Population Health

May 4, 2023

Autumn 2023 undergraduate course to highlight 91̽»¨population health research

Students learning in a classroomRegistration is now open for autumn quarter 2023’s Research Exposed course, which will feature a series of faculty-led lectures focused on the three pillars of population health: human health, environmental resilience and social and economic equity. This class is offered via a partnership between the Population Health Initiative and the 91̽»¨’s Undergraduate Research Program (URP).

The Research Exposed () course will feature faculty from a range of disciplines discussing their population health-related research. Undergraduates may take this course for credit (i.e., one credit/quarter; three quarters max). Each lecture is open to all interested faculty, students, staff, alumni and members of the community.

The course will meet Wednesdays from 12:30 to 1:20 p.m. in Paccar Hall 290. A list of topics and speakers for autumn quarter follows:

Date Speaker Topic Unit
9/27 Sophie Pierszalowski
Arti Shah
Course introduction
Introduction to population health
URP
Population Health Initiative
10/4 Urban and rural health disparities School of Public Health
10/11 Health equity in nursing School of Nursing
10/18 Health in complex humanitarian emergencies School of Medicine
10/25 Role of pharmacists in stopping global pandemics School of Pharmacy
11/1 Implications of learning, development and culture in workplace, family and community College of Education
11/8 Agriculture under future climate change College of the Environment, College of Arts & Sciences
11/15 How societal level factors shape access to, and quality of, public services Evans School of Public Policy & Governance
11/22 Undergraduate research leaders Student perspectives on research URP
11/29 Library Staff Undergraduate research tutorial 91̽»¨Libraries

This course is sponsored by Undergraduate Academic Affairs, the Undergraduate Research Program and the Population Health Initiative.

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