Marissa Jauregui, a master’s student in the Community-Oriented Public Health Practice Program at the University of Washington School of Public Health, was selected by the Office of Minority Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to serve as a 2019 Health Equity Fellow for its health equity fellowship program, the Youth Health Equity Model of Practice (YHEMOP).

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams visited the University of Washington last week to meet with students in the School of Public Health to talk about the nation’s opioid crisis – and to take a few selfies.

Opioids and addiction are among Dr. Adams’ priorities as the “Nation’s Doctor.” His latest initiatives have aimed at combating the worst addiction epidemic in American history through prevention, intervention and treatment.

Emma Spickard never thought of herself as “one of those funny people,” but there she was on stage at a college improv tournament, playing an overly competitive cousin from a wacky family trying to rig an Easter egg hunt. And she had the audience in stitches.

Child-care providers play an important role in the development and health of about 10 million young children enrolled in early child care centers in the United States. They teach kids how to care for themselves by keeping good hygiene, eating healthfully, moving their bodies, and navigating new emotions and social spaces.

But what about the well-being of the teachers themselves?

In one of the first qualitative studies on the impact of Uganda’s new advanced degree requirement for nurses, researchers from University of Washington School of Public Health identified collective concerns among bachelor’s of nursing (BSN) students about future job prospects and work culture.

The SPH Awards of Excellence, held this year on May 15, recognizes exemplary staff, faculty and students for their dedication, service and many contributions to our School. (See the full list of winners.) Each department and interdisciplinary program in the School selects one Outstanding Student at the PhD level.

The SPH Awards of Excellence, held this year on May 15, recognizes exemplary staff, faculty and students for their dedication, service and many contributions to our School. (See the full list of winners.) Each department and interdisciplinary program in the School selects one Outstanding Student at the master's level.

The SPH Awards of Excellence, held this year on May 15, recognizes exemplary staff, faculty and students for their dedication, service and many contributions to our School. (See the full list of winners.) The School honors an outstanding undergraduate student from each of the Health Informatics and Health Information Management, Environmental Health and Public Health-Global Health majors.

The annual Awards of Excellence recognize exemplary staff, faculty and students for their dedication, service and many contributions to our School. This year's event took place on May 15. (See the full list of winners.) The following awards are administered by the Student Public Health Association and voted on by students.

The Communicating Public Health to the Public Award is given annually to a member of the SPH faculty, staff or student body who effectively communicates public health issues to the general public, on a significant scale. The award recognizes an op-ed or op-ed equivalent (such as an article, blog post, TED talk, video, speech) as well as sustained efforts to inform the public through media interviews.

Christopher Simpson, a professor of environmental and occupational health sciences at the University of Washington School of Public Health, was recently awarded $121,134 from the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries' Safety and Health Investment Project Grants Program. The award will fund and support a project to examine respiratory hazards for workers who make a living roasting, grinding, packaging and serving coffee.

A research project led by James Hughes, professor of biostatistics at the University of Washington School of Public Health, has received a grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health to continue to address statistical issues in AIDS research. The project was awarded more than $770,000 for one year.

In the largest study to date of reproductive factors and breast cancer risk in Hispanic women, researchers have found important links between breastfeeding and a reduced risk of breast cancer.

The researchers – including an epidemiologist from the University of Washington School of Public Health – pooled data for nearly 6,000 Hispanic women from four previous studies conducted between 1995 and 2007 in the United States and Mexico. They found that women with a history of breastfeeding had a 17 percent lower risk of breast cancer.

Rivals in the sports arena, the state’s two largest public universities have teamed up off the field to improve the health of young adults experiencing homelessness – and their pets.

The University of Washington and Washington State University are working with New Horizons Ministries and Neighborcare Health to provide health care and veterinary care to this vulnerable population. Key educational partners include the UW School of Public Health, WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine and UW Medicine.

Jessica Jones-Smith and James Krieger from the University of Washington School of Public Health were recently awarded a $200,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to assess the impact of sugary drink taxes and tax revenues on low-income families and their communities.

Jones-Smith is an associate professor of health services and epidemiology, and Krieger is a clinical professor of health services.

Shifts in the social behavior of people with schizophrenia may provide early warning signs of relapse, but effective monitoring of patients is time intensive, expensive and logistically challenging.

After a clinical trial of 61 adults with schizophrenia, a team of researchers — led by Benjamin Buck from the University of Washington School of Public Health and the Puget Sound Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System — may have found a pocket-sized way to pick up traces of social isolation.