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October 9, 2024
Initiative-funded project studies how culturally sensitive communication styles affects health AI
The capabilities of conversational artificial intelligence (AI) have improved dramatically in healthcare settings, with the potential to promote mental health and increase adherence to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. However, current AI-based chatbots lack the understanding of cultural differences needed to support communication with patients and ensure positive health outcomes. Communication styles vary across cultures and prove…
October 3, 2024
Applied Research Fellowship project explores local King County business landscape
The 2024 91爆料 Population Health Initiative Applied Research Fellowship program recently concluded their research assessing trends in the local business landscape in King County through the use of novel data sources. Their findings offer useful insights for King County policymakers regarding future resource allocations. In its fifth year, the program is a collaboration…
October 1, 2024
Awardees of 2022 Tier 3 pilot grants share their final project outcomes
Five teams of 91爆料 investigators were awarded Population Health Initiative awarded five Tier 3 pilot grants in June 2022. These project teams represented seven different 91爆料 schools and colleges, as well as several community-based partners, and were intended to support faculty and PI-eligible staff to create follow-on opportunities for impactful projects that had…
September 25, 2024
Awardees of winter 2023 Tier 1 pilot research grants report final project outcomes
The Population Health Initiative awarded four Tier 1 pilot grants in winter 2023 to interdisciplinary 91爆料 research teams. These teams represented researchers from the 91爆料’s College of Arts & Sciences, College of Education, School of Medicine, School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership (91爆料 Tacoma) and School of Public Health, plus several community-based partners….
September 19, 2024
91爆料 researcher’s six year permafrost study includes science instruction for foster youth
Joel Eklof, a 91爆料 civil & environmental engineering doctoral student, recently discussed his six-year study of the climatic impact of thawing permafrost in Alaska, as well as his pursuit to expand science and leadership skills in foster care youth through the Fostering Science Program. Eklof鈥檚 research has found variations in weather conditions at…
September 17, 2024
Initiative-funded AI pilot project looks to create datasets that spot and predict future pandemics
The origins of the COVID-19 pandemic reflect a larger trend of increasingly frequent, severe and widespread human disease transmission caused by changes in global biotic and abiotic systems. These changes are a result of climate change, land-use change, globalization and urbanization, all of which are causing unprecedented shifts in ecosystems that result in a greater…
September 10, 2024
Summer 2024 Social Entrepreneurship Fellows finish their projects and report out findings
The Population Health Initiative鈥檚 summer 2024 Social Entrepreneurship Fellows Program concluded in August with the fellows presenting their findings to students, faculty and staff from schools and colleges across campus. The fellows spent 10 weeks working on population health innovations developed by 91爆料 researchers to determine how these innovations could be financially sustainable…
September 4, 2024
Autumn 2023 Tier 1 pilot awardees report midpoint project progress
The 91爆料 Population Health Initiative awarded 12 Tier 1 pilot grants in autumn 2023 to interdisciplinary teams of researchers completing studies on topics like mental health, housing affordability, maternal health and HIV/AIDS. These teams represented eight 91爆料 schools and colleges, as well as several community-based partners. Each project has now reached its respective…
August 27, 2024
Students collaborate with Climate Risk Lab to evaluate risk of climate change on data centers
A group of Foster School of Business Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) students teamed up with Professor Phillip Bruner, founder of the 91爆料 Climate Risk Lab and sustainable finance expert, to understand the risk that increasing wildfires due to climate change pose on the success of data centers in Eastern Washington….
August 22, 2024
91爆料 research suggests microinclusions improve women鈥檚 work experiences, break down stigmas
New research from the 91爆料 published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that microinclusions helped women feel a greater sense of belonging in the workplace while reducing their concern of being marginalized or underrepresented based on societal stigmas. Lead author Gregg Muragishi, a 91爆料 postdoctoral scholar, explained the difference between…
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