A new study led by researchers from the University of Washington School of Public Health is examining the risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission between humans and their pets.

The project is a collaboration between the Center for One Health Research, housed in the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, and the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WADDL) at Washington State University. 

A group of scientists, including Thomas Fleming, a professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington School of Public Health, has developed a new approach for clinical trials during infectious disease outbreaks such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Similar decrease found outside Seattle, one year after 'soda tax'

One year after Seattle’s tax on sweetened beverages took effect, low-income children and their parents were consuming significantly fewer sugary drinks, according to a new study.

A researcher from the University of Washington School of Public Health has found that 75% of the United States workforce are in jobs that cannot be easily performed from home. With many cities and states ordering businesses to close and residents to stay at home to combat the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), workers who cannot work from home are not only at risk of increased exposure to disease but also other job disruptions such as layoffs, furloughs or hours reductions.

Originally from Raleigh, North Carolina, Haylea Hannah's studies and career has taken her all over the map — from universities in Chapel Hill, Atlanta and Seattle to a fellowship in Johannesburg, South Africa, and summer program in Sendai, Japan.

She has a particularly strong connection though to the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California, where she has worked with a local health department for nearly five years, first as a newly-minted epidemiologist and now as a University of Washington School of Public Health doctoral candidate.

Travel bans can delay the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by a few days but efforts to reduce transmission of the virus such as hand washing and social distancing have a greater impact on controlling the pandemic, according to a new study.

Swab samples self-collected by patients are just as effective in identifying infections of the novel coronavirus as samples collected by clinicians, according to a new study co-authored by the University of Washington School of Public Health.

Channeling his studies in public health and involvement in equity and diversity groups, senior Kenny Nguyen was part of a team that designed a mobile app that won Best Impact at a University of Washington hackathon. The annual event, held this year on Jan. 18, was hosted by the Women in Informatics group at the UW Information School.

The Gretchen C. Murphy Support Fund for Health Informatics & Health Information Management (HIHIM) Students is helping to train the next generation of health care and technology leaders who will dedicate their careers to the development and management of enterprise-level health information systems.

The first-ever recipients of the Murphy Fund are Bekele Babo, Barbara Tisi and Kasey Segiel.

Kristie Ebi of the University of Washington School of Public Health was recently designated a National Associate of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, an honorary title that recognizes Ebi’s extraordinary service to help provide analysis and advice to the government and the public on matters of science, engineering and medicine.

A University of Washington study provides some of the first details of 21 critically ill patients with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the United States, most of whom were linked to exposures at a nursing home at the center of the country’s COVID-19 outbreak early on in the global crisis.

Victoria Gardner’s office is warm.

She has big, south-facing windows that let the sun shine in (when it’s not gloomy), as well as posters and plants that create an inviting space. What emanates a lot of the warmth, though, is her own ease and openness.

Gardner is the assistant dean for equity, diversity and inclusion at the University of Washington School of Public Health. And she needs a space like this to be able to tackle the complex issues that come across her desk and to meet with people who want to share their stories.

A new study led by Ruanne Barnabas, an associate professor of global health at the University of Washington Schools of Public Health and Medicine, has received a $9.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust and Mastercard, as part of their COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator.

Should students stay or go home for spring break during the COVID-19 outbreak?

Janet Baseman, associate dean of public health practice and professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health, weighs in on the issues with The Seattle Times.

“It’s math,” she said, and airline travel in particular has been a “dominant opportunity” enabling the spread of COVID-19. “That’s how outbreaks get seeded,” she said. “That’s how it works.”

Dr. Peter Rabinowitz, co-director of the University of Washington MetaCenter for Pandemic Preparedness and Global Health Security, is quoted in a New York Times story on Japan's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

University of Washington School of Public Health experts explain best practices to protect against the novel coronavirus in a new set of videos available in eight languages.

The experts address important questions about handwashing, wearing a face mask, cleaning surfaces in a home and more. Videos are available in Spanish, Vietnamese, Khmer, Somali, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean and English.

A new course from the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington Schools of Public Health and Medicine will explore the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Course topics range from coronavirus testing and COVID-19 vaccine development to the pandemic’s social and economic implications. 

A University of Washington School of Public Health researcher is leading the world’s first human clinical trial of a potential vaccine for the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19).