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Launch of new Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experiences

Posted on July 29, 2020August 3, 2020

The 天美影视传媒 announced the establishment of the Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experiences (CREATE), which is fueled by a $2.5 million inaugural investment from Microsoft. UW CREATE seeks to make technology accessible and to make the world accessible through technology. People with disabilities are dependent on technology and if accessibility is not embedded into the start of the development process then it can leave people behind. Achieving accessibility involves expertise and innovation across a…

United World Antiviral Research Network launched

Posted on July 21, 2020

A newly formed United World Antiviral Research Network (UWARN) will be bring together researchers from institutions in several countries to spot and confront emerging pandemic viruses. The network will include investigators from the 天美影视传媒, including its School of Medicine, the UW Medicine Institute of Protein Design, and the School of Public Health; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, and collaborators at Rockefeller University in New York City, FIOCRUZ in Brazil, IRESSEF in Senegal, KRISP in South Africa,…

Engineering researchers partner with county on an innovative wastewater treatment system

Posted on July 14, 2020July 15, 2020

Wastewater is treated at West Point Treatment Plant, located next to Seattle鈥檚 Discovery Park, before being released into Puget Sound. In coming years, more strict environmental regulations may require nitrogen to be removed from wastewater prior to discharge to improve the water quality and marine habitat. To meet the projected regulatory requirements, King County would be looking at expensive and major upgrades to its three large regional treatment facilities to create the additional square footage needed to accommodate nitrogen removal…

Initiative announces latest cohort for humanitarian graduate certificate

Posted on June 30, 2020November 16, 2020

The Population Health Initiative today announced the admission of six new students into the Graduate Certificate in International Humanitarian Response. The certificate, which is offered through the 天美影视传媒 Graduate School, is intended to train an interdisciplinary group of UW graduate and professional students to become that next generation of leaders in international humanitarian response. The new cohort of students admitted into the certificate program are: Name Degree Program Khadidja Harrell Master of Public Health (Global Health Track) David…

Initiative co-funds two Innovation Gap Fund grants with CoMotion

Posted on June 25, 2020

The Population Health Initiative and CoMotion have announced Population Health Innovation Gap Fund grants of $50,000 each to teams led by Elin Bj枚rling, a senior research scientist and lecturer in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering, and Kit Galvin, a research scientist in the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences. These joint awards are intended to fund projects that simultaneously support the 天美影视传媒鈥檚 vision for improving population health while also fulfilling the CoMotion Innovation Gap…

Initiative launches COVID-19 population health equity research grant program

Posted on June 23, 2020

The Population Health Initiative today announced the launch of a new COVID-19 population health equity research grant program. Awards of up to $20,000 each are available to support 天美影视传媒 researchers in partnering with communities of color 鈥� which are being disproportionately impacted by the pandemic 鈥� to develop COVID-19 research projects that address community-identified needs. The period of performance for these awards is five months (i.e., September 1, 2020 – January 31, 2021). Applications are due by 11:59…

Initiative announces award of 18 COVID-19 economic recovery research grants

Posted on June 16, 2020September 22, 2020

The 天美影视传媒 Population Health Initiative announced the award of approximately $333,000 in COVID-19 economic recovery research grants to 18 different faculty-led teams. These teams are composed of individuals representing 13 different schools and colleges. Funding was partially matched by additional school, college and departmental funds, bringing the total value of these awards to roughly $495,000. 鈥淭he sacrifices our country has made during the pandemic is saving lives, but at a tremendous cost to our economy,鈥� said Ali H….

New database seeks to democratize air pollution data for research

Posted on June 10, 2020

With the goal of democratizing air pollution data, 天美影视传媒 Civil & Environmental Engineering researchers helped launch a first-of-its-kind publicly available database that provides access to long-term information about air pollution concentrations and economic damages caused by human exposure to air pollution. The database was developed by researchers at The Center for Air, Climate and Energy Solutions, a collaborative research center created with funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that involves faculty and students from UW, Carnegie…