health
December 4, 2021
A call to action
Associate Professor Wendy Barrington, '12, brings a passion for health equity to her role as director of the Center for Anti-Racism and Community Health.
September 4, 2021
Crisis state
Washington has a shortage of mental-health workers and high demand for treatment. The UW is at the center of efforts to turn the tide.
Healthy collaboration
The UW’s six health sciences schools share a mission to improve care and soon will share a new building.
June 10, 2021
Pandemic parallels
Long lines for vaccines are nothing new to Darrell Salk, whose father created the polio vaccine.
March 11, 2021
Rural nurses wanted
A program funded by Premera Blue Cross is placing nursing students in rural practices throughout Washington.
June 24, 2020
Students step up
Students from across the university have volunteered to assist in a variety of support efforts.
June 4, 2020
Smallpox slayer's wisdom
William Foege, ’61, was instrumental in wiping smallpox off the face of the Earth. The lessons he learned in that fight offer wisdom as we face COVID-19.
May 15, 2020
Front and center
With compassion, innovation and empathy, public health leader Patty Hayes strives to make life better for all of us.
December 3, 2019
Happy hints
Recommendations from social psychologist Tabitha Kirkland, whose research explores strategies that nurture our happiness.
March 1, 2019
Natural elixir
Spending time outside is a sure-fire way to feel better. But researchers still don't know why that is.
November 30, 2018
Safe travels
Author and traveler Chris Sanford shares 10 bits of wisdom from his book, “Staying Healthy Abroad: A Global Traveler’s Guide.”
June 4, 2018
Drug price isn't right
There’s a new blockbuster drug that could save the lives of thousands of people with type 2 diabetes in the U.S.
December 15, 2017
The puzzle of aging
Building on decades of research and outreach, UW experts are piecing together new ways to live longer and better.
May 25, 2017
Micro-damaging
Overt racism has long been linked to health disparities, but what about subtle slights?
September 1, 2016
Personal question
Amelia Gavin’s great-grandmother lost two sets of twins in their infancies, a fact that haunts the social scientist as she studies the relationships of race, depression, stress and disparities in babies’ health at birth.
June 1, 2016
Crossing the aisle to save lives
UW faculty member Jennifer Stuber is part of a bipartisan effort to prevent suicides.
Dying with dignity
Columns staff writer Julie Garner talks to two men facing death, and the people who care for them.
March 1, 2016
Test driven
Here, we present the tales of two clinical trials of technology that one day could alleviate suffering and improve lives for the hundreds of thousands of people suffering from severe heart problems and kidney failure.
Give Me 5
The oldest of six girls, the former basketball player helps student-athletes — from the burliest linebacker to the tiniest gymnast — deal with life, sports and school.
How does baby learn?
Researchers with the UW's I-LABS break new ground with their discoveries of how young minds develop.
June 1, 2015
Mindfulness
Whether it’s coping with college or taming an addiction, mindfulness has real medical and practical benefits, and it’s something UW researchers have been exploring for decades.
A startling find
Since she was a student in pharmacy school, Shelly Gray has felt a strong connection to the situation many elderly patients find themselves in: “I was struck by how many different medications older adults are taking, as well as their struggle with trying to keep those medications straight,” she recalls.
Hazy on the law
More than two years after Washington legalized marijuana, parents and teens may be hazy on the specifics of the law.
December 1, 2014
New dawn of dialysis
At the UW, the birthplace of kidney dialysis, a clinical trial has been approved to test the safety and effectiveness of a wearable artificial kidney. Not counting preliminary studies, it is the first human trial of its kind in the United States.
September 1, 2014
UW Tacoma on a mission
Cleaning up pollution. Delivering health care. Improving education. Just a routine day at UW Tacoma.
Beloved Linda
None of us knows what adversities life will bring. It was more than fifteen years ago, in 1999, when I first discovered that my wife, Linda, was having serious problems with short-term memory loss. It was the first stage of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
June 1, 2014
Cosmetic enhancement
Millions of people each year remove wrinkles, soften creases and plump up their lips by having a physician inject a gel-like material into their facial tissue. These cosmetic procedures are sometimes called “liquid facelifts” and are said to be minimally invasive. It’s rare, but sometimes things go wrong.
December 1, 2013
Healthy tech
Julie Kientz's sense of discovery spawned a career predicated on using technology to help others and improve their health.
June 1, 2013
Probing DNA
The University of Washington Adult Medical Genetics Clinic is not only well-established—both UW and Johns Hopkins started the first genetics programs in 1957—but is widely considered the best in the world.
March 1, 2013
Solving IBS
The cause and treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome are complex problems that researchers at the UW School of Nursing are systematically addressing.
