Faculty Research Interest Results

Glass, Joe

Affiliate Associate Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

Substance use disorder services; research and statistical methods; implementation science; digital therapeutics

Frogner, Bianca K

Adjunct Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

Health economics; health workforce; primary care; health insurance; comparative health systems

Owens, Shanise

Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

child and adolescent mental health, global mental health, digital health, health equity and justice, public health policy and advocacy, evaluation, social and economic determinants of health, mixed methods ...

Wong, Edwin S.

Director of the PhD Program, Health Systems and Population Health; Research Associate Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

Health economics; applied microeconometrics; health care quality; health policy analysis; health care systems; health care delivery; primary care; implementation science; Veterans health care; Medicare; Medicaid; comparative effectiveness research; cost-effectiveness ...

Coley, Yates

Affiliate Associate Professor, Biostatistics; Affiliate Associate Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

Electronic health record data; Clinical prediction models; Learning Health Systems; Health equity; Comparative effectiveness research

Mog, Ashley C

Affiliate Assistant Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

Qualitative research, health equity, women’s health, LGBTQ health, implementation science

Angulo, Antoinette

Lecturer, Health Systems and Population Health

Community-driven action for environmental justice; Storytelling in community health assessments; Community building for health; Bridging evidence and policymaking; Latinx/e health

Hoverman, Adam S.

Clinical Instructor, Health Systems and Population Health

Health system strengthening, Population health, Social prescribing, Social epidemiology, Narrative medicine, Co-production of health and social care

Jaman, Patience

Clinical Instructor, Health Systems and Population Health

Community-Based Participatory Research(CBPR), Qualitative Methods, Maternal Health, Adolescent Health, and their intersections with Health Equity,Ethics and Policy

Chen, Jessica

Affiliate Associate Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

Chronic pain, mental health and substance use disorders, health equity, social determinants, patient-centered care

Daly, Colleen M.

Affiliate Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

Maternal health, Occupational Health and Safety

Duran, Miriana

Lecturer, Health Systems and Population Health

Qualitative Methods, Social Determinants of Health, Latino health, Nutrition policy

Hannon, Peggy

Director of the Health Promotion Research Center, Health Systems and Population Health; Professor, Health Systems and Population Health; Harris-Wasserheit Endowed Professorship, Health Systems and Population Health

Cancer prevention and control; chronic disease prevention; dissemination and implementation research; health promotion; workplace health promotion

Khoury, Muin

Affiliate Professor, Epidemiology

Genetic epidemiology, public health genomics, precision public health

Kwan-Gett, Tao

Clinical Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

Public health practice; communicable disease epidemiology; health informatics

Lalani, Karima

Director of the HIHIM and MIHIM programs, Health Systems and Population Health; Assistant Teaching Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

Applied Health Informatics; Applied AI; Digital Health; Workforce Development

Oltean-Parke, Hanna

Affiliate Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

Public Health Practice; Infectious Disease Epidemiology; Zoonotic Disease; Vector-borne Disease; One Health

Watson, Tyler

Lecturer, Health Systems and Population Health

Current: substance use disorder prevention, substance use regulation, behavioral health surveillance, adolescent health behavior General: food systems, food security, nutrition, climate change and health, college student health and wellbeing, mental health, built envir ...

Dilley, Julia

Affiliate Instructor, Epidemiology; Affiliate Instructor, Health Systems and Population Health

Applied public health research on substance-related policies (cannabis, alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs), with a focus on public health surveillance methods and equity-centered approaches.

Ganti, Anjulie

Associate Director for the Public Health-Global Health Major, School of Public Health; Teaching Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

Race; privilege; cultural humility; gender, sexuality and justice Health Systems & Population Health Biography

Ore, Christina

Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

Indigenous health systems alignment, cross-sector collaborations, Indigenous data sovereignty/ Indigenous data governance, tribal/Indigenous public health practice, tribal ethics and research review

Karwaki, Tanya E

Assistant Teaching Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

Dr. Karwaki's scholarship focuses on the intersection of health law, bioethics, and health policy, and her research examines the impact of law and regulation on health care access and delivery, including emerging trends in health care delivery, health care professionalism, and provider-patient ...

Ellyson, Alice

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

Children and families, economic and social policy and law, violence, crime, health risk behaviors

Lober, Bill

Professor, Global Health; Adjunct Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

Clinical Informatics, Public Health Informatics, Data Standards

Masilela, Ayanda Martha

Clinical Instructor, Health Systems and Population Health

Geographies of Health, Medical Geography, Geographic Information Systems, Cultural Geography, Leisure Geographies

Mohazzab-Hosseinian, Sahra

Affiliate Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

Genomics; Maternal/Child Health; Toxic Exposures

Wagner, Anjuli

Director of Global Center for Integrated Health of Women, Adolescents, and Children, Global Health; Associate Professor, Global Health

Interests within global health include pediatric HIV, implementation science, and operations research.

Ali, Mohamed

Clinical Instructor, Health Systems and Population Health

Mohamed's research interests focus on advancing the Public Health 3.0 framework with an emphasis on equity-driven, community-based interventions. He is particularly interested in culturally responsive methods for addressing environmental health risks, such as lead, PFAS, and hazardous household materials. His work includes collaborations with both academic and community partners to investigate traditional health practices, utilize ...

Bogan, Sharon

Affiliate Instructor, Health Systems and Population Health

Communications strategy, using communications to build trust and credibility, crisis communications, community development approaches to public health.

Godfrey, Emily

Adjunct Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

Current research includes evaluating the role of family medicine in reducing health inequities including how best to implement lifestyle medicine curricula into medical education.

