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March 18, 1999
Pamela Mitchell named associate dean at UW School of Nursing
Dr. Pamela Mitchell has been appointed associate dean for research at the University of Washington School of Nursing.
Clinical trials examine a low-cost rinse to prevent tooth loss
The last 100 volunteers are being recruited for a clinical trial to determine whether an anti-bacterial oral rinse can help high-risk older adults prevent tooth loss.
For sixth straight year U.S. News & World Report ranks University of Washington as top primary-care medical school
For the sixth year in a row, the University of Washington School of Medicine has ranked as the nation’s top primary-care medical school in U.S. News & World Report’s annual survey of graduate and professional schools.
Men, women aren’t that different, says leading marital researcher who points to friendship with spouse as glue that binds marriages together
After more than two decades of taking American marriage into the laboratory and placing it under the scrutiny of everything but a microscope, one of the country’s leading marital experts believes there is still reason for optimism and concrete steps that couples can take to avoid becoming just another statistic in divorce court.
March 14, 1999
High school students’ violent behavior, drinking, sexual activity drops, and school performance rises from elementary school interventions
A package of interventions targeted at teachers, parents and children throughout the elementary school years had long-lasting effects in reducing levels of violent behavior, heavy drinking and sexual intercourse and in improving school performance at age 18 among a multi-ethnic sample of urban children.
March 9, 1999
Puget Sound salmon runs among those considered for Endangered Species Act listing
The National Marine Fisheries Service is expected later this month to announce its decision about listing more than a dozen West Coast salmon and steelhead populations under the federal Endangered Species Act. University of Washington experts may be able to help reporters with general information on such things as salmon health and how human activities impact salmon habitat.
Seattle researchers zero in on location of gene for inherited prostate cancer; gene also linked to brain cancer
Scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington have mapped the region of a gene associated with prostate cancer that runs in families.
March 8, 1999
Dr. Christopher B. Wilson to head Department of Immunology at the UW School of Medicine
Dr. Christopher B. “Chris” Wilson has been named chair of the University of Washington (UW) Department of Immunology, effective March 1.
UW scientists get fellowships to learn science communications
Two University of Washington professors are among 20 environmental scientists nationwide named today to fellowships in a new communications training and networking program.
March 4, 1999
Power outages are result of economic trade-offs, UW researcher says
Power outages are result of economic trade-offs, UW researcher says
March 2, 1999
Study tests vitamins in recovery from trauma
A collaborative study by Harborview surgeons and dietitians will evaluate the efficacy of anti-oxidant vitamin supplementation in intensive care unit (ICU) patients at Harborview.
David Hodge selected as dean of College of Arts and Sciences
David Hodge, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington since July 1998, has been chosen by UW President Richard L. McCormick to be the dean of the college.
Shift in climate cycle would mean winters that are wetter than average
During a weekend presentation at a Northwest weather workshop in Seattle, University of Washington researchers Philip Mote and Alan Hamlet presented what they consider to be mounting evidence of a shift in the cycle that influences Alaska and Pacific Northwest climate for 10, 20 or 30 years at a time.
March 1, 1999
Labor activists, academics come together for lectures and symposia on strikes
More than 35 scholars and labor activists will convene at the University of Washington for “Strikes!,” a series of lectures and symposia from March 4 to 6 organized by the UW Center for Labor Studies (CLS).
High school students test
Teams from Sedro-Woolley High School claimed first and third places, and a team from Garfield High School placed second Saturday during the state’s Ocean Science Bowl sponsored by the University of Washington’s College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences
February 23, 1999
Medical Respite Program helps the homeless
“Too sick for the streets, but not sick enough for the hospital” describes homeless people recovering from short-term health problems, such as minor trauma, chemotherapy treatments for cancer, or newly diagnosed chronic diseases.
Harborview’s House Calls program cited
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Henry J.
Harborview Pastoral Care receives teaching accreditation
As Harborview Medical Center, the state’s only Level 1 trauma center,
treats the most critically ill and injured patients from throughout the
region, its Pastoral Care staff are committed to tending to the spiritual
and emotional needs of patients and their families.
Media advisory: Scientists examining Kennewick Man to meet with news media, public
The panel of six anthropologists and archaeologists that has been appointed to examine the 9,300-year-old remains of Kennewick Man, one of the oldest human skeleton’s found in North America, will meet with and answer questions from the news media and the public in separate sessions this week on the University of Washington campus.
