The 91爆料 is proud to announce that 56 faculty and researchers who completed their work while at 91爆料 have been named on the list from Clarivate.

The annual list identifies researchers who demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade. Their names are drawn from the publications that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and publication year in the .

Highly Cited Researchers demonstrate significant and broad influence in their fields of research. The total list includes 7,131 awards from more than 1,300 institutions in 60 countries and regions. This small fraction of the global researcher population contributes disproportionately to extending the frontiers of knowledge and contributing to innovations that make the world healthier, more sustainable and which drive societal impact, according to Clarivate.

The that determines the 鈥渨ho鈥檚 who鈥� of influential researchers is drawn from data and analysis performed by bibliometric experts and data scientists at the Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate.

The list below includes faculty and researchers whose primary affiliation is with the 91爆料, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.

Please note: Some of the people on the list are no longer with the 91爆料 and their current affiliation is noted. This list reflects initial data from Clarivate and may be updated.

Ivan Anishchenko (Vilya)

David Baker

William A. Banks

Gregory N. Bratman

Steven L. Brunton

Guozhong Cao

Ting Cao

Lauren Carter (Gates Medical Research Institute)

Helen Chu

David H. Cobden

Katharine H. D. Crawford

Riza M. Daza

Frank DiMaio

Kristie L. Ebi

Evan E. Eichler

Emmanuela Gakidou

David Ginger

Raphael Gottardo (CHUV)

Alexander L. Greninger

Simon I. Hay

Andrew Hill (Infinimmune)

Eric Huang

Michael C. Jensen (BrainChild)

Neil P.听 King

C. Dirk Keene

J. Nathan Kutz

Eric H. Larson

Aaron Lyon

Michael J. MacCoss

Brendan MacLean

C. M. Marcus

Julian D. Marshall

Ali Mokdad

Thomas J. Montine (Stanford)

Mohsen Naghavi

Marian L. Neuhouser

Julian D. Olden

Robert W. Palmatier

David Pigott

Hannah A. Pliner (Bristol Myers Squibb)

Ganesh Raghu

Stanley Riddell

Andrea Schietinger (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)

Jay Shendure

M. Alejandra Tortorici

Troy R. Torgerson (Allen Institute)

Cole Trapnell

Katherine R. Tuttle

David Veesler

Theo Vos

Alexandra C. Walls (BioNTech SE)

Bryan J. Weiner

Di Xiao

Jie Xiao

Xiaodong Xu

Jihui Yang

The 91爆料 is proud to announce that more than 40 faculty and researchers who completed their work while at 91爆料 have been named on the annual list from Clarivate.

The annual list identifies researchers who demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade. Their names are drawn from the publications that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and publication year in the Web of Science citation index.

The list of faculty and researchers whose primary affiliation is with the 91爆料 or with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation who were acknowledged for their work includes:

David Baker

William A. Banks

Gregory N. Bratman

Steven L. Brunton

Guozhong Cao

William A. Catterall

Helen Chu

David H. Cobden

Katharine H.D. Crawford

Riza M. Daza

Frank DiMaio

Evan E. Eichler

Michael Gale Jr.

Raphael Gottardo

Allison J. Greaney

Alexander L. Greninger

Simon I. Hay

Celestia S. Higano

Neil P. King

James B. Leverenz

Charles M. Marcus

Philip Mease

Ali Mokdad

Thomas J. Montine*

Christopher J. L. Murray

Mohsen Naghavi

William S. Noble

Young-Jun Park

David M. Pigott

Stanley Riddell

Andrea Schietinger **

Jay Shendure

M. Alejandra Tortorici

Troy R. Torgerson***

Cole Trapnell

David Veesler

Theo Vos

Alexandra C. Walls****

Bryan J. Weiner

Spencer A. Wood

Sanfeng Wu

Di Xiao

Xiaodong Xu

The that determines the 鈥渨ho鈥檚 who鈥� of influential researchers draws on the data and analysis performed by bibliometric experts and data scientists at the Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate. It also uses the tallies to identify the countries and research institutions where these scientific elite are based.

The full 2023 Highly Cited Researchers list and executive summary can be found online .

* now is at Stanford University.

** now is at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

*** now is at the Allen Institute.

**** now is at BoiNTech SE.

now is at Princeton University.

