March 25, 2025
Awardees of AI-focused population health pilot projects report progress in their work
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative awarded five, $100,000 artificial intelligence-focused pilot grants in June 2024 to interdisciplinary teams of researchers who sought to develop preliminary data or the proof-of-concept needed to pursue follow-on funding to scale one’s research efforts. The goal of this special funding call was to accelerate the application of large…
March 12, 2025
Spring 2024 pilot awardees are reporting progress in their projects
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative awarded 13 $25,000 Tier 1 pilot grants in spring quarter 2024 to interdisciplinary research teams to investigate pressing population health challenges. The purpose of Tier 1 pilot grants are to support researchers in laying an interdisciplinary foundation for a future project to generate proof-of-concept. Each of these teams…
March 4, 2025
Winter 2024 pilot awardees report mid-project progress in their research
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative awarded six Tier 2 pilot grants in winter 2024 to interdisciplinary teams of researchers who sought to develop preliminary data or the proof-of-concept needed to pursue follow-on funding to scale one’s research efforts. These projects include researchers from seven different UW schools and colleges, as well as several…
February 26, 2025
Empowering social workers to support secure firearm storage
Firearms are the leading cause of death among children and adolescents aged 1-19 years in the U.S. and this crisis disproportionately impacts Black, Indigenous, and other Communities of Color, as well as those facing economic and social inequities. Understanding these disparities and their impact on local communities, Dr. Kelsey Conrick discovered a critical gap in…
February 24, 2025
Summer 2025 Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship applications due March 27
The Population Health Initiative is again partnering with the University of Washington’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship and CoMotion to offer its summer Social Entrepreneurship Fellows Program. Applications are due by the end of day on Thursday, March 27, 2025. The program offers each graduate or professional student a total of $10,000 each over the course…
February 11, 2025
Spotlight: Martine De Cock’s privacy-preserving artificial intelligence research
The potential for artificial intelligence to solve some of the world’s biggest problems has always motivated Dr. Martine De Cock to work on developing and improving its utilization across multiple disciplines. De Cock, a professor in the School of Engineering & Technology at University of Washington Tacoma, particularly believes in the power of privacy preserving…
February 4, 2025
Applications for 2025 summer applied research fellowships due on March 20
The University of Washington’s Population Health Initiative is partnering with the university’s Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology for the seventh consecutive summer to offer the Population Health Applied Research Fellowship program. Applications for this summer’s cohort will be accepted until March 20, 2025 from undergraduate and graduate students across all schools and colleges…
January 29, 2025
Autumn 2022 pilot grant awardees report out the final outcomes of their projects
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative awarded five pilot grants to interdisciplinary teams of UW researchers in autumn quarter 2022. Those projects have now each reached their respective conclusions, with the researchers reporting outcomes in areas such as mental health and well-being, healthcare access and point-of-care diagnostics. The Population Health Initiative’s Tier 2 pilot…
January 27, 2025
Initiative-funded pilot develops training for pharmacists to treat people with epilepsy
Epilepsy, a complex spectrum of seizure disorders, which affects about 3.4 million people nationwide, making it the fourth most common neurological disease in the United States. While anti seizure medicines (ASMs) are the first line of treatment, 50% of people living with epilepsy (PWE) experience adverse drug effects that lessen medication adherence and quality of…
January 22, 2025
UW research finds decrease in sweetened beverage consumption after tax implemented
New research from the University of Washington found a nearly 50% reduction in purchases of sweetened beverages in lower-income households after introducing a sweetened beverage tax. The study investigated responses to sweetened beverage taxes by observing the purchasing behavior of approximately 400 households in Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland and Philadelphia. Researchers followed the households for…