Morse, Amanda

Clinical Instructor, Health Systems and Population Health

... prevention of suicidal thoughts and behaviours, substance use, interpersonal violence, and unintentional injuries; community-based participatory research; collaborative creation of interactive data tools with community partners; and public health informatics.

Winstead, Teresa

Affiliate Associate Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

Dr. Winstead studies the experiences and perspectives people who use drugs have about their health and wellbeing.

Hajat, Anjum

Associate Professor, Epidemiology; Adjunct Associate Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences

Dr. Hajat’s current environment health research focuses on environmental health disparities and environmental justice and include an intervention study to examine the effectiveness of low-cost box fans and filters in improving indoor air and reducing asthma symptoms among children. Using community based participatory research methods, this study partners with community organizations in the Duwamish Valley to empower local communities towards action. Dr. ...

Andrade, Sandra Lee

Clinical Instructor, Health Systems and Population Health

Revenue Cycle Management, Healthcare Compliance & Ethics, Health Information Management Innovation, Data Quality, Governancy & Integrity, Workforce Development & Education in HI, Emotional Intelligence in Leadership & Team Dynamics, Impact of Emerging Technologies on Healthcare Delivery, Health Informatics & Data ...

Rasmussen, MD, MDM, FACP, Eric

Affiliate Associate Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

Clinical and public health informatics; disaster medicine; outbreak detection and disease surveillance; “immune system for the planet” out of the Stimson Center in DC; neutrophilic granulocyte biomimicry; nano electro-chemistry; water purification; desalination; climate adaptation strategies on remote Pacific atolls, in Sub-Antarctic Chile, and within the Science and Technology Trust in San Juan, Puerto Rico (US Office of Naval Research); Indigenous Mayan ...

Rosenberg, Dori E

Affiliate Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

... to support lifestyle behavior change including sedentary behavior, physical activity, and sleep in older adults and people with chronic conditions; dementia prevention; wearable devices (e.g. research grade accelerometers; Fitbit); mobile health interventions; health coaching interventions; trials and epidemiology.

Shoultz, David

Affiliate Professor, Epidemiology

... interested in early cancer detection and the application of machine learning (ML) and other artificial intelligence (AI) methods to epidemiologic research. Finally, I retain an interest in research related to infectious diseases, global health, and global health product development.

Edwards, Karen

Chair - Director, Epidemiology; Professor, Epidemiology

Dr. Edwards' primary research interest is in the area of genetic epidemiology and public health genetics, where she focuses most of her research on diabetes and the metabolic syndrome . However, she works on a broad range of topics and disease areas that also include cardiovascular disease, melanoma and Parkinson's disease. Her work currently involves using family-based approaches and sequencing to identify genetic influences with pleiotropic effects on diabetes and the ...

Kim, Gloria

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

Vascular disease (including aortic aneurysms, peripheral arterial disease, and chronic venous disease), Frailty, Patient reported outcomes, Shared decision making, Health disparities Orcid research page

Kumar, Ramya

Affiliate Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

• stigma, infectious disease, and community-led health systems • public engagement with science through storytelling and media • participatory methods and narrative inquiry in wellness Link for publications: 

Rowhani-Rahbar, Ali

Professor, Epidemiology; Bartley Dobb Professorship for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Epidemiology

... of Washington and mentored numerous trainees in research methods, injury science, and violence prevention. He received the University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award in 2020 and the University of Washington School of Public Health Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award in 2023. Rowhani-Rahbar received his MD from Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in Iran, his MPH from Yale University, and his PhD from the University of Washington. He completed his postdoctoral ...

Suter, Megan

Affiliate Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

  • Environmental health
  • Adolescent health
  • Public health practice
  • Survey research methods
  • Administrative datasets
  • Injury surveillance

Drake, Alison

Director, DrGH, Global Health; Associate Professor, Global Health; Adjunct Associate Professor, Epidemiology

  • HIV
  • Material & child health
  • Infections during pregnancy
  • Vertical HIV transmission
  • Family planning 
  • Reproductive health

VoPham, Trang

Affiliate Associate Professor, Epidemiology

  • cancer epidemiology
  • climate change
  • electronic health records
  • environmental epidemiology
  • exposome
  • geospatial science
  • health disparities
  • liver disease and cancer
  • remote sensing
  • social determinants of health
  • wearable ...

Graham, Susan M.

Professor, Global Health; Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology

  • HIV prevention and care
  • Sexually transmitted infections
  • Mental health and stigma in Kenya and the US

Trejo, Mario

Affiliate Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

  • Metabolic Conditions
  • Military Health
  • ALS
  • CVD
  • HIV
  • Cancer
  • Latino Health

Issaka, Rachel

Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

... colonoscopy completion after abnormal screening tests (FIT, stool DNA, blood-based tests)

  • Patient-reported outcomes and experiences in screening, follow-up, and surveillance
  • Implementation Science & Health System Interventions
    • Translating evidence-based cancer screening strategies into real-world practice
    • Designing and implementing multilevel interventions addressing patient- and system-level ...

    Mugwanya, Kenneth K

    Associate Director, Mentoring, International Clinical Research Center, Global Health; Co-Director, Center for AIDS Research, UW/FHCC, Global Health; Associate Professor, Epidemiology; Associate Professor, Global Health; King K. Holmes Endowed Endowed Professorship in STD and AIDS, Global Health

    • HIV prevention
    • Clinical epidemiology
    • Pharmacology of antiretroviral preexposure prophylaxis
    • Implementation science
    • Reproductive health.