The 91爆料 is proud to announce that 47 faculty and researchers who completed their work while at 91爆料 have been named on the annual list from Clarivate.

The highly anticipated annual list identifies researchers who demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade. Their names are drawn from the publications that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and publication year in the Web of Science citation index.

The list of faculty and researchers who were acknowledged for their work while at 91爆料 includes:

• David Baker
• Frank DiMaio
• William Sheffler
• Dr. Jay Shendure
• Cole Trapnell
• David Veesler
• Alexandra C. Walls*
• Philip Mease
• Dr. Christopher J. L. Murray
• Dr. Ganesh Raghu
• Dr. Stanley Riddell
• Alejandra Tortorici
• Dr. William A. Banks
• Gregory N. Bratman
• Steven L. Brunton
• Guozhong Cao
• William A. Catterall
• David H. Cobden
• Riza M. Daza
• Dr. E. Patchen Dellinger
• Dr. Janet A. Englund
• E. Erskine
• Michael Gale Jr.
• Raphael Gottardo
• Celestia S. Higano
• Neil P. King
• Ali Mokdad
• William S. Noble
• Julian D. Olden
• L. Patrick
• David L. Smith
• Dr. Piper Meigs Treuting
• Spencer A. Wood
• Jesse R. Zaneveld
• Ning Zheng
• Dr. Hans D. Ochs
• Simon I. Hay
• Evan E. Eichler
• Deborah A. Nickerson**
• John A. Stamatoyannopoulos***
• Dr. Thomas J. Montine****
• Di Xiao
• Xiaodong Xu
• Bryan J. Weiner
• Mohsen Naghavi
• Theo Vos
• David M. Pigott

The that determines the 鈥渨ho鈥檚 who鈥� of influential researchers draws on the data and analysis performed by bibliometric experts and data scientists at the Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate. It also uses the tallies to identify the countries and research institutions where these scientific elite are based. This year Clarivate partnered with Retraction Watch and extended the qualitative analysis of the Highly Cited Researchers list, addressing increasing concerns over potential misconduct.

The full 2022 Highly Cited Researchers list and executive summary can be found online .

* now is at BioNTech SE.

** on Dec. 24, 2021.

*** now is at Altius.

**** now is at Stanford University.

With the start of spring quarter on March 28, face masks became optional 鈥� but still recommended 鈥� inside most 91爆料 facilities. Wearing a face covering for the first two weeks of the quarter is strongly recommended, and anyone who wishes to wear a mask throughout the quarter is encouraged and welcome to do so.

You may be asked by other people, or may ask other people, to wear a mask while around each other. While you are not required to wear a mask, please remember that other people may need to or choose to wear 鈥� or not wear 鈥� masks for a wide range of reasons. It is important to be clear, in any request, that masks are optional and that wearing a mask or not will have no impact on professional or academic evaluations, including grades.

In light of the policy change, 91爆料 News spoke with several 91爆料 experts about what to expect on campus, how the current science and transmission rates inform our policy, and emotions and feelings we may experience as a result of removing our face coverings.

Learn more in these university FAQs that address various situations that students,听instructors听补苍诲听staff听may encounter.听

Read a recent message from the 91爆料’s Advisory Committee on Communicable Diseases听and a letter from 91爆料 President Ana Mari Cauce to students about changes for spring quarter.

Using project savings from the construction of the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health, the 91爆料 will fund dozens of new research projects through the Population Health Initiative鈥檚 interdisciplinary grant program. The new grants will fall into three tiers, with funding from $20,000 to $200,000 per award.

鈥淲e are delighted to have the funding capacity to be able to support the launch of roughly 75 innovative and interdisciplinary projects over the next two years,鈥� said , chief strategy officer for population health and a professor in the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. 鈥淲e believe our new tiered approach to granting will engage a broader range of disciplines while also incentivizing the importance of community-based research partnerships.鈥�

The tiers are:

• Laying the Foundation 鈥� for small projects and capacity-building work with community and/or other collaborators that is intended to prepare a team for future projects seeking proof-of-concept. Awards of up to $25,000 are available per project.
• Establishing Proof-of-Concept 鈥� for developing鈥痯reliminary data or proof-of-concept鈥痭eeded to pursue follow-on funding鈥痶o scale one鈥檚 efforts. Applications will be accepted from faculty members and principal investigator-eligible staff. Awards of up to鈥�$50,000鈥痯er project 鈥� or $65,000 per project for teams proposing meaningful partnerships with community-based organizations.
• Scaling for Greater Impact 鈥� for impactful projects that have developed preliminary data or realized proof-of-concept and are seeking to scale their efforts and/or expand the scope of their work. Awards of up to $150,000 per project 鈥� or $200,000 per project for teams proposing meaningful partnerships with community-based organizations.

