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Initiative awards pilot funds for AR/VR-based rehabilitation therapy

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The Population Health Initiative, in partnership with the UW鈥檚 Office of Global Affairs, has awarded a $15,000 Global Innovation Fund pilot to a team attempting to deploy augmented reality/virtual reality-based rehabilitation therapy via cell phones. The project, which is led by Dr. Pierre D. Mourad of UW Bothell, seeks to find ways to 鈥済amify鈥� home-based physical therapy to increase patient compliance with therapy regimens, thereby improving patient outcomes. The project team鈥檚 focus will be development of an effective, low cost…

Air pollution accelerates plaque build-up in arteries to heart

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Researchers have long understood that lengthy exposure to air pollution is directly linked to an increased risk of heart disease. Thanks to the result of a 10-year study led by professor Joel Kaufman, we now have not only a greater understanding of the biological responses to pollution that lead to heart disease, but we also know that air pollution at levels even below regulatory standards can accelerate the hardening of human arteries. The study鈥檚 results are being used to push…

Effects of shoreline armoring on the ecosystem

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The seawalls and bulkheads around the Salish Sea protect the land from erosion and landslides. However, the unintended consequences from this armoring include smaller beaches and reduced habitats for spawning fish and invertebrates, which then indirectly impacts larger species such as orca whales. A recent 天美影视传媒 study analyzed 65 pairs of sites broadly within Puget Sound to assess the impacts of shoreline armoring to the ecosystem of the Salish Sea. The study also offered recommendations for how to…

UW Livable City Year program seeking municipal partners

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The 天美影视传媒’s Livable City Year initiative is now accepting proposals from cities, counties, special districts and regional partnerships to be partners during the 2017-2018 academic year. UW Livable City Year (UW LCY) connects university faculty and students with a municipal partner for a full academic year to work on projects fostering livability. The municipal partner will identify a selection of projects in their community that could be addressed by UW LCY courses. Areas of focus include environmental sustainability,…

IHME study finds large increases in U.S. deaths related to substance abuse and mental disorders

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The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the 天美影视传媒 released a new study today that found substantial geographic differences in mortality in more than 3,100 U.S. counties. The study, which was published in JAMA, found that more than 2,000 counties had increases of 200 percent or more in deaths related to substance abuse and mental disorders over the last 34 years. Through their updated visualization tool and county profiles, IHME is able to offer these findings…

Creating devices that reanimate paralyzed limbs

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Researchers at the UW鈥檚 Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering are developing groundbreaking new medical devices intended to help restore function and mobility in individuals stricken by spinal cord injury or stroke. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, these researchers have developed implantable devices that can detect brain signals and transmit that information to other parts of the body鈥檚 nervous system. The Center鈥檚 goal is to develop a successful demonstration of this concept in humans in the next five years, which will then allow…

Community engagement leads to new vision screening law

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The routine distance-vision eye test has long been a staple of public school education in the State of Washington. Near-vision problems have not traditionally received the same scrutiny, which will soon change thanks to a new law signed by Governor Jay Inslee earlier this year. The law grew out of a vision and learning symposium organized in 2014 by associate professor Bill Erdly, who helped bring together the experts, advocates, and legislators needed to collaboratively develop a solution to the…

Inspiring underrepresented high school students to become next generation of nurses

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Less than 20 percent of the U.S. nursing workforce are from low income or underrepresented backgrounds, yet the patients those future nurses will serve are increasingly likely to be minorities. The UW School of Nursing is widening the pathway to nursing for minority students through the UW Nurse Camp. Each summer, high school students get hands-on experience in the world of nursing. Not only do they gain insight into medical career options, many begin to see earning a degree as…

School of Public Health undergraduate major receives top ranking

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The 天美影视传媒 School of Public Health’s undergraduate major was just ranked the best public health degree for 2016 – 2017 by College Choice. Of note was the School of Public Health’s approach to curriculum, which is intended to reach communities locally and globally so students have many opportunities to find a field that best fits their interests. College Choice’s ranking criteria included considerations such as tuition, reputation of the school, anticipated salary after graduation, and other related factors….

Clean, efficient cookstove focuses on reducing pollution illness, and early death

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Smoke from polluting open indoor cooking fires and cookstoves in developing countries are believed to cause millions of illnesses and premature deaths each year. Gathering fuel for these fires and cookstoves can also expose adults and children to further dangers. To overcome these challenges, researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering have partnered with the non-profit BURN Design Lab to develop a much cleaner-burning and more efficient cookstove known as the 鈥淜uniokoa.鈥� This innovative stove will be manufactured by local…