Tag: Featured
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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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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
Throughout his extensive career, Stephen Bezruchka, emeritus professor, has taught and mentored thousands of students, published dozens of papers, chapters, and books, launched a YouTube channel. His message through it all: Americans are dead first, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
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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
Anjulie Ganti works to place communities at the center of public health and teaches students how to do the same. She received a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute Award for her efforts.
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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
New research from the University of Washington finds that households participating in WIC are more likely to stay in the program when they redeem a higher share of their benefits in the program’s most popular categories.
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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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Burnout, staffing, and stress: New analysis shows why emergency nurses are leaving their jobs
A new research analysis co-led by University of Washington doctoral candidate Taryn Amberson finds that burnout and poor working conditions have become the leading reasons emergency nurses are leaving their jobs — a sharp shift from just a few years ago, when better pay and career advancement were the main drivers of turnover.
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MHIHIM program to adopt updated program schedule
The University of Washington’s Master of Health Informatics and Health Information Management (MHIHIM) program will update its program schedule beginning with the Autumn 2026 cohort. Synchronous class sessions will meet five Saturdays each quarter, online or in-person. In addition, students will attend a weekly webinar each Thursday evening.