NewsCatcher Archive

SPH Newsletter for students, faculty and staff.

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Featuring how we are "Making a Difference"

2019 Issues

• 11/20/2019 - A 37-year collaboration to improve health care
• 11/5/2019 - Ensuring equitable access to opioid treatment
• 10/15/2019 - Connecting the UW through food, storytelling
• 10/1/2019 - Faculty, student take home top WSPHA awards
• 9/17/2019 - Grandfather inspires student to study dementia
• 8/27/2019 - Data needed to address rural health disparities
• 8/7/2019 - A public health approach to gun violence
• 7/17/2019 - Epidemiologist receives presidential honor
• 7/2/2019 - Capstone sheds light on debt and homelessness
• 6/18/2019 - Thousands gather to celebrate the Class of 2019
• 6/4/2019 - Health of humans, orcas and the environment
• 5/23/2019 - 2019 Awards of Excellence
• 5/7/2019 - Caring for homeless youth — and their pets
• 4/16/2019 - Joseph Dempsey (DEOHS) - Magnuson Scholar
• 4/3/2019 - Local partnership turns students into life savers
• 3/20/2019 - Breaking our love affair with sodium
• 3/5/2019 - Traveling the globe as a Bonderman Fellow
• 2/21/2019 - Recognizing Black excellence in public health
• 2/5/2019 - Helping injured workers get their lives back
• 1/22/2019 - Alum, activist selected as graduation speaker
• 1/8/2019 - SPH ranked No. 4 in nation; Student finds her community at the UW

2018 Issues

• 12/18/2018 - Carbon emissions and salmon's sense of smell
• 12/04/2018 - Disrupting narrative about poverty, homelessness
• 11/20/2018 - Program trains Army physicians in public health
• 11/06/2018 - SPH students recognized by state for impact
• 10/18/2018 - SPH professor a lead author on climate change report
• 9/18/2018 - Big gains in HIV care in US
• 8/21/2018 - Leaders fight for science, oppose EPA proposals
• 7/24/2018 - Students push for public transit policy
• 6/19/2018 - SPH graduation photos & videos
• 6/5/2018 - Gun storage study
• 5/15/2018 - 2018 Awards of Excellence
• 5/1/2018 - Breaking ground on Population Health building
• 4/17/2018 - Meet the Husky 100
• 4/3/2018 - Graduation speaker Ben Danielson
• 3/20/2018 - The fruits of labor
• 3/5/2018 - Fringe loan use linked to poor health
• 2/21/2018 - Global Health Business Case Competition
• 2/6/2018 - Making a Magnuson Scholar
• 1/16/2018 - 2018 MLK Community Service Award

2017 Issues

• 12/20/2017 - "smombie" takeover?
• 12/04/2017 - HIV Drug
• 11/21/2017 - Latino Center for Health
• 11/07/2017 - Veterans Day - Student Profiles
• 10/17/2017 - Grayston-Day Endowed Fellowships
• 9/7/2017 - Public health education in Montana
• 8/17/2017 - How do you measure a dose of nature?
• 8/3/2017 - Biostatistics Summer Institutes
• 7/20/2017 - Opportunity Scholarship program
• 7/6/2017 - UW student insurance survey by MPH
• 6/15/2017 - MHA students plant trees in Genessee Park
• 6/1/2017 - Tobacco Studies Program
• 5/18/2017 - SPHA Student Community Service Award
• 5/4/2017 - SPH Practicum Symposium
• 4/20/2017 - SPH Spring Day of Service; Husky 100
• 4/6/2017 - Livable City Year
• 3/16/2017 - Tent City 3
• 3/2/2017 - Yeego (Let’s go) Gardening! project
• 2/16/2017 - Dream Project
• 2/2/2017 - Local opioid task force
• 1/19/2017 - MLK Volunteer Recognition Award
• 1/5/2017 - Public health capstone course

