Health Equity

Despite being one of the wealthiest nations in the world and spending more than other countries on health care, Americans will live an average of 7.5 years less than countries with the highest life expectancy.

MPH students work to remove barriers to food access alongside Seattle and King County communities

Epidemiology Assistant Professor Arjee Restar shares how we can improve access to gender-affirming care and mental health supports.

June is Pride month, when we honor the global movement for 2SLBGTQ+ liberation, celebrate 2SLBGTQ+ culture, and commemorate the Stonewall riots of 1969.

Julia Bennett, Ph.D. candidate in epidemiology, shares her experience working on the UW Husky Coronavirus Testing Team, and collaborating with the Washington State Department of Health on the impact of removing personal belief vaccine exemptions.

Olivia Brandon’s interests in health care swing from micro to macro. She loves sodium — not the variety most of us love at dinner time — but the element sodium and its impact on infant health. She’s so passionate, her lab peers will tell you she’s salty about it.

The University of Washington School of Public Health is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its Public Health-Global Health (PH-GH) major, a milestone marking the growth of interdisciplinary public health undergraduate offerings around the country that are training the next generation of public health-minded professionals. 

Kenneth Mugwanya's research has led him from studying which drugs can prevent HIV, to determining their safety, to understanding how to deliver them to the people who need them the most.

During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, hate incidents were a significant and acute issue for marginalized racial and ethnic groups. These groups experienced higher odds of various acts of discrimination compared to white individuals, from receiving poorer service at restaurants or stores to being threatened and harassed. 

Spotlight on Maggie Ramirez, William L. Dowling Endowed Professor in Health Administration