February 18, 1999
Babies, the greatest learners on Earth, and how they crack the speech code are topic for faculty lecture Feb. 24
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February 17, 1999
Does race affect outcome of criminal cases? Reports portraying juveniles differently lead to tougher sentencing recommendations for blacks
For three decades social scientists have been trying to figure out, with little success, how a person’s race affects the outcome of criminal cases.
February 16, 1999
Computer simulation reveals nano-switch that regulates cell-binding function of key protein in the body
Flipping a nano-scale molecular switch may regulate the cell-binding function of a protein involved in healing and other fundamental biological activities.
February 11, 1999
Joblessness, not race, drives rates of violent deaths among working-age Americans in Chicago study
Astudy by University of Washington social demographers indicates all forms of violent death — homicide, accidental death and suicide — are linked to joblessness and its detrimental effects on the formation and stability of families.
February 5, 1999
New UW research center asks tough questions to help policy makers with decisions about health workforce issues
Researchers at the new WWAMI Center for Health Workforce Studies are looking at the availability, education, distribution, practice patterns and licensing of health professionals as well as many other factors that shape the region’s health workforce.
February 3, 1999
UWTV to broadcast Stardust media briefing, launch
UWTV will broadcast Saturday’s scheduled launch of Stardust, a NASA mission to collect comet samples and return them to Earth.
New minimally invasive technique repairs ballooned aorta without major surgery
Doctors at the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System and the University of Washington School of Medicine have successfully used an innovative new technique to repair aortic aneurysm, a life threatening ballooning of the body?s main artery.
February 1, 1999
UW astronomy professor’s Stardust quest set for launch Saturday
It’s a moment University of Washington astronomy professor Donald Brownlee has been awaiting for nearly two decades.
January 26, 1999
UW symposium to address quality of health care
“Beyond Consumer Protection: Appropriate Public and Private Roles in Quality of Care” is the subject of the University of Washington’s 14th John R.
January 25, 1999
Stardust launch audio available on UW web page
Stardust, a NASA Discovery mission in which the University of Washington plays a central role, is scheduled for on Feb.
January 23, 1999
Long-term forecasting could give nations tools to survive climate change
ANAHEIM, Calif.
January 22, 1999
Astrophysicist gets $1 million McDonnell grant to hunt for dark matter
University of Washington astrophysicist Christopher Stubbs has been awarded a $1 million grant from the James S.
200,000 Web tests show people’s unconscious roots of racism, ageism
People have taken more than 200,000 tests that measure unconscious components of prejudice and stereotyping since twin Web sites were opened to the public last year by psychologists from the University of Washington and Yale University.
January 19, 1999
Sixteen American Indian and Alaska Native communities selected for program to provide Internet access to health resources
Sixteen American Indian and Alaska Native communities in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Montana and Idaho have been selected to participate in a National Libraries of Medicine program that will connect them to the Internet.
January 9, 1999
Extrasolar planets favor stars with overabundance of heavy elements
AUSTIN, Texas – A three-year spectroscopic survey shows a group of stars near our solar system have a much greater allotment of heavy elements than other nearby stars that are like our sun, a University of Washington astronomer reported today at the national meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
January 7, 1999
Great Falls, Mont., and Pocatello, Idaho, to be honored for 25 years as UW School of Medicine training sites in children’s health care
The University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine pediatric training units in Great Falls, Mont.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Stardust prelaunch science briefing scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 13
Managers and scientists leading the team preparing the Stardust spacecraft to gather samples of icy comet dust and return them to Earth will conduct a media briefing on the mission and its science goals on Wednesday, Jan.
January 5, 1999
Libby, Mont.; Sandpoint, Idaho; and Thermopolis, Wyo., each welcome a UW medical student for six months training in rural practice
Three University of Washington (UW) third-year medical students have started their six-month WWAMI Rural Integrated Training Experience (WRITE) in rural towns.
Yongmin Kim selected to lead UW bioengineering department
Yongmin Kim has been named professor and chair of the University of Washington’s nationally ranked bioengineering department.
Nature Medicine paper highlights potential for treating HIV: UW and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center researchers publish data on adoptive immunotherapy for HIV:
SEATTLE — Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), the University of Washington (UW), and Targeted Genetics Corp.
December 23, 1998
Don’t trip over your New Year’s resolutions
If you are like many Americans, somewhere in the next week you’ll draw up a list of New Year’s resolutions. You’ll pledge to start on a diet, vow to exercise three times a week, promise to stop smoking or maybe try to cut back on your alcohol consumption. Then you’ll spend hours wondering how you can keep your resolutions and why you made them in the first place. But those resolutions aren’t necessarily doomed to fail.
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