The new University of Washington (UW) Northwest Center for Evidence-Based Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response launched this week with $978,000 from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support its first year.
In 2021, Ashleigh Theberge, a chemistry professor at the University of Washington (UW), applied for a pilot grant from the Interdisciplinary Center for Exposures, Diseases, Genomics & Environment (EDGE) to test a field application of a new remote blood sampling system. Theberge and her team were interested in how people respond to wildfire smoke exposure. Specifically, they wanted to measure levels of ribonucleic acid (RNA) in white blood cells before, during, and after wildfire smoke events.
Maja Jeranko, a post-doctoral scholar with the National Science Foundation’s Cascadia Coastlines and Peoples Hazards Research Hub (Cascadia CoPes Hub) and the University of Washington (UW) Center for Disaster Resilient Communities, grew up in Slovenia, but it was in Ecuador where she got the training and experience that qualify her to help lead the new University of Washington (UW) Population Health Initiative-funded project titled “Living with Water: Co-
On June 6, the University of Washington Interdisciplinary Center for Exposures, Diseases, Genomics & Environment (EDGE) hosted its annual center symposium in Seattle. The theme for the event was “Enhancing Equitable University/ Community Partnerships.” Over 60 faculty, staff, trainees and community partners attended, representing several UW departments as well as the wider Seattle community.
In February 2024, the University of Washington Interdisciplinary Center for Exposures, Diseases, Genomics & Environment (EDGE) awarded grants totaling $40,000 to each of four projects with exceptional promise through its pilot projects program.
Guidelines on appropriately conducting trauma-informed research and recognizing people’s lived experiences.
The CONVERGE Training Modules incorporate an all-hazards approach grounded in cutting edge research from the social sciences, public health, engineering, and other disciplines.
These short, graphical check sheets are meant to be used as researchers design their studies, prepare to enter the field, conduct field research, and exit the field. From the CONVERGE Natural Hazards Center and the University of Colorado Boulder
Study the effects of earthquakes, floods and other natural hazards with sensitivity to ethical dilemmas and power imbalances.
Methods for practitioners to apply a trauma-informed approach to their post-disaster recovery planning.
