African-American women living with HIV who express higher levels of religiosity may be better able to cope with the negative effects of HIV-related stigma than those who express lower levels of religiosity, according to a new study from the University of Washington School of Public Health. The study was published Feb. 21 in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.

Undergraduate students at the University of Washington School of Public Health are educating vulnerable populations across Seattle and King County about life-saving actions such as hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Mothers who decide to induce their baby’s birth after 39 weeks of gestation, rather than wait for labor to begin, may reduce the risk of cesarean birth, according to a new study led by researchers from the University of Washington School of Public Health. The study was published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Emeritus Professor Irv Emanuel, an early leader of the School of Public Health and its interdisciplinary Maternal and Child Health program, passed away Friday, Feb. 15. He was 92.

It is not uncommon for faculty members to make lasting impressions on their students. In Dr. Susan Heckbert’s (PhD ’90) case, it is the students who have made lasting impressions on her. Inspired by their questions and sharp minds, Heckbert, a long-time faculty member at the UW School of Public Health, generously established a fellowship to reflect her gratitude for epidemiology graduate students.

The School is undertaking a major redesign of its Master of Public Health curriculum to better prepare graduates for an ever-changing public health landscape.

Re-envisioning the MPH will better meet the needs of public health practice partners while also addressing new and rigorous competencies set by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). With input from students, staff, alumni and practice partners, faculty-led teams have been working for more than a year now to establish a new School-wide curriculum.

From changes in school start times to interventions limiting sugary drinks, a new center in the School of Public Health is examining how policies shape our health on a range of issues.

Students learn by doing at UW School of Public Health

Erica Grant climbed the steep lava slopes of Rwanda’s volcanic park and trekked through its dense rain forest to see some of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas. What surprised her most wasn’t so much the great apes themselves, but how difficult it was for tourists to keep a safe distance away.

Seattle neighborhoods that are lower income or that have more Black or Hispanic residents have fewer options for healthy foods, more fast food and longer travel times to stores that sell produce, according to a new study by the University of Washington School of Public Health and Public Health - Seattle & King County, in Washington.

The hallways and classrooms of Auburn Riverside High School may have been deserted on March 11, but the kitchen was abuzz as more than two dozen food service managers learned fresh approaches to creating healthy meals for students.

Sea-level rise associated with climate change is a concern for many island and coastal communities. While the dangers may seem far off for large coastal cities like Miami or New Orleans, the advancing oceans are already displacing some small indigenous communities, and many others are at risk around the world.

Prior to catastrophic flooding expected during the next few decades, people living in these communities can begin an orderly process of managed retreat, or planned relocation, to higher ground either nearby or at a distance.

Seattle’s minimum wage increases did not boost supermarket prices in the city in the two years after the policy began, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Washington School of Public Health.

In the paper, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, researchers examined the effect of Seattle’s minimum wage ordinance on local area supermarket food prices over time and as wages phased in to $15 per hour.

A new project led by Brandon Guthrie, assistant professor of global health and epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health, has received a two-year, $350,000 grant from Gilead Sciences to help achieve micro-elimination of hepatitis C in parts of Kenya.

Micro-elimination focuses on breaking down national and international elimination goals into smaller goals that are relevant for defined populations. In an effort to support micro-elimination efforts, the Gilead Medical Affairs team has funded up to 30 projects around the world.

Diet drinks, such as Diet Coke and diet fruit juice, are linked to an increased risk for stroke, and are particularly associated with blood clots of the small arteries, according to a new study published today in Stroke.

The study was co-authored by Shirley Beresford, senior associate dean and professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health. It was led by researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York.

Anjum Hajat, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health, has received a four-year, nearly $1.4 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health to study “precarious work” and how it contributes to health disparities in the United States.

More than half of child care business in Seattle, Washington, saw their labor costs increase after the city raised its minimum wage to $13 per hour in April 2015, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Washington School of Public Health. The study was published in a special issue of the Social Work and Society International Online Journal.

Exposure to air pollution, particularly traffic-related air pollution, has previously been linked to autism spectrum disorder in epidemiological studies. And now a new animal study from the University of Washington School of Public Health describes a possible mechanism by which this relationship might occur. The study was published Jan. 16 in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity.

Sitting on her grandpa’s porch in a small village in northern Côte d'Ivoire, in West Africa, eating peanuts and simmering in the summer heat, Christelle Nidafolo Silué could not have been happier. It had been six years since she last saw her grandfather, who she calls her “favorite person.” And she had so much to tell him about her life in Seattle and her studies at the University of Washington.

The UW School of Public Health will soon begin work on a new strategic plan, Dean Hilary Godwin announced.

"As we prepare to mark the School’s 50^th anniversary next year, it’s important that we not only celebrate the amazing things we’ve accomplished, but that we also have a blueprint for the future," Godwin said.

New challenges in public health continue to emerge, she stressed.