May 4, 2023
Autumn 2023 undergraduate course to highlight UW population health research
Registration is now open for autumn quarter 2023’s Research Exposed course, which will feature a series of faculty-led lectures focused on the three pillars of population health: human health, environmental resilience and social and economic equity. This class is offered via a partnership between the Population Health Initiative and the University of Washington’s Undergraduate Research Program (URP).
The Research Exposed (General Studies 198 A) course will feature faculty from a range of disciplines discussing their population health-related research. Undergraduates may take this course for credit (i.e., one credit/quarter; three quarters max). Each lecture is open to all interested faculty, students, staff, alumni and members of the community.
The course will meet Wednesdays from 12:30 to 1:20 p.m. in Paccar Hall 290. A list of topics and speakers for autumn quarter follows:
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Unit |
| 9/27 | Sophie Pierszalowski Arti Shah |
Course introduction Introduction to population health |
URP Population Health Initiative |
| 10/4 | Barbara Baquero | Urban and rural health disparities | School of Public Health |
| 10/11 | Sarah Gimbel | Health equity in nursing | School of Nursing |
| 10/18 | David Townes | Health in complex humanitarian emergencies | School of Medicine |
| 10/25 | Andy Stergachis | Role of pharmacists in stopping global pandemics | School of Pharmacy |
| 11/1 | Holly Schindler | Implications of learning, development and culture in workplace, family and community | College of Education |
| 11/8 | Abby Swann | Agriculture under future climate change | College of the Environment, College of Arts & Sciences |
| 11/15 | Sebawit Bishu | How societal level factors shape access to, and quality of, public services | Evans School of Public Policy & Governance |
| 11/22 | Undergraduate research leaders | Student perspectives on research | URP |
| 11/29 | Library Staff | Undergraduate research tutorial | UW Libraries |
This course is sponsored by Undergraduate Academic Affairs, the Undergraduate Research Program and the Population Health Initiative.