The University of Washington School of Public Health (SPH) is the home for dozens of strategic, multidisciplinary research centers and institutes working to solve our greatest public health challenges.
At our centers and institutes, UW SPH researchers, faculty, staff, and students work across disciplines to rigorously pursue knowledge, put learning into practice, and train the next generation of visionary public health professionals.
Explore our centers and institutes to learn how they help create healthier communities in Washington and across the globe.
- Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
Co-directors: Dr. Peter Rabinowitz and Dr. Judith Wasserheit - Behavioral Research Center for HIV (BIRCH)
Susan Graham and Lydia Chwastiak, Co-Directors - Cardiovascular Health Research Unit (CHRU)
James Floyd, Co-Director; Nicholas Smith, Co-Director - Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
Connie Celum, Director - Center for Anti-Racism and Community Health (ARCH)
Wendy E. Barrington, Director - Center for Biomedical Statistics (CBS)
Patrick Heagerty, Director - Center for Disaster Resilient Communities (CDRC)
Nicole Errett, Director - Center for Early Lifestage Vulnerabilities to Environmental Stressors (CELVES)
Edmund Seto, Director - Center for Environmental Health Equity (CEHE)
Edmund Seto, Director - Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHANGE)
Jeremy Hess, Director - Center for Health Innovation and Policy Science (CHIPS)
Layla Booshehri, Director - Center for One Health Research
Peter M. Rabinowitz, Director - Center for Public Health Nutrition
Andrew Drewnowski, Director - Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE)
Sara Curran, Director - Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health (CEMCH)
Daniel Enquobahrie, Director - Clinical Trials Center
Susanne May, Director - Collaborative on Extreme Event Resilience
Co-directors Nicole Errett and Tania Busch Isaksen - Collaborative Health Studies Coordinating Center (CHSCC)
Richard Kronmal, Director - Comparative Effectiveness, Cost and Outcomes Research Center
Jeffrey Jarvik, Co-Director; Janna Friedly, Co-Director - Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics (CHOICE) Institute
Anirban Basu, Director - Interdisciplinary Center for Exposures, Diseases, Genomics and Environment (EDGE)
Joel Kaufman, Director - Environmental Health and Microbiome Research Center (EHMBRACE)
Julia Yue Cui, Director - Environmental Health Field Research and Consultation Group
Marty Cohen, Director - Genetic Analysis Center (GAC)
Bruce Weir, Director - Global Center for Integrated Health of Women, Adolescents and Children (Global WACh)
Grace John-Stewart, Director - Health Alliance International (HAI)
James Pfeiffer, Director - Health Promotion Research Center (HPRC)
Peggy Hannon, Director; Leah Westra, Deputy Director - Institute for Public Health Genetics (IPHG)
Bruce Weir, Director - Institute for Risk Analysis & Risk Communication (IRARC)
Elaine Faustman, Director - Integrating and Informing Actionable Agricultural Community Tools (II-ACT)
Sarah Biber, Director - International Clinical Research Center (ICRC)
Connie Celum, Director - International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH)
Pamela Collins, Director - Kenya Research and Training Center (KRTC)
Carey Farquhar and Scott McClelland, Directors - Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air study)
Joel Kaufman, Director - National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC)
Walter Kukull, Director - Northwest Center for Evidence-Based Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
Nicole Errett, Director - Northwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety
Christopher Simpson, Director - Northwest Center for Public Health Practice (NWCPHP)
Betty Bekemeier, Director - Occupational Epidemiology and Health Outcomes Program
Gary Franklin, Director - Office of Public Health Practice (OPHP)
Marty Cohen and Janice North - Optimizing Implementation in Cancer Control Center
Bryan Weiner and Peggy Hannon, Directors - Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (PNASH)
Michael Yost, Director; Chris Simpson, Deputy Director - Pacific Northwest OSHA Education Center
Nancy Simcox, Director - Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit
Catherine Karr, Director - Qualitative Research Core (QRC)
India Ornelas, Director - Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research & Prevention (SCHARP)
Peter Guarino, Director - Strategic Analysis, Research and Training (START)
Stephen Hawes, Director - Superfund Research Program
Tom Burbacher, Director - UW Clinical Trials Center (UW CTC)
Susanne May, Director - Washington Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence
Janet Baseman, Director
updated: Jan, 2025