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Expanding autism care access across Washington state

In the U.S., children with autism face significant barriers in receiving diagnoses and support. Bridging that gap for children with autism has long been a passion for HSPop MPH student Pooja Manjunath. During her practicum experience with the UW Autism Center, Manjunath analyzed autism diagnoses disparities and recommended ways for the Center to expand services across…
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MHA Students Earn National Recognition in Competitions
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HSPop faculty awarded two new American Cancer Society grants

Together, the awards support both groundbreaking individual scholarship and a major regional collaboration, reinforcing the department’s leadership in translating evidence into real-world impact. From reimagining breast cancer prevention in clinical settings to strengthening the pipeline of early-career cancer researchers, these investments mark an important step forward in efforts to reduce cancer risk and improve outcomes for communities…
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Americans Dead First: What Stephen Bezruchka wants you to know and do
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Inside Washington’s Enterprise EHR Initiative—with MHIHIM student Aaron Morris

Second-year MHIHIM student Aaron Morris is already making a statewide impact. Now an EHR Senior Business Analyst with Washington’s Department of Social & Health Services, Aaron is helping lead the implementation of an enterprise electronic health record system—applying lessons from the classroom directly to one of the state’s most ambitious health IT initiatives.
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Anjulie Ganti Recognized for Putting Communities at the Heart of Public Health Education
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Meet the ’25-’26 HSPop MPH and MS Student Ambassadors

Collectively, this year’s ambassadors bring experience from emergency medicine, clinical care, health policy, disability advocacy, global and Indigenous health, community-based research, as well as health services and outcomes research. Student ambassadors play a vital role for prospective students. Through sharing their unique stories, they offer a peer perspective on what it’s like to be enrolled…
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New study links WIC food choices to longer participation
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Health Services PhD alum named editor-in-chief of Contraception

Dr. Blair Darney (HSERV PhD ’12) has been named editor-in-chief of Contraception, the journal of the Society of Family Planning and one of the most influential journals in reproductive health research. Her appointment reflects a career marked by international collaboration, policy-relevant scholarship, mentorship, and an enduring commitment to reproductive rights and autonomy.
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Demystifying policy: HSERV 553 brings permit-to-purchase lawmakers into the classroom
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