From sustainable brewing to health inequality, faculty at the University of Washington School of Public Health have written and contributed to a wide range of books during the past two years. Below is a roundup of 10 of those books where our faculty were authors, editors or chapter authors. While this list features University of Washington-related coauthors, a full list of contributors for each book can be found by clicking the title links.
Inequality Kills Us All: COVID-19's Health Lessons for the World
By Stephen Bezruchka, associate teaching professor emeritus, Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington
The book presents the absolute health decline measured by mortality increases for the United States over the last few years as well as having worse health outcomes than over 40 other nations, despite spending almost half of the world's health care bill. Two reasons account for this: our huge income and wealth inequality as well as the lack of investment in early life when perhaps half of our health as adults is determined. The reasons are political. COVID-19 represents an important opportunity to reverse the decline. Steps are laid out to accomplish this.
Practical Implementation Science: Moving Evidence into Action
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Bryan J. Weiner, professor, Global Health and Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington
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Kenneth Sherr, professor, Global Health, University of Washington
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Cara C. Lewis, clinical psychologist, associate investigator at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute and affiliate faculty, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington
Implementation science seeks to close the research-to-practice gap by identifying the barriers that impede the adoption, implementation, sustainability and scale-up of evidence-based health interventions, and the best methods for overcoming those barriers. This book represents the first systematic attempt by leading researchers to translate implementation science for practitioners by making the wealth of scientific knowledge and associated tools accessible and practical.
Brewing Sustainability in the Coffee and Tea Industries: From Producer to Consumer
By Alissa Bilfield, assistant teaching professor, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
This book focuses on the often intertwined industries of coffee and tea, using accounts of single producer communities to highlight the transformation from plantation-style colonial agriculture towards systems that now claim to produce social and environmental benefits from the farm to the cup. Exploring tandem case studies of fair trade cooperatives in Guatemala and Sri Lanka, it provides an insight into the creation of more sustainable value chains from producer to consumer in the global marketplace, incorporating the perspectives of coffee exporters, importers, roasters and café owners.
Introduction to Statistical Learning, 2nd Edition
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Gareth James, E. Morgan Stanley Chair in Business Administration, professor, Data Sciences and Operations, University of Southern California
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Daniela Witten, Dorothy Gilford Endowed Chair, professor, Statistics, professor, Biostatistics, University of Washington
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Trevor Hastie, The John A. Overdeck Professor, professor, Statistics, professor, Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University
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Rob Tibshirani, professor, Biomedical Data Science, professor, Statistics, Stanford University
As the scale and scope of data collection continues to increase across virtually all fields, statistical learning has become a critical toolkit for anyone who wishes to understand data. An Introduction to Statistical Learning provides a broad and less technical treatment of key topics in statistical learning. Each chapter includes an R lab. This book is appropriate for anyone who wishes to use contemporary tools for data analysis. The book has been translated into Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Russian and Vietnamese.
Author of Cured: A Doctor’s Journey from Panic to Peace
By Anne McTiernan, research professor, Epidemiology, University of Washington, professor at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Anne McTiernan's memoir begins with her doctoral training in public health at the UW. Realizing that jobs are scarce for women with a Ph.D., Anne enrolls in medical school. Within a few months, she is overwhelmed by the competing demands of motherhood and medical training. Stress builds, until she suffers paralyzing panic attacks that threaten her ability to function. Through therapy, she thrives. Anyone who has suffered from trauma, tried to fight against outdated societal norms, or dealt with mental health issues will find McTiernan's story relatable and will feel left with a sense of hope and determination.
Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 16th Edition
Section II, Global Health Editors:
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Judith N. Wasserheit, professor, Global Health; professor, Medicine - Allergy and Infectious Dis.; adjunct professor, Epidemiology; co-director, UW Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness, University of Washington
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Jared Baeten, affiliate professor, Global Health; professor, Medicine - Allergy and Infectious Dis.; vice president, University of Washington, HIV Franchise Head, Gilead Sciences
Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine has been updated and revised for the first time in more than a decade. This highly anticipated and extensive edition provides the most current information and insights available on evidence-based public health and preventive medicine, from basic methodologies of public health to principles of epidemiology and infection control to environmental toxicology to global health.
Clinical Decision Support for Pharmacogenomic Precision Medicine: Foundations and Implementation
Chapter coauthors for "Advancing Equity in the Promise of Pharmacogenomics”
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Alison E. Fohner, assistant professor, Epidemiology, University of Washington
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Shayna R. Killam, L.S. Skaggs Institute for Health Innovation, University of Montana
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Kyle G. Volk, associate professor of History; chair of the Department of History, University of Montana
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Erica L Woodahl, professor, Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy, University of Montana
This book offers overviews, methods and strategies for translating genomic medicine to clinical practice, explores incorporating pharmacogenetics into electronic health records, CDS methods and infrastructure for delivery, economic evaluation, the hospital administrators’ role and needs in integration, and patient counseling aspects.
Beyond the Next Village: A Year of Magic and Medicine in Nepal
By Mary Anne Mercer, senior lecturer emeritus, Global Health, University of Washington
Beyond the Next Village is a memoir of discovery, growth and awakening in 1978 Nepal. Mercer, an American nurse, spent a year traveling on foot with a Nepali health team in a rural district providing immunizations and clinical care. Communicating in a new language, she was often called on to provide the only medical care available, encounters that gave her an appreciation for both the limitations and power of modern health care. She learned to respect the prominence of local cultural beliefs about health and illness, in a world where healing was often as much magic as medicine.
Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, 3rd Edition
Coauthors of chapter 42, “Traffic-related air pollution and the developing brain”
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Lucio Costa, professor, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
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Toby Cole, clinical assistant professor, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
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Judit Marsillach, assistant professor, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, 3rd Edition, is a revised and updated resource that describes every aspect of reproductive toxicology. It focuses on three core components — parent, placenta and fetus — and the continuous changes that occur in humans, domestic animals, fish and wildlife. It is an essential resource for advanced students and researchers in toxicology, biologists, pharmacologists and teratologists from academia, industry and regulatory agencies. SPH faculty and students coauthored a chapter on traffic-related air pollution.
Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity, 4th Edition
Coauthors of Chapter 9, “Communities Driving Change: A Case Study from King County’s Communities of Opportunity”
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Roxana Chen, social research scientist, Public Health - Seattle & King County, affiliate assistant professor, Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington
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Kirsten Wysen, policy analyst, Public Health - Seattle & King County
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Blishda Lacet, community program manager, Public Health - Seattle & King County, clinical instructor, Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington
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Whitney Johnson, Public Health - Seattle & King County
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Stephanie A. Farquhar, professor, Health Systems and Population Health, associate dean, School of Public Health, University of Washington
Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity, 4th Edition, offers chapters on case studies in areas like coalition building; organizing by and with women of color; community assessment; the power of the arts, the internet, and social media; policy and media advocacy in such work; and the ethical challenges that can arise. Also included are study questions for use in the classroom.