Research Makes America Healthier


Research at the UW School of Public Health makes Washington and America healthier, safer, and more prosperous.
By discovering how to prevent disease, illness, and injury, we make productive workforces, healthy people, and safe communities
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Productive Workforces

A healthy workforce is a productive workforce. Our research keeps workforces in Washington and across the country working and supporting food systems, essential services, industries and businesses. 

 

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Protecting Washington's Workers

Preventing worker injury and death for industries that shape our state — forestry, fishing, agriculture and more 

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Workplace risks at home

Environmental and occupational health researchers protect working families in construction, agriculture and healthcare

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Feeding soil with seaweed

USDA freezes UW project that turns Washington shellfish farmers’ seaweed problem into soil solution for land farmers

Healthy People

We partner locally and globally to apply advanced technology and community-driven solutions to solve and prevent health problems for populations of people. The result is more healthy people living better lives. 

 

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Helping parents support healthy kids

Donald Chi builds decade-long partnership with Yup’ik communities to improve the health of Alaska Native children

Senior couple on bench
Unlocking Alzheimer's discoveries

Could certain brain cells have a ‘superpower’ that shields them from the effects of Alzheimer’s?

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Global science advances research at home

Implementation science improves how communities turn research into action for better lives 

Safe Communities

Our way of life and safety at home depends on public health research and partnerships that prevent disasters, disease, and violence from harming communities and our national security. 

 

Ali Rowhani-Rahbar
How behavioral research protects communities

Ali Rowhani-Rahbar discusses how extreme risk protection orders and behavioral health research prevent firearm danger 

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Protecting health from climate disaters

Environmental and global health researchers partner with communities to save lives from extreme heat and climate-related disasters

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Students inspire new policy for safer schools

Capstone project results in new Washington state law requiring testing for lead in school water fountains

Invest in Progress 

No matter the progress you want to see in the world UW can help. Explore how your philanthropy can fuel live-saving breakthroughs, innovations, and pilot projects by supporting UW School of Public Health research. 

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UW School of Public Health research helps communities, government, philanthropy and businesses solve the health problems that obstruct their goals. Join our ecosystem of nearly 1,000 active partnerships at home in Washington and across the globe.

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Shortcuts create long problems

Federal funding for research that fuels our economy, protects our communities, and improves our quality of life is being cut. Learn from UW experts in the news about how this impacts you.

How cuts to climate research could impact community health

 Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences

“I Am Seeing My Community of Researchers Decimated” 

The New Yorker

UW project took nuisance seaweed from shellfish farm to help growers. The USDA cut its funding

KUOW

"Workers are going to die on the job": Agricultural research centers concerned by federal budget cuts

KXLY

Scientists scorn EPA push to say climate change isn't a danger, say just look around at the world 

AP News

‘Disruptive, unfair and cruel’: jobs lost and treatment stopped as USAid freeze hits HIV care in Zimbabwe

The Guardian 
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