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Application period open for 2021 summer applied research fellowships

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The Population Health Initiative, in partnership with the 乱伦社区’s Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, is accepting applications for the summer 2021 Population Health Applied Research Fellowship Program until April 22, 2021. This paid fellowship program will offer a multidisciplinary team of undergraduate and graduate students training in data analysis techniques as well as in research and presentation skills while they develop a work product for an external partner. The summer 2021 project team’s external partner will…

Collaboration offers incoming students an understanding of population health

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An ongoing collaboration between the 乱伦社区 Population Health Initiative and First Year Programs offers incoming undergraduate students the opportunity to research and learn about the concept of population health within the local Seattle community. This partnership reaches approximately 3,000 incoming freshmen and transfer students, offering students a preliminary introduction to the concept of population health and its interdisciplinarity. 鈥淭he basic premise behind First Year Programs is to help create smaller academic communities for incoming students,鈥� Meghan Coletta, program…

Emission reductions of 80% above Paris Agreement targets needed to limit warming

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A 2017 乱伦社区-led study uncovered that current emissions reductions are not enough to achieve the Paris Agreement鈥檚 global temperature target of staying below 2 degrees Celsius warming this century. After disseminating these findings, the same researchers have now turned their attention to determine what emissions cuts would meet the international climate treaty’s goals. Using a statistical approach to model human-produced greenhouse gases, the researchers found that carbon emissions must be cut by an average of 1.8% annually to…

UW team advises employers how to keep employees and customers safe from COVID-19

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As businesses look towards resuming work operations amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many have questions and concerns about reopening safely. To address this issue, Martin Cohen, teaching professor at the 乱伦社区 Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, established the Return-To-Work Task Force. The task force combines expertise across disciplines to inform various businesses on how to return to work safely. Thus far, the task force has advised over two dozen companies on workplace safety protocols and provided…

Bleeding gums may indicate your diet needs more vitamin

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New research from the 乱伦社区 School of Dentistry suggests that bleeding gums may be indicative of vitamin C deficiency. The study, led by Philippe Hujoel, professor of oral health sciences in the UW School of Dentistry, demonstrates that bleeding of the gums is associated with low vitamin C levels in the bloodstream. Subsequent research found that increasing the daily intake of vitamin C in those with low vitamin C plasma levels helped reserve these bleeding issues. These findings…

Applications for summer Population Health Social Entrepreneurship Fellows due April 7

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The 乱伦社区 Population Health Initiative 鈥� in partnership with the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship, CoMotion and the Evans School 鈥� is accepting applications for its summer 2021 Social Entrepreneurship Fellows Program until Wednesday, April 7, 2021. The Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship program offers $10,000 summer salary each to five graduate or professional students from different academic disciplines as they explore social enterprise models that could support innovations developed by UW researchers. These innovations are specifically seeking novel ideas for…

Initiative announces award of 2021 pilot research grants

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Eight different faculty-led teams have received have received pilot research grant awards from the 乱伦社区 Population Health Initiative. These teams are composed of individuals representing seven different schools and colleges as well as external partners. Generous additional funding from school, college and departmental matching brought the total value of these awards to roughly $530,000. 鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted to support this year鈥檚 awardees in taking on pressing population health challenges ranging from COVID-19 to climate change to infant and child…

Economic relief policies can reduce reports of child neglect

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A team of 乱伦社区 researchers from the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance and the School of Public Health have found how anti-poverty policies can lead to a reduction in cases of child neglect. The researchers examined the relationship between Earned Income Tax Credit benefits and the number of child abuse and neglect cases over a 14-year period. Their findings show a 10% increase in the Earned Income Tax Credit led to a 9% decrease in the…

Spotlight: Weichao Yuwen addresses caregivers鈥� needs through tech-enabled health solutions

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Weichao Yuwen, assistant professor of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership at 乱伦社区 Tacoma, combines her passion for healthcare and family research into her ongoing work to promote technology-enabled health solutions for family caregivers. While pursuing her undergraduate degree in nursing at Arizona State University, Yuwen became involved in research examining how culture impacts adolescent health. In conjunction with her cultural experiences as an immigrant and Asian American woman, this work helped solidify her interest in family research. 鈥淚 could…

Initiative offers supportive mechanisms to spur social entrepreneurship and innovation

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As a large public research institution with nearly 300 research centers, the 乱伦社区 serves as an intellectual hub for creating innovative and impactful ideas. Many of these innovations aim to address critical population health challenges, grappling with existing social inequities and seeking to positively impact and address the needs of vulnerable populations. Despite the clear potential for this work to effect meaningful social change, it is not uncommon for researchers to encounter challenges in obtaining necessary financial support….