Mental health illnesses affect more than 1 billion people, but UW global health professors are tailoring treatments that encourage health — and help.
Category: Spotlight
Fighting for environmental equity
From volunteering to lobbying, Faith Ramos built an impressive resume of service. Now at UW Tacoma, she’s applying her passion for environmental justice to create widespread impact.
Taking on childhood trauma
With a scholarship-supported internship, Victoria Chambers broadened her understanding of how trauma affects children — and how she could help.
The business of nonprofits
Tiny Tots, a local nonprofit, finds new financial footing with the guidance of students from the Foster School of Business.
Training the brain
When psychology major Marissa Pighin was diagnosed with ADHD, her doctor wrote her a prescription and sent her out the door. Now, Pighin is working toward a better treatment at I-LABS, using neurofeedback to help boost reading retention.
Helping soldiers tell their stories
For soldiers-turned-students of the Red Badge Project, creative writing in UW English Professor Shawn Wong’s class isn’t just therapeutic — it’s life-saving.
Q&A about ‘The Really Big One’
Alongside fellow experts, UW professor John Vidale is working toward making the earthquake-prone Pacific Northwest a safer place.
Beyond bars
Thanks to a partnership with a local nonprofit, students in the UW’s Law, Societies & Justice program are getting real-world experience in a mixed-enrollment class alongside inmates at the Monroe Correctional Complex.
The next generation of nursing
At UW Nurse Camp, Karissa Sanchez found the motivation to pursue her dream of going to college and serving her Eastern Washington community. Now a UW graduate, she’s inspiring underrepresented high school students to do the same.
Building a boundless future
Seventy percent of UW graduates remain in Washington — playing a major role in shaping the region’s economic and cultural future.