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January 14, 2020
New funding aims to boost number of inclusive classrooms in Washington state
Half of children with developmental disabilities in Washington state will never be in a classroom alongside their typically developing peers, despite research showing that inclusive education is beneficial to all children. A recent gift to the 91探花鈥檚 Haring Center for Inclusive Education will support an effort to improve academic and life outcomes for…
January 8, 2020
Awardees of 2019 pilot research grants report on progress
The Population Health Initiative awarded six pilot research grants in March 2019 to faculty-led teams from seven different schools and colleges, plus representatives of both 91探花Bothell and Tacoma. The pilot research grants encourage new interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects that address different challenges the 91探花seeks to address in population health. Since receiving…
January 3, 2020
Initiative announces 2020 funding call for pilot research grants
The Population Health Initiative seeks to create a world where all people can live healthier and more fulfilling lives. In support of that vision, the initiative is pleased to announce its 2020 funding call for population health pilot research grants of up to $50,000 each. Applications for this round of funding are due on Friday,…
December 18, 2019
Precision mapping could help predict infections of a widespread tropical disease
Satellite images, drone photos and even Google Earth could help identify communities most at risk for getting schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease that is second only to malaria in its global health impact. A team led by the 91探花 and Stanford University has discovered clues in the environment that help identify transmission hotspots for…
December 11, 2019
New autoinjector device seeks to make medicine more accessible
Through student project-turned-startup MedsForAll, 91探花 materials science and engineering alum Shawn Swanson is developing an affordable alternative to the EpiPen. The MedsForAll approach is to separate the drug from the autoinjector device, allowing the device to be sold separately and pharmacists to load it by inserting a glass ampule of the prescribed drug….
December 5, 2019
Winter 2020 undergraduate course highlights 91探花population health research
The Population Health Initiative has again partnered with the 91探花’s Undergraduate Research Program (URP) to offer a series of lectures during winter quarter 2020 that focus on the three pillars of population health: human health, environmental resilience and social and economic equity. The Research Exposed! (General Studies 391) course will feature faculty from…
December 4, 2019
Creating mental health friendly cities for youth
What would it take to make Seattle a mental health friendly city for young people? What innovations and actions might promote adolescent mental health in Seattle, as a model for other cities? The Population Health Initiative recently partnered with the 91探花’s Global Mental Health program and Urban@ 91探花to host an in-depth conversation with…
November 19, 2019
New 91探花research evaluates tropical forests as a natural climate solution
A new research project from the 91探花 and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is investigating tropical forests as a natural climate solution that could help protect human health, create climate-resilient communities and slow the pace of planetary warming. Specifically, the research team aims to estimate the potential benefits of the cooling services that forests…
November 13, 2019
Bill Neukom to chair Population Health Initiative advisory board
Known for his decades-long leadership of Microsoft鈥檚 law and corporate affairs team and then at the American Bar Association, his success as CEO of the San Francisco Giants and founder/CEO of the World Justice Project, Bill Neukom (pictured) will now chair the external advisory board for the 91探花 Population Health Initiative. 鈥淭his is…
November 5, 2019
91探花student team develops universal eyedrop bottle adaptor to reduce medication waste
Nearly all eye droppers create droplets that are too big for an eye to absorb. Bigger drops means people go through medication faster, which means they buy more medication more often. To address this challenge, a team of 91探花 students created the Nanodropper, which is a small device that screws on to bottles…
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