2016 Issues

• 12/15/2016 - Video on sexual harassment
• 12/1/2016 - Student Public Health Association officers
• 11/17/2016 - Public Health Major is #1
• 11/3/2016 - Global Health and UW in the High School
• 10/20/2016 - Summer Health Profession Education
• 10/6/2016 - Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Education
• 9/15/2016 - Volunteers assist the homeless
• 9/1/2016 - Dark Empire: Race, Health and Society
• 8/18/2016 - Affordable Care Act waiver in WA
• 8/4/2016 - Jane Vaccaro & Tribal Emergency Management
• 7/21/2016 - Julie Beschta provides after-school tutoring
• 7/7/2016 - Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
• 6/16/2016 - Zika virus research
• 6/2/2016 - COPHP students shared their research
• 5/19/2016 - SPH Excellence Awards
• 5/5/2016 - UW President Ana Mari Cauce shares vision on Poplulation Health
• 4/21/2016 - Spring SPH Day of Service
• 4/7/2016 - Student Epidemic Action Leaders (SEAL) team
• 3/17/2016 - Grad students in Public Health Nutrition
• 3/3/2016 - Students give seniors information on fire safety
• 2/18/2016 - Public Health Legislative Day
• 2/4/2016 - EH 564: Recognition of Health and Safety Hazards in Industry
• 1/21/2016 - SPH Diversity Committee - MLK Community Service Award
• 1/7/2016 - Undergrads eligible for Washington State Opportunity Scholarships

2015 Issues

• 12/17/2015 - Healthy Life Calculator
• 12/3/2015 - TR News, Public Health and Transportation
• 11/19/2015 - UW partners with nursing students from Kenyan university
• 11/5/2015 - SPH volunteered at 2015 Seattle/King County Clinic
• 10/15/2015 - Christy McKinney develops feeding cup for newborns
• 10/1/2015 - Gemina Garland-Lewis helped organize the human/animal Feel Good Day
• 9/17/2015 - Mall-walking guide produced by the Health Promotion Research Center
• 9/3/2015 - COPHP student Cait Lang wrote the problem-based learning units
• 8/20/2015 - Seattle high school students were immersed in public health topics
• 8/6/2015 - Health Impact Assessment (HIA) course
• 7/16/2015 - Innovative pharmacy assistant training program in Malawi
• 7/2/2015 - U.S. Air Force reservists, now eligible for disability benefits
• 6/18/2015 - Lack of lunch time at seven city schools
• 6/4/2015 - UW effort to teach and deliver health care across disciplines
• 5/21/2015 - Study to help keep people in better health and out of jail
• 5/7/2015 - SPH students from Nepal are raising funds for earthquake relief
• 4/16/2015 - Report on the journey our food takes from “farm to fork”
• 4/2/2015 - “Public Health Month"
• 3/19/2015 - MPH students working to “undo racism”
• 3/5/2015 - Proposed state legislation to regulate and tax e-cigarettes
• 2/19/2015 - Cyclist raise funds for CHANGE
• 2/5/2015 - COPHP program led the One Night Count of the homeless
• 1/22/2015 - Annual STEM Career Day
• 1/8/2015 - Converting a former rail line into a bicycle path

2014 Issues

• 12/18/2014 - “Polio Eradication Game” may increase interest in global health
• 12/4/2014 - Marina Furtado set up an immunization program at a remote orphanage
• 11/20/2014 - Training smoking cessation counselors in Chna
• 11/6/2014 - New strategies to reduce and prevent gun violence
• 10/16/2014 - The Strategic Analysis, Research & Training Program (START)
• 10/2/2014 - Grad students spent the summer investigating food use in Washington
• 9/18/2014 - MHA grads are helping plan a health clinic for low-income residents
• 9/4/2014 - Helping seniors overcome minor or chronic depression
• 8/21/2014 - Measuring air pollution using mobile devices
• 8/7/2014 - New Latino Center for Health at the UW
• 7/24/2014 - Seattle high schools are exploring public health disciplines
• 7/10/2014 - Surveys in the name of health reform
• 6/19/2014 - CIA to stop using sham vaccination campaigns in spy work
• 6/5/2014 - Project to address the health needs of the homeless
• 5/15/2014 - Dylis Walker leading an effort to reduce maternal mortality in Guatemala
• 5/1/2014 - Students and staff volunteered for the School’s Service Day
• 4/17/2014 - Jeff Harris kicked off the CEOs Against Cancer Challenge
• 4/3/2014 - Rosa Solorio launched an HIV-testing campaign for Latino men
• 3/20/2014 - 50 students signed up for health insurance this week
• 3/6/2014 - Jennifer J. Carroll wrote a colorful look at the protests in Kiev
• 2/20/2014 - COPHP students took part in the One-Night Count of the homeless
• 2/6/2014 - Farm workers have an easy training tool to track pesticide exposure
• 1/23/2014 - Annual WA State Public Health Association Legislative Day
• 1/9/2014 - Gun violence in King County

