How to build equitable partnerships between researchers and communities
New research shares five ways to build trusting partnerships and improve public health.
Practice
Improving maternal mental health is key to addressing U.S. maternal mortality
MPH students worked with community partners on supporting mental health through their practicum projects.
Rabi Yunusa named 2024 MLK Service Awardee for her community-based public health work
Rabi Yunusa connects public health students with the community to learn valuable public health lessons
Watch: On World AIDS Day, researchers share progress on combating global epidemic
AIDS / HIV researchers Drs. Connie Celum and Chase Cannon
As telehealth abortion medication faces threats, research remains important to understanding access, affordability
MPH students and UW researchers study access, affordability of medication abortion through telehealth
Access to culturally relevant and healthy foods is critical to improving health equity in Seattle
MPH students work to remove barriers to food access alongside Seattle and King County communities
Public health students partner with communities locally and abroad to support Ukrainians displaced by war
Students Olena Bidovanets and Olga Vitruk have been supporting the health of Ukrainians both abroad and locally as part of their practicum experience this past year at the UW, as war left a mark upon the physical and mental health of millions.
How a series of questions helped Kenneth Mugwanya fight the HIV epidemic
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.
How partnerships between tribal communities and researchers like Mandy Fretts are improving heart health
Fretts grew up watching family members like her grandmother and father work hard to control their blood sugar by eating healthy and exercising. But their efforts were met with economic constraints and physical ailments. When Fretts accompanied her father on doctor visits, she witnessed physicians blame him for not eating healthy and exercising enough.
Guardians of our spaces
School of Public Health alumna turns personal experiences and education into advocacy and action for UW custodians
SPH students explore migration and real-world public health data through Population Health Initiative fellowship
Experiential learning allows SPH students to understand how neighborhoods impact public health
MPH student Keeley Ffrench on social prescribing to improve the health impacts caused by loneliness and isolation
In this Q&A, Ffrench shares her MPH practicum experience, what it was like working with practitioners at a public health organization, and advice for students beginning their practicum.
Cervical cancer is taking an unnecessary toll on lives. Here’s how it can be prevented locally and globally
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness month. Practitioners share a message of action and hope for saving lives.
Donald Chi and Yup’ik communities partner to improve oral health of Alaska Native children
Sugary drinks have negative impacts on children's health. Here’s how one faculty’s partnership with Native Alaska communities has been working to change that.
Peter Gilbert shares how decades of HIV research and community activism shaped COVID vaccine development
Biostatistics faculty Peter Gilbert was tasked with a puzzle during the pandemic: finding an antibody marker that could determine whether a COVID vaccine was working.
Epidemiologists “Foundational” to Public Health Services
Yasmin Barrios, PhD, MPH, knew she wanted to be like the Epidemic Intelligence Service officers she read about in her Scholastic book. By middle school, she had defined herself as a scientist and wanted to be a researcher.
Lesley Steinman partners across communities to support the mental health of aging adults
2023 Omenn awardee Lesley Steinman supports the mental health of aging adults through 20 years of service to the UW’s Health Promotion Research Center as a research scientist and graduate student.
Removing Personal Belief Exemptions for the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine School Requirement: The Effects on Immunization Rates
In 2000, the United States declared measles to be eliminated, however declining vaccination rates and the resulting increase in measles outbreaks have led to growing concern that the US may lose elimination status.
Seattle's Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Results in Improved Public Health Outcomes
A new study has determined that Seattle's Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax (SBT) has had numerous positive impacts since going into effect in 2018. A team of researchers from Public Health—Seattle & King County, the University of Washington, and Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute recently completed a multi-faceted evaluation of the tax’s effect on public health outcomes and economic impact.
How Alejandro Varela became a public health storyteller
Recipient of the 2023 Alumni Impact Award, Alejandro Varela is an award-winning author whose fictional stories reveal important public health truths.
Epidemiology doctoral student Anne Massey builds community trust in public health as 2022’s Miss Seafair
Graduate student Anne Massey shares what it means to be a disease detective, Miss Seafair and everything in between
Building roads to equitable health care in rural communities
MPH students have been engaging with rural communities through their practicums. They’ve been learning about the challenges they face while collaborating on solutions to address health disparities.
DEOHS faculty member joins Washington State Food Policy Forum
Associate Professor Jennifer Otten hopes to boost public health in Washington with a holistic approach to food systems
Communities Disrupt Mass Incarceration
Together, we can center community voices to address structural racism
Together, we are ready
Community trust and health infrastructure are necessary to prepare for future public health crises
Joyce E. Tapley creates culture of community health
For her distinguished service and achievement across public health, Tapley is the 2022 recipient of the Alumni Impact Award, the highest honor awarded to a graduate of the University of Washington School of Public Health.
Youth of color share challenges, recommendations for improving equitable mobility in Seattle
Public transit is one of the few ways youth have to independently navigate to school or work, but they don’t always feel safe doing so.