Masa Narita, adjunct professor of epidemiology and global health at the University of Washington School of Public Health, received the Noreen Harris Award for Excellence in Public Health Epidemiology for his work in tuberculosis (TB) surveillance and epidemiology. The award is presented annually by Public Health – Seattle & King County.

Narita is the TB disease control officer for King County in Washington state, and he has been at the helm of the Tuberculosis Control Program (TBCP) at Public Health – Seattle & King County for 12 years.

Korean Americans who traveled to other countries for low-cost medical care are nearly nine times more likely to be up-to-date with colorectal cancer screening compared to those who did not engage in medical tourism, say researchers from the University of Washington School of Public Health and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

About 162 million children worldwide under the age of five are considered too short for their age — a growth failure called stunting. Despite efforts to improve child growth, stunting has been difficult to prevent and treat, negatively impacting child health and development.

Researchers from the University of Washington School of Public Health studied what causes child stunting and developed a framework to help deliver effective interventions in low-resource settings.

Veterinarians play a key role in combating the global risk of antimicrobial resistance, say researchers from the University of Washington School of Public Health. However, a new study shows that, while veterinarians are concerned about the threat of drug-resistant bugs, they face financial barriers to obtaining tests to guide therapy.

Victoria Holt, chair of the Department of Epidemiology, will retire from the University of Washington effective August 1, and will serve as chair until that date. Her departure will mark more than three decades of service to the department and School – first as a graduate student and then as a member of the faculty.

Anne McTiernan was sent off to boarding school at the age of four. Emotionally starved, she went on to struggle with food, body image and weight fluctuations for more than a decade.

Pacific island countries are among the most vulnerable in the world to the current and future health risks of climate change, according to a group of international researchers that includes Kristie Ebi from the University of Washington School of Public Health.

Testing the children of HIV-infected adults already receiving care may efficiently diagnose HIV-infected children before they exhibit symptoms, according to researchers from the University of Washington School of Public Health.

By referring HIV-infected parents to have their children tested, researchers revealed many untested older children and found that prevalence of HIV was high. This new active referral model significantly increased the rate of pediatric testing with limited additional costs to health systems.

The world-famous Kenyan Arabica coffee grows on the high plateaus surrounding snow-capped Mount Kenya, 80 miles north of Nairobi.

Coffee berries on a farm in Nicaragua

In the United States, about 150 million people drink an average of three cups of coffee every day. A new course at the University of Washington School of Public Health challenges students to think about where that coffee comes from and how the world commodity moves from bean to brew.

Homeopathic syrup is an effective treatment for reducing the severity of cold symptoms in preschool children, according to a new study in Complementary Therapies in Medicine.

Steven Zeliadt, research associate professor in the Department of Health Services at the University of Washington School of Public Health, was recently selected as author of the “Best Research Paper of the Year” for his study of how lung cancer screening may negatively influence a person’s decision to stop smoking.

Well-planned cities that encourage walking, cycling and use of public transportation will help address significant global health challenges, says an international group of researchers in a paper in The Lancet.

Patient counts were up at this year’s Seattle/King County Clinic, which served nearly 4,500 of the city’s most vulnerable people. For the third year, in late October, Seattle Center became a giant, walk-in clinic where patients received free medical, dental, vision and mental health care—regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay.

“This event made health more equitable,” said Giannina Ferrara, an undergraduate public health major who volunteered during the four-day clinic. “It provided health screenings to patients who couldn’t afford it otherwise.”

In a 33-year retrospective study, researchers from the University of Washington School of Public Health and UW Medical Center compared birth outcomes for infants born to mothers with a history of bariatric surgery to outcomes for infants born to mothers without weight-loss surgery.

More children, even in low-income households, are using digital media on a daily basis. Researchers from the University of Washington School of Public Health say too much media or the wrong type of content may affect child health and development and interfere with family relationships.

Xiao-Hua (Andrew) Zhou, professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington School of Public Health, has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.

A new endowed fellowship has been created in the Department of Epidemiology to honor Emeritus Professor Irv Emanuel. Established by former faculty member Dr. Michelle Williams and her husband Dr. Todd Curtis, the fund will support Epidemiology graduate students enrolled in the Maternal and Child Health Program.

When he took over as dean six years ago, Howard Frumkin was struck by how fragmented the School of Public Health appeared to be. “We’re in 20 locations around the city,” Frumkin recalled.