2013 Issues

• 12/19/2013 - Dr. Fareeha Siddiqui (eMPH) heads up a diabetes outreach program
• 12/5/2013 - Environmental Health seniors are raising awareness about polluted water
• 11/21/2013 - Kathy Neuzil (GH) and PATH partnered with a Chinese vaccine manufacturer
• 11/7/2013 - N95 respirators can be an effective method to prevent exposure.
• 10/17/2013 - Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL)
• 10/3/2013 - Test to detect bacteria from hospital-acquired infections
• 9/19/2013 - School students exposed to potentially harmful air pollution
• 9/5/2013 - Wii Fit balance board being used to improve truck driver safety
• 8/15/2013 - Master of Health Informatics and Health Information Management (MHIHIM)
• 8/1/2013 - The Return, a Native Environmental Health Story.
• 7/18/2013 - “Food Studies: Harvest to Health,” taught by Jennifer Otten (HServ)
• 7/3/2013 - Novel sensors that can detect hazardous materials in concealed explosives
• 6/20/2013 - Thomas Francis Jr. Fellows in global health
• 6/6/2013 - Camara Jones, upcoming SPH graduation speaker
• 5/16/2013 - Pilot study aimed at increasing flu immunization among restaurant workers
• 5/2/2013 - Traffic noise and pollution disproportionately affect the poor
• 4/18/2013 - SPH Service Day
• 4/4/2013 - Study on how to improve pedestrian safety in south Seattle neighborhoods
• 3/21/2013 - Making north Seattle neighborhoods safer
• 3/7/2013 - Children in battery-recycling villages have high blood lead levels
• 2/21/2013 - Helping Seattle children learn about empathy.
• 2/7/2013 - Sheridan Reiger (MPH student, Epi) improving the health of Hondurans
• 1/17/2013 - “A Seattle Geneticist Gets the Hollywood Treatment,” Dr. Mary-Claire King
• 1/3/2013 - Initiatives designed to improve national responses to HIV/AIDS

2012 Issues

• 12/20/2012 - Adrienne Hidy is helping lead a volunteer effort at school
• 12/6/2012 - Mohamed Ali (MPH, GH '08) helped save lives
• 11/15/2012 - American Public Health Association urges protection for coastal waters
• 11/1/2012 - The Field Research and Consultation Group helped develop guidelines
• 10/18/2012 - Health information exchange could affect the quality of health care
• 10/4/2012 - How does Twitter affect obesity?
• 9/20/2012 - Children slept better when they stopped watching violent TV shows
• 9/6/2012 - Beasley research saved more than a million lives
• 8/16/2012 - Statewide network for providers who treat injured workers
• 8/2/2012 - Approval of a new HIV prevention drug
• 7/19/2012 - HealthLinks, a workplace wellness program
• 7/5/2012 - New bag will help Nicaraguan coffee harvesters
• 6/21/2012 - Arthur Kellermann - 2012 Distinguished Alumnus Award
• 6/7/2012 - Studying the effects of new seat suspensions
• 5/17/2012 - Turning Peru's mega-slums into a greener, healthier place
• 5/3/2012 - Public health law and policy
• 4/19/2012 - IOM committee charged with reviewing flawed research
• 4/5/2012 - PNASH on Spanish language radio
• 3/15/2012 - Effectiveness of higher cigarette taxes
• 3/1/2012 - Life Course Nutrition: Maternal and Child Health Strategies in Public Health
• 2/16/2012 - Pesticide Free Places  for King County
• 2/2/2012 - When an earthquake or pandemic strikes
• 1/19/2012 - COPHP students work with homeless at Tent City 4
• 1/5/2012 - HIV prevention trial, 2011 Science Breakthrough of the Year

2011 Issues

• 12/15/2011 - I-TECH (Int'l Training & Education)
• 12/1/2011 - Safety hazards course in Spanish
• 11/17/2011 - Facial analysis software to identify kids with FAS
• 11/3/2011 - Study of germs in fire stations