presentation and leadership skills.

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  • How to build equitable partnerships between researchers and communities

    How to build equitable partnerships between researchers and communities

    Communities and academic researchers must collaborate to improve health equity, but finding each other and aligning goals can be challenging. 

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  • HSPop faculty named leadership in new Learning Health System Scientist Training and Research Center

    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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  • Researchers at UW’s Tacoma and Seattle campuses adapt AI-driven caregiver support tool for Latino community

    Researchers at UW’s Tacoma and Seattle campuses adapt AI-driven caregiver support tool for Latino community

    Assistant Professor Maggie Ramirez is working with Weichao Yuwen, associate professor in the School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership at the University of Washington Tacoma, to culturally adapt the AI-driven caregiver support program Caring for Caregivers Online (COCO) for Latino communities.

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  • BACK TO SCHOOL: Maximizing school safety amidst growing vaccine hesitancy

    BACK TO SCHOOL: Maximizing school safety amidst growing vaccine hesitancy

    Recent reports highlight a growing trend of vaccine hesitancy among parents of school-age children, with between 20% to 25% expressing worries about routine and recommended vaccines.

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