In 2016, the 91爆料 launched its听Population Health Initiative, an interdisciplinary effort across the university to bring understanding and solutions to the biggest health challenges facing communities here in the Pacific Northwest, the U.S. and around the world.

The Hans Rosling Center for Population Health was made possible by a $210 million gift from the听听in October 2016 and $15 million in earmarked funding from the Washington Legislature, as well as funding from the university.听The center opened to the public in the fall of 2021 and is home to the听, the听, parts of the听听and the offices of the Population Health Initiative.

The building project was undertaken through a delivery method, which resulted in a savings of roughly $6 million, and was the first and largest integrated design-build project completed on 91爆料鈥檚 campus. The design-build team was led by The Miller Hull Partnership and听Lease Crutcher Lewis.

With these new grants, the Initiative 鈥渟eeks to create a world where all people can live healthier and more fulfilling lives,鈥� as stated on its website. The grants are intended to encourage the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations for projects that address critical challenges to population health.

鈥淔aculty are at their best when you give them an opportunity to be innovative and not tell them what to do. If you come to them and say here鈥檚 the problem, you come up with the best way to solve it and then we鈥檒l support you to do so 鈥� that鈥檚 when you get the greatest ideas,鈥� Mokdad said.

The Hans Rosling Center for Population Health has won top awards in 2021 from state and national design and construction associations for both its architectural design and unique project delivery approach. The building was designed by The Miller Hull Partnership and the general contractor was Lease Crutcher Lewis.

• The in November gave the Rosling Center its category, the award for and the culminating
• The Chicago Athenaeum听Museum of Architecture and Design gave 91爆料鈥檚 building the
• The Associated General Contractors of Washington gave the Rosling Center its award for construction excellence in the category
• And, the Seattle chapter of the American Institute of Architects gave the center one of four

The Hans Rosling Center for Population Health was made possible by a $210 million gift from the听听in October 2016 and $15 million in earmarked funding from the Washington Legislature, as well as funding from the university.听The center opened to the public in the fall of 2021 and is home to the听, the 听(IHME), parts of the听听and the offices of the Population Health Initiative.

The center is a direct result of the 91爆料鈥檚听Population Health Initiative, an interdisciplinary effort across the university to bring understanding and solutions to the biggest health challenges

facing communities here in the Pacific Northwest, the U.S. and around the world.

鈥淭he design for the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health draws its inspiration from the Population Health Initiative itself, with a focus on the health and wellness of its inhabitants as well as on global health issues such as greenhouse gas emissions, water preservation and material toxicity,鈥� said Whitney Pearce, an architect and project manager with Miller Hull.

The design optimizes opportunities for connection and collaboration among the building inhabitants, with program elements that support active, healthy lifestyles and workspaces that encourage working together, Pearce explained, adding that art and storytelling elements are integrated throughout the facility. These elements speak to the mission of both the building and the occupants, creating opportunities for education and inspiration.

The building project also achieved LEED Gold Certification through a number of sustainable building systems such as rainwater catchment and reuse for flushing bathroom fixtures, increased ventilation rates for improved indoor air quality, heat recovery from the West Campus Utility Plant for heating, as well as highly efficient radiant heating and cooling made possible by high-performance window and wall assemblies.

鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health was recognized with these well-deserved honors,鈥� said , the university鈥檚 chief strategy officer for population health and professor of health metrics sciences at IHME. 鈥淭he intentional design of this building is going to be transformational to the university鈥檚 efforts to spur interdisciplinary collaboration to address some of the big challenges we face to our collective health and well-being.鈥�

Then came the questions: How long will the virus keep us inside and shut down? What will happen to the people who can鈥檛 work from home or don鈥檛 have a home, and how can we protect them? What communities are getting hit hardest by COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, why and what can we do about it?

The questions went on and on, but where could the answers be found?

