Tag: News
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National Public Health Week: Accessibility
For today’s National Public Health Week (#NPHW) theme, “Accessibility: Closing the Equity Gap”, we are sharing the profile of Audrey Lu, a student in the UW Bachelor of Science in Health Informatics and Health Information Management (HIHIM) program.
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Sweetened beverage taxes produce net economic benefits for lower-income communities
New research from faculty within HSPop examines the economic equity impacts of sweetened beverage taxes in three cities — Seattle, San Francisco and Philadelphia.
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Nikki Dettmar named outstanding staff by UW School of Public Health
Dettmar received the Outstanding Staff Award in HSPop during the annual UW School of Public Health Awards of Excellence. Learn more about Dettmar.
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HSPop PhD student honored for academic excellence
Tessa Matson received the 2022 Gilbert S. Omenn Award for Academic Excellence, the most prestigious recognition from the UW School of Public Health for graduate students.
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HSPop students honored in Husky 100 for 2022
This year’s annual Husky 100 awards have recognized two students within our department — Carolyn Fan and Monserrat Morales Miranda — for making the most of their time at the University of Washington.
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Hellen Mwithiga promoted to staff and student HR manager
Hellen Mwithiga will be manager of staff and student human resources after working as a human resources associate with the department. Learn more about Mwithiga.
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National Public Health Week: Community collaboration
Fitting with today’s National Public Health Week (#NPHW) theme, “Community Collaboration and Resilience,” we are sharing how the UW Health Promotion Research Center (HPRC) partnered with community organizations to create a COVID-19 Information Navigator Training to support bilingual community members.
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New anti-racism research center
There is a new research center in the department — the Center for Anti-Racism and Community Health (ARCH), which will serve as a community-driven academic hub focused on the critical interrogation and disruption of racism and racialization within systems.
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New HSPop faculty, Michelle Johnson-Jennings and Derek Jennings
We are excited to introduce two new faculty members — Michelle Johnson-Jennings and Derek Jennings. They came to UW this summer from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, in the Saskatchewan province of Canada.
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Evaluating a free meal program for U.S. schools
Jessica Jones-Smith and her team are hoping to better understand the effects of a free meals policy on child obesity, as well as estimate the policy’s effect on population-level obesity disparities by race, ethnicity, and income.