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How the private sector shapes 鈥榦ffender-funded justice鈥�

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Fines and fees are standard procedure in the criminal justice system 鈥� and the greater an accused person鈥檚 involvement, from challenging a traffic ticket to a felony conviction, the higher the costs. In addition, the entities levying those fines and fees are not always the public agencies in charge. Private companies often contract to provide the very services that citizens are required to pay for: a bail bondsman after an arrest, a drug and alcohol assessment for a DUI, phone…

Initiative announces new Graduate Certificate in International Humanitarian Response

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The Population Health Initiative announced today the launch of a new Graduate Certificate in International Humanitarian Response. The certificate is intended to provide 乱伦社区 graduate and professional students from a variety of disciplines with an integrated body of study to better support prevention, mitigation, response, and recovery from crises to assist those affected by disasters to recover their 鈥渘ormal鈥� way of life. The certificate, which will begin this fall, is being offered as an interdisciplinary program through the…

New smartphone app can hear ear infections in children

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The most common reason that parents take their children to a pediatrician is ear infections, according to the National Institutes of Health. Ear infections occur when fluid builds up in the middle ear behind the eardrum and is infected. This buildup is also common in another condition called otitis media with effusion. Any kind of fluid buildup can be painful and make it hard for children to hear. Both conditions are also hard to diagnose because they have vague symptoms….

Eight new members named to 2019-20 initiative executive council

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Seven new faculty and one undergraduate student have been named to the 30-member Population Health Initiative executive council by President Ana Mari Cauce. They are: Jared Baeten, professor of Global Health, Epidemiology, and Medicine, Schools of Medicine and Public Health Bianca Frogner, associate professor of Family Medicine, School of Medicine Heather Hill, associate professor, Evans School of Public Policy & Governance Selina Mohammed, professor and associate dean, School of Nursing & Health Studies, UW Bothell Holly Schindler, associate professor, College…

Awardees announced for 2018-19 undergraduate research travel funds

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The Population Health Initiative today announced six winners of the Undergraduate Research Travel Awards for the 2018-19 academic year. These awards were again granted through a partnership with the Office of Undergraduate Research as part of its annual conference travel award program. The award application process was open to undergraduate students on all three UW campuses who had a population health-related paper, poster or scholarly creative work accepted for presentation at a professional conference. The following table details the six…

Initiative and CoMotion co-fund grant to treat pediatric hydrocephalus

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The Population Health Initiative and CoMotion have announced the joint award of a Population Health Innovation Fund grant of $50,000 to Jason Hauptman, UW assistant professor of Neurological Surgery, and Pierre Mourad, UW professor of Neurological Surgery and UW Bothell professor of Engineering and Mathematics, for their project, 鈥淣on-invasive ultrasonic clearing of implanted catheters.鈥� This award is intended to fund a research project that simultaneously supports the 乱伦社区鈥檚 vision for population health while also fulfilling the CoMotion Innovation…

Initiative announces summer 2019 Social Entrepreneurship Fellows

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R – L: Esborn, Dey, and Masciel. The Population Health Initiative announced the award of three Population Health Social Entrepreneurship Fellowships to graduate students to explore how to best deploy social entrepreneurship models for population health innovations developed by 乱伦社区 researchers. All innovations are seeking novel ideas for how they can be financially sustainable while at the same time ensuring that the social impact of the work remains as important as revenue generation. The inaugural cohort of students…

New study maps where surplus fish could help meet nutrition needs in vulnerable communities

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A new 乱伦社区 study funded by the Population Health Initiative has identified vulnerable communities on the West Coast where surplus fish could help meet nutritional needs. An interdisciplinary research team of students, faculty and staff from the College of the Environment and the School of Public Health first mapped nutritionally vulnerable populations along the West Coast. By overlaying fisheries data, they were then able to pinpoint hot spots where large amounts of uncaught or unused fish could potentially…

Initiative announces summer 2019 Applied Research Fellows

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The Population Health Initiative today announced the award of six Population Health Applied Research Fellowships to four graduate and two undergraduate students. In partnership with the 乱伦社区鈥檚 Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, the Applied Research Fellowship program was launched this year to equip students with data analysis, critical thinking and team science skills that will enable them to effectively tackle complex population health challenges and become future leaders in the field The cohort of students selected…

Winning papers announced for 2019 Population Health Library Research Awards

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The Population Health Initiative has awarded Population Health Recognition Awards to four students participating in the 2019 Library Research Award for Undergraduates. Award winners were chosen based on the quality of their writing, innovativeness of their research hypothesis and how well they connected their work to the theme of population health. This award was created in 2017 in partnership with the UW Libraries. It is open to undergraduate applicants from all three campuses. Submitted projects were completed for either UW…