For the 91爆料 鈥� which in 2016 launched the to bring interdisciplinary understanding and solutions to the biggest challenges facing communities 鈥� the pandemic was a crystallizing moment.

鈥淭his was a turning point for the Population Health Initiative,鈥� said Ali H. Mokdad, the 91爆料鈥檚 chief strategy officer for population health and professor of health metrics sciences at the 91爆料听Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. 鈥淎 turning moment, when the university said to our researchers: 鈥楪ive me your best idea and let鈥檚 do it.鈥欌��

Five months later, the initiative had funded 53 pilot projects out of 207 applications, totaling a collective $1.7 million. The common theme for these projects was to understand and mitigate the health, economic and equity impact of COVID-19 on communities 鈥� particularly the communities of color that have been especially hard hit by the pandemic.

Dashboard by Rebecca Gourley/91爆料

鈥淔aculty are at their best when you give them an opportunity to be innovative and not tell them what to do. If you come to them and say here鈥檚 the problem, you come up with the best way to solve it and then we鈥檒l support you to do so 鈥� that鈥檚 when you get the greatest ideas,鈥� Mokdad said. 鈥淎nd, quite honestly, I was shocked. Because this is a stressful time, I felt we鈥檙e not going to be able to get a lot of applications, let alone a lot of great applications.鈥�

Based on feedback from nearly all of the 91爆料 teams (see testimonies above), the initiative鈥檚 money got them started on projects they either had in mind, had started but needed a boost, or created from scratch and then built a dream team of collaborators around. Through these incentives, the grants changed how the university works.

“The grant provided an opportunity for me to reach out to the Somali Health Board to see what needs they identified. Without being able to offer funding, I wouldn’t have reached out. Public health research has a long way to go in supporting 鈥� and expecting 鈥� researchers to co-create projects with community partners. Our research was driven by the Somali Health Board’s interests, and I think the fact that the PHI award explicitly rewarded community collaboration has allowed 91爆料 researchers to practice community engagement and deepened community relationships.” 鈥斕齂eshet Ronen, acting assistant professor, Department of Global Health, as stated in the above interactive graphic.

鈥淚n general, in any university, you are at the mercy of funders,鈥� Mokdad said. 鈥淔unders come to you and say, this is what I want you to work on. But we asked: What could we do here to stimulate innovative ideas that could be done fast? Ideas outside of the box but realistic and helpful to the community.鈥�

Tamsin Lee, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Pharmaceutics, and听Yvonne Lin, an associate professor in the School of Pharmacy, are among the dozens of researchers who pointed to how the initiative influenced how research works at 91爆料.

鈥淭he grant provided an opportunity for us to bring our communities together and support one another as we continue to live during this crisis. We hope this will lead to more community-based participatory research where community leaders are not only stakeholders but also researchers who offer valuable expertise in designing and conducting a study,鈥� they wrote.

Lee and Lin received the grant for their project titled Building Resilient Attitudes with Virtual Engagement (BRAVE). The team constructed a feasibility study to explore the use of online peer support for Black and Asian American adults, ages 17 to 40 years.

鈥淭he initiative provided generous resources without the development overhead that comes with multiyear grants. This helped our team take the leap of faith on addressing a critical challenge to population health, while simultaneously maintaining other commitments,鈥� said Edward Kasner, clinical assistant professor of environmental and occupational health sciences in the School of Public Health.

鈥淭he initiative offers new opportunities for interdisciplinary projects,鈥� Kasner said. 鈥淢ost importantly, these resources can facilitate community-academic partnerships that expand research impact through practical solutions.鈥�

Kasner鈥檚 team received a grant to build scientifically sound occupational safety and health messages for farmworkers through PSAs, radio and social media messages, and infographics.

(For more testimonies related to the initiative鈥檚 grants, please see the above interactive graphic.)

鈥淭hrough these grants, the university is telling its faculty 鈥� we asked you to stand behind this initiative and we鈥檙e going to support you to do that,鈥� Mokdad said.

“I was already collaborating with my community, and the grant allowed me to fulfill a community request to sample for contaminants that are especially toxic and harmful to children. The money also made it possible for some of the community scientists to be funded to participate. I am very thankful the grant emphasized this component of community research, and I especially appreciate the grant was specifically for people of color 鈥� funding that goes toward supporting diversity in research speaks volumes.” 鈥� Melanie Malone, assistant professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, 91爆料 Bothell.