December 1, 2012
Smarter on asthma
Researchers at the UW and Seattle Children’s have developed a smartphone app that gives an accurate reading of lung function.
Fibbing on fat
When it comes to reporting whether we’ve lost or gained weight over the previous year, we may not be lying exactly but many of us are guilty of wishful thinking.
December 1, 2011
Team transplant
Team Transplant is made up of dozens of transplant recipients, their spouses, parents, children and friends. They represent the importance of organ donation, and what it means to truly be alive.
March 1, 2011
The science of gaming
UW faculty, students and alumni are using computer-game technology to solve some of humankind's most vexing problems.
September 1, 2010
Food junked
The UW’s Center for Public Health Nutrition got in on the fat-busting act, pioneering new research into the relationship between convenient, cheap food and our nation’s ever-growing waistlines.
December 1, 2009
New prescription
The practice of pharmacy is changing these days, thanks in large part to the innovations developed by the University of Washington School of Pharmacy, a national leader in health-care research and in meeting the needs of the community.
September 1, 2008
Sick from cleaning
According to a study by Anne Steinemann, a UW professor of civil and environmental engineering and public affairs, many of today’s top-selling dryer sheets, detergents and plug-in deodorizers contain toxic chemicals.
March 1, 2008
Trouble in mind
UW researchers are trying to untangle the mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease before it reaches epidemic proportions.
December 1, 2007
Strong medicine
Some governments may shun his straight talk, but Chris Murray's prescriptions for global health could ultimately help all of us live better and longer.
$62M health grant
A new national consortium will enable researchers to provide new treatments more efficiently and quickly to patients.
September 1, 2007
Largest-ever gift
The largest gift in University of Washington history has helped create the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a new research center that will conduct independent, rigorous evaluations of health programs worldwide.
June 1, 2007
'True Guts'
Taylor Barton, ’03, thought he had a solid plan for his future in the NFL, but between the ages of 20–30, his life shifted from worrying about successfully completing a pass to fighting to stay alive.
Bad blood
As many as 3 million Americans are carrying the hepatitis C virus — but most don’t even know it. The UW is trying to crack its code before more potential carriers get the bad news.
September 1, 2006
Spreading the word
When they start classes this month, more than 6,000 new UW students will already have something in common — they’ll all have read the same book about a remarkable doctor trying to bring 21st-century medicine to the poorest corners of the planet.
June 1, 2005
Loss and recovery
Harborview Medical Center sees approximately 150 amputation cases a year. More than half of these surgeries come from traumatic injuries, as opposed to the disease- and age-related amputations done at most hospitals. As a result, Harborview is nationally recognized as a leader in amputation technology and techniques.
March 1, 2005
Painful data
It’s bad enough to suffer from migraines, but now there is a correlation with another brain malady. Migraine sufferers are twice as likely to experience a stroke, compared to people who do not get this type of headache, say UW researchers.
Making waves
On Dec. 21, UW Bioengineering Professor Henry Lai could be found with a big smile across his face. Research into cell phone radiation that he and N.P. Singh had pioneered 10 years ago at the UW was finally being corroborated.
March 1, 2004
Drastic measures
Stomach bypass surgery for the “super obese” Is more than a fad. The UW has a $1.5 million grant to better understand bariatric surgery and spinoffs that might lead to the ultimate diet pill.
September 1, 2002
Diabetes discovery
Discovery of a gene that plays a major role in type 1 diabetes in rats and is present in nearly identical form in humans might shed light on the little understood processes of the thymus, a research team including University of Washington scientists announced.
June 1, 1999
Babies without borders
Adoptive parents need to know the health of their overseas child. Now a new UW center helps them get a head start.
September 1, 1998
Country doctors
From the Alaskan bush to the Wyoming range, the UW trains doctors in the rural Northwest—and many decide to stay there.
Extra pounds OK
Being overweight later in life does not pose a significant health risk, while unintended weight loss is unhealthy for those 65 and older, a recent UW study found.
June 1, 1998
The world of 2088
Looking ahead, UW experts envision internet implants, a colony on Mars, obsolete books and the end of the United States.
September 1, 1997
Weight-loss idea
UW researchers created a mouse that can eat fat and still lose weight, but can the results be transferred to humans?
June 1, 1995
Below the belt
Work on male fertility and potency have also made the UW a national leader in advancing men's sexual health.
March 1, 1994
Life-saving research
Through their discoveries about yeast, researchers have already saved millions of lives.
June 1, 1990
Why me, doc?
The University of Washington is home to the nation’s first concentrated research effort in the budding field of ecogenetics.
March 1, 1990
Our aching backs
A UW team received a $5 million grant to study the diagnosis and treatment of back problems.