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Investigators in the UW Department of Health Systems and Population Health (HSPop) conduct cutting-edge research across a variety of disciplines. Research topics include health equity, gender and sexuality, urban and rural health disparities, community-based participatory research, social determinants of health, health promotion, tobacco control, health informatics, workforce health, health care systems, chronic diseases, epidemics and pandemics (such as COVID-19), and cancer prevention and control.

Our Research

  • Secure firearm storage on the rise among Washington households

    Secure firearm storage on the rise among Washington households

    From 2013 to 2022, the portion of Washington adults who reported storing household firearms securely rose from 34.9% to 48.8%.

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  • Endowed professorship honors health promotion legacy, supports faculty innovation

    Endowed professorship honors health promotion legacy, supports faculty innovation

    This new endowed professorship is designed to enhance the University’s ability to recruit and retain outstanding faculty in the Department, with a preference for those whose research and teaching focus on health promotion.

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  • Scoping review highlights needs for sexual and reproductive health interventions in U.S. juvenile detention facilities

    Scoping review highlights needs for sexual and reproductive health interventions in U.S. juvenile detention facilities

    The Journal of Adolescent Health has published A Scoping Review of Sexual and Reproductive Health Interventions With Youth in U.S. Juvenile Facilities, co-authored by Megha Ramaswamy, OMPH alum Nekia Ivory, and PH-GH student Mira Menon.

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  • Research continues at the intersection of substance use and HIV

    Research continues at the intersection of substance use and HIV

    Thanks to effective antiretroviral medications like pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), many of those living with HIV can effectively manage their illness. Nonetheless, certain behaviors can stymie the effectiveness of medication.

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  • Chaparro highlights the dangers of cuts to U.S. nutrition programs 

    Chaparro highlights the dangers of cuts to U.S. nutrition programs 

    Project 2025 proposes substantial cuts to SNAP and WIC, which nutrition expert Pia Chaparro warns would harm already vulnerable populations facing food insecurity.

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More Projects and Findings

Students and research centers within our department also conduct their own research projects.