When it comes to what the initiative says to communities around the state, country and world, Mokdad said, 鈥淭his is what we want you to know about us: We are part of this community. We care.”

Known for his decades-long leadership of Microsoft鈥檚 law and corporate affairs team and then at the American Bar Association, his success as CEO of the San Francisco Giants and founder/CEO of the听World Justice Project, Bill Neukom will now chair the external advisory board for the听91爆料 Population Health Initiative.

The university initiative is a 25-year, interdisciplinary effort to bring understanding and solutions to the biggest challenges facing communities, and revolves around three major pillars 鈥� human health, environmental resilience and social and economic equity 鈥� here in the Northwest and around the world.

Neukom and the advisory board are charged with providing guidance in areas such as strategic planning and program development, furthering the university鈥檚 understanding of population health trends and helping to assess the effectiveness of the initiative.

鈥淭his is a bold and imaginative initiative of the president of the 91爆料 to identify and build up the essential ingredients for functional communities 鈥� human health, environment, education, justice, economic opportunity,鈥� said Neukom. 鈥淚 can鈥檛 imagine a more important initiative with more promise to improve life for literally millions of people. It is a privilege and honor to be a part of it. And, besides, when 91爆料 President Ana Mari Cauce calls and asks you to do something with the university, you don鈥檛 say no!鈥�

The new board will advise the initiative鈥檚 30-member听executive council, which is听chaired by President Cauce. The council vice chair is Ali Mokdad,听chief strategy officer for population health听and professor of health metrics sciences.

鈥淲e are thrilled that Bill has agreed to serve as chair and grateful for his leadership in this important work,鈥� said President Cauce. 鈥淗is incredible energy and commitment to making a positive difference in the world is reflected in his many outstanding achievements. I know he will be a huge asset to the initiative and a trusted thought partner as we work to improve the health and well-being of all people.鈥�

After retiring from Microsoft as executive vice president of law and corporate affairs in 2002, he returned to the law firm of K&L Gates and served as the firm鈥檚 chair from 2003 to 2007. Neukom was president of the American Bar Association from 2007 to 2008 and CEO of the Giants baseball team from 2008 to 2011. In 2006, Neukom founded the , which he created as a president鈥檚 initiative within the bar association and since 2009 has run as an independent nonprofit organization.听The justice project鈥檚 is to build knowledge, generate awareness and stimulate action to advance the rule of law, while nurturing a global network of rule of law organizations and community-led programs worldwide.

鈥淓ffective rule of law reduces corruption, combats poverty and disease and protects people from injustices large and small,鈥� the听explains.听鈥淚t is the foundation for communities of justice, opportunity and peace 鈥� underpinning development, accountable government and respect for fundamental rights.鈥�

The World Justice Project also created the听, which measures how the general public experiences and perceives the rule of law. The project surveyed more than 120,000 households in 126 countries and jurisdictions to create a resource of original and independent data on the rule of law.

鈥淥ur mission is so big that we needed to have a crystal-clear vision of where we wanted to go,鈥� Neukom said. 鈥淕athering data related to the rule of law, measuring real-world adherence and challenges to the rule of law was the first step. Bill Gates always said, 鈥業f you can鈥檛 measure something, you can鈥檛 change it.鈥� That鈥檚 especially true here.鈥�

In addition to leading the 91爆料 Population Health Initiative advisory board, Neukom鈥檚 commitment to higher education includes serving on the Board of Trustees at University of Puget Sound, chairing the Board of Trustees at Dartmouth; and chairing the Dean鈥檚 Advisory Council at Stanford Law School, where he also teaches a seminar on the rule of law. At 91爆料, he served on the听Washington Futures Committee听and has been a guest lecturer at the 91爆料 School of Law.

In 1995, Neukom and his children founded the Neukom Family Foundation to support not-for-profit organizations in the fields of education, the environment, health, human services and justice.

鈥淏ill鈥檚 tremendous breadth of professional accomplishments, his extensive leadership experience and his vision for tackling the world鈥檚 big challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration makes him the ideal fit to chair our board,鈥� said Mokdad. 鈥淲e look forward to working closely with Bill to create a high-functioning board that dramatically accelerates the 91爆料鈥檚 collective efforts to improve population health.鈥�

President Cauce will work with Neukom to recruit and appoint the rest of the Population Health Initiative鈥檚 external advisory board with local, national and international members who represent the three pillars of population health: human health, environmental resilience and social and economic equity.

The first external advisory board meeting will be held on the 91爆料 campus in May 2020.

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For more information, contact Jake Ellison, Jbe3@91爆料.edu .

Hans Rosling is known internationally for his captivating analysis of global health data, for discovering a paralyzing disease in Africa and explaining its socio-economic causes, and for his intense curiosity and life-long passion for educating students, world leaders and the public.

Now, Hans Rosling 鈥� a Swedish doctor, statistician, author and professor 鈥� will be a name associated with the 91爆料’s transformative work in population health. Today, the 91爆料 Board of Regents approved naming the $230 million building under construction on 91爆料’s Seattle campus the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health.

“Hans Rosling was a visionary scholar who challenged the world to truly understand the health challenges we face, as well as the potential we have to overcome them. It was this unique combination of practicality and optimism that drove his work, and inspired so many to action,” said 91爆料 President Ana Mari Cauce. “I hope the faculty, students, staff and partners who come together in the building are equally inspired by Dr. Rosling’s legacy as they work to improve the well-being of people in Washington and around the world.”

In 2016, the 91爆料 launched its Population Health Initiative, an interdisciplinary effort across the university to bring understanding and solutions to the biggest health challenges facing communities here in the Pacific Northwest, the U.S. and around the world.

The Hans Rosling Center for Population Health was made possible by a $210 million gift from the听听in October 2016 and $15 million in earmarked funding from the Washington Legislature, as well as funding from the university. The Gates family proposed naming the building after Rosling in honor of his rigorous analysis of the true state of the world and passion for improving heath, which spurred a decades-long friendship with the physician and his family.

“Where others saw statistics, Hans saw the chance to tell an incredible human story about our progress against poverty and disease. A data geek through and through, he used numbers to educate, to entertain and to share his special brand of big-hearted, evidence-based optimism,” said Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Gates Foundation. “This is a fitting tribute to an extraordinary man.”

After earning his medical degree from Uppsala University in Sweden in 1974, Rosling traveled to northern Mozambique where he was in charge of health services for more than 300,000 people, at one time becoming the region’s only doctor. During his time in Mozambique, he discovered a previously unrecognized paralytic disease that his research team named “konzo.” Rosling’s team traced the outbreak of the disease to cyanide poisoning of the people who were eating improperly prepared cassava roots during food crisis years.

After returning to Sweden, Rosling taught courses on health systems in resource poor settings听and international health at Uppsala University and the medical university Karolinska Institutet until his death in 2017. He was a member of the Swedish Academy of Science, the Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and the Global Agenda Network of the World Economic Forum. Among his many honors was the Illis Quorum Meruere Labores (“For Those Whose Labors Have Deserved It”), the highest award conferred by the Swedish government.

In 2006, Rosling burst onto the international stage with a widely acclaimed TED Talk titled “” that has been viewed more than 14 million times, showing innovative animated data visualizations developed by his son Ola Rosling, and daughter-in-law, Anna Rosling R枚nnlund. Hans Rosling followed that success with nine more TED Talks, speaking engagements around the world and the best-selling book “Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World 鈥� and Why Things Are Better Than You Think.” Published posthumously, “Factfulness” was co-authored with Ola and Anna.

“With powerful data and beautiful charts, Hans taught the world that humanity was getting better,” said Bill Gates, co-chair of the Gates Foundation. “He shone a spotlight on how far the world had come in taking care of its poorest. Hans is among the greatest influences in how I think 鈥� and talk 鈥� about our foundation’s work today.”

As his fame and reach grew among the public, and international leaders in business and health, Rosling characteristically self-deprecated that he was an “edutainer” and countered negative suggestions that he was just an “optimist” by declaring instead that he was “a very serious possibilist.”

Rosling, together with his son and daughter-in-law, also created the Swedish foundation and website , which, as the site states, continues his life’s mission “to fight devastating ignorance about the world with a fact-based worldview that everyone can understand.”

“A large dedicated building inspires people to collaborate towards a higher goal. Hans would have been proud to see his name on this new center dedicated to precisely the kind of health research that he was convinced has the highest potential to improve health worldwide,” said Rosling鈥檚 family 鈥� Agneta Rosling (wife), Anna Rosling Larsson (daughter), Magnus Rosling (son), Ola Rosling (son), Anna Rosling R枚nnlund (daughter in law, married to Ola), Mats Rosling (Hans’ brother) 鈥� in a statement.

“Hans would probably have taken the opportunity to paraphrase his grandmother: The reason you鈥檙e building this large beautiful house must be because you actually believe there鈥檚 something valuable in all people. You believe that all people everywhere deserve to get the best possible health care,” the family added. “That鈥檚 exactly what Hans thought! That we must first make sure all people have access to existing solutions before further improving the health care of the healthiest. We鈥檙e thankful that you are honoring his name in this wonderful way!”

The new Hans Rosling Center for Population Health will become home to the , the , portions of the , and the 91爆料’s . The building is also designed to be a central hub for colleges, departments, centers, researchers and students from across the university, as well as external partners, to identify and work together on projects related to population health.

“Dr. Rosling had a unique ability to focus us in on the big picture, shift narratives and inspire people to action through his transformational use of data visualizations,” said Ali H. Mokdad, the 91爆料’s chief strategy officer for population health and professor of Health Metrics Sciences. “His seminal efforts are foundational to the work of the Population Health Initiative and the 91爆料’s vision for harnessing innovative approaches to improve population health, and we are deeply honored that we will now forever be associated with his name.”

At approximately 300,000 square feet, the Rosling Center for Population Health will support spaces for collaborative group work, active learning, offices and training for global partners and multi-disciplinary work in population health campus wide. Honorary naming of various spaces within the building will take place over the course of its construction and following its opening. Generous natural light and common amenities will include kitchens, eating areas, wellness rooms听and gender-neutral bathrooms on all floors.

Construction is expected to be completed by fall 2020.

Mokdad鈥檚 appointment will begin July 1 and will be part time, allowing him to continue his work as a professor of global health and director of Middle Eastern Initiatives at the 91爆料鈥檚 Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Mokdad has served as vice chair of the Population Health Initiative since the inception of its executive council in July 2016.

鈥淎li Mokdad is a convener and a visionary who is respected internationally, locally and among his colleagues here at the 91爆料 for his ability to bring together great minds and ideas,鈥� Cauce said. 鈥淗e has done fabulous work supporting the development of a strong foundation for the Population Health Initiative and I am excited to support his leadership in this new role.鈥�

Mokdad will advance the 91爆料鈥檚 long-standing excellence in a multitude of disciplines that contribute to population health, reporting directly to President Cauce and working collaboratively with the provost and others at the 91爆料. Mokdad also will lead efforts to identify, pursue and secure the external partners and funding necessary to support the Population Health Initiative.

鈥淚 am both honored and humbled by this opportunity to help improve the lives and livelihoods of people throughout the world,鈥� Mokdad said.听 鈥淚 look forward to collaborating with colleagues at the 91爆料 and others in the academic, non-profit, and corporate sectors on this vital and extraordinary endeavor.鈥�

Prior to joining IHME, Mokdad worked at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), starting his career there in 1990. Mokdad has published more than 450 articles and numerous reports. He has received several awards, including the Global Health Achievement Award for his work in Banda Aceh after the tsunami, the Department of Health and Human Services Honor Award for his work on flu monitoring, and the Shepard Award for outstanding scientific contribution to public health for his work on听the听Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System听(BRFSS). He received his bachelor of science in biostatistics from the American University of Beirut and his doctor of philosophy in quantitative epidemiology from Emory University.

The 91爆料鈥檚 Population Health Initiative revolves around three major pillars 鈥� human health, environmental resilience, and social and economic equity. Through the initiative, the 91爆料 engages and leads stakeholders from across the university, the region, the nation and the world to address all of the intersecting and overlapping factors that influence population health. Over the next quarter century, the initiative will expand the 91爆料鈥檚 ability to turn the diagnosis of patients, populations and the planet into actionable policies, reforms, interventions and innovations.

In its first two years, the initiative has launched multiple projects, including undergraduate courses and faculty research grants, developed new external partnerships and started construction on a facility funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the State of Washington that will act as a convening space for all of the disciplines working to improve population health. More information is available at听.

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