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Student David Thomas promotes health care access via Amazon Neighborhood Health Centers
David Thomas, a second-year Community-Oriented Public Health Practice Master of Public Health (COPHP MPH) student, work as a program manager at the new Amazon Neighborhood Health Centers.
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Alum Marjorie Wilson promotes harm reduction for injection drug use
Wilson is the co-founder and executive director of the Idaho Harm Reduction Project, a non-profit dedicated to using advocacy, harm reduction, and evidence-based programming to promote health and safety for all Idaho residents impacted by drug use.
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Study finds vaccine distrust within incarcerated populations
In a study led by Marc Stern, a HSPop ffiliate assistant professor, fewer than half of inmates in jails and prisons surveyed said they would accept a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Alum Donn Colby receives funding to study COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among military personnel
Donn Colby secured a $400,000 U.S. Defense Health Agency Grant to fund a study on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among military personnel and dependents at Joint Base Lewis McChord, southwest of Tacoma, Washington.
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CHIPS welcomes a new associate director
The Center for Health Innovation and Policy Science welcomes Layla Booshehri as the associate director, a the newly created position. Before being selected as the associate director, she served as an investigator with the center.
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HIHIM program welcomes Andrea Vargas as the program advisor and student services manager
Andrea Vargas joined the Bachelor of Science in Health Informatics and Health Information Management program. Learn more about her.
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Omid Bagheri Garakani has a passion for health justice and equity
Since a young age, Garakani has been interested in how health impacts not only individuals but their larger communities. After earning his bachelor’s, he knew that he wanted to keep learning. Hear more from Garakani.
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Master of Health Administration program wins sustainability award
The UW Master of Health Administration program, housed in HSPop, is pleased to be the recipient of the 2021 Award for Sustainability in Healthcare Management Education and Practice. Learn more about the award and the students behind it.
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Faculty member Ruth Etzioni co-authors data science textbook
Ruth Etzioni co-authored a new textbook, “Statistics for Health Data Science: An Organic Approach.” The textbook brings together key statistical ideas that are foundational for contemporary investigators in health services, health outcomes, and health policy.
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We stand with the School of Public Health in our commitment to truth, justice, and democracy
We stand with leaders in the UW School of Public Health in condemning the horrific events of January 6, 2020, and remain firm in our commitment to truth, justice, and democracy. We will continue to work to affirm our values in the comings weeks and months.
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