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The University of Washington School of Public Health (SPH) is pleased to announce two new leadership appointments of SPH faculty in the Office of the Dean: Dr. Jerry Cangelosi as Associate Dean for Research, and Dr. Elizabeth Kirk as Interim Associate Dean for Education.
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. 
Caroline Sandbo (PH-GH, ’22) shares why she feels fortunate to have found a major that uses both lab work and social sciences to improve health on a population scale.
Spotlight on Dr. Yolanda Evans (MPH, ’11), selection committee chair for the SPH Alumni Impact Award.
The number of U.S. adult handgun owners carrying a loaded handgun on their person doubled from 2015 to 2019, according to new research led by the University of Washington.
Marissa Baker on showing respect for workers and collaborating with communities through the research-to-practice process
Spotlight on Maggie Ramirez, William L. Dowling Endowed Professor in Health Administration
The six health science schools at the University of Washington stand united with the people of Iran.
New faculty bring broad expertise in environmental exposures, infectious diseases, machine learning, environmental justice, disaster preparedness and more

 

When the global food system is thrown into crisis — whether that’s due to a pandemic, a war, a drought — often the first concern is economic fallout. But prioritizing the needs of commerce often comes at the expense of other interests: occupational health, environmental health, and social equity. 

Regular consumption of shellfish contaminated by a common marine toxin can cause molecular changes in the brain, even at levels below regulatory limits.
When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down New York’s 109-year-old gun law this summer, it also eliminated an effective way to reduce gun violence through concealed carry policies in the U.S.

While gender-affirming hormones are critical to trans individuals’ health and wellbeing, a new study provides insight into why people may be taking more or less than their prescribed dosages. 

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.

Daniela Witten, professor of biostatistics and statistics at University of Washington and the Dorothy Gilford Endowed Chair in Mathematical Statistics, has received the prestigious 2022 Presidents’ Award from the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS).