New DEOHS and UDP@UW Assistant Professor Karen Chen uses remote sensing to observe urbanization and environmental change, informing policies toward healthier cities.
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In a new study, University of Washington researchers found that when an adult talked and played socially with a 5-month-old baby, the baby’s brain activity particularly increased in regions responsible for attention.
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Our Omenn Lecture in Environmental Health is 2 weeks away! Join us to hear from Casey Sixkiller, U.S. EPA Region 10 administrator, in person at University of Washington or on Zoom, with reception to follow. Details and Zoom: deohs.washington.edu/omenn-lecture

A report by a team of 40 experts including UW College of the Environment & UW SEFS 🌲 outlines a new approach to forest stewardship that “braids together” Indigenous knowledge and Western science to conserve and restore more resilient forestlands.
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Ice age climate analysis reduces worst-case warming expected from rising CO2. washington.edu/news/2024/04/1… via @UWNews

Ice age climate analysis reduces worst-case warming expected from rising CO2. washington.edu/news/2024/04/1… via @UWNews

Learn about how researchers use four decades of canned salmon to understand climate impacts on Alaskan marine food webs and how anisakid roundworms in fillets signal ecosystem health at:

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Adults under age 50 are part of a large wave of #colorectalcancer , which is on track to become the leading cause of cancer deaths for the age group by 2030. 'Diet appears to be an influential factor,' says UW Medicine's Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS. UWGASTRO

SPH students explore migration and real-world public health data for King County, Washington through Population Health Initiative UW Population Health Initiative fellowship #PublicHealth #HealthEquity #Displacement
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'When thinking about health equity in the county, we should think about people who are being pushed out of areas that have benefits to them.' -DEOHS University of Washington School of Public Health and UDP@UW UW Built Environments student Pamela Lim on her UW Population Health Initiative fellowship working with Public Health - Seattle & King County. deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/how-m…

New report ‘braids’ Indigenous and Western knowledge for forest adaptation strategies against #climatechange . washington.edu/news/2024/04/1… via @UWNews

Join our Omenn Lecture in #EnvironmentalHealth with EPA Region 10 Administrator Casey Sixkiller! May 2 at 12:30 pm PT at University of Washington or on Zoom, with reception to follow. More info and webinar RSVP: deohs.washington.edu/omenn-lecture

Everyday social interactions predict language development in infants. washington.edu/news/2024/04/0… via @UWNews

The UW Population Health Initiative announced a call for pilot projects seeking to accelerate the application of large language models and generative #AI to seemingly intractable grand challenges in population health.

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The University of Washington and the University of Tsukuba have entered an innovation partnership with NVIDIA and Amazon aimed at furthering research, entrepreneurship, workforce development and social implementation in the field of artificial intelligence.

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Study: Suicides among college athletes doubled in 20 years. newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/… via UW Medicine

Gender wage gap in healthcare has narrowed, but remains. newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/… via UW Medicine UW CHWS Bianca Frogner, PhD

Q&A: University of Washington researchers on the unseen community effects of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. washington.edu/news/2024/04/0… via University of WashingtonNews Nicole Errett, PhD

We are very excited to announce that we have launched our official website for the Project for Civic Health — found here: projectforcivichealth.org.

It stores all the information about our effort. If you're also working to improve civic health in WA, don't hesitate to contact us!

Join Tuesday's UW Medicine / Gonzaga University Next Generation Medicine presentation to learn more about how sleep affects brain wellness with Jeffrey Iliff. Learn more: bit.ly/NextGenMed-UW-…