Population Health Initiative awards pilot grants
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative has awarded 13 Tier 1 pilot grants to teams of interdisciplinary researchers representing 11 UW schools and colleges as well as several community-based partners.
The projects collectively seek to address grand challenges in areas including climate change, mental health, child health and substance use disorder.
Department of Medicine faculty are included on 4 of the 13 funded projects.
Funded projects
Identity safety in medicine: a qualitative study to elicit patient perspectives and develop a framework to apply in clinical settings and research
- Dr. Crystal Brown, assistant professor (Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine)
- Dr. Justin Bullock, fellow (Nephrology)
- Dr. Brian Wood, associate professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Clinical and structural approached to addressing substance use disorder in HIV care in Zimbabwe: Formative Work
- Dr. Helen Jack, assistant professor (General Internal Medicine)
A community co-led epidemiologic study of methamphetamine use patterns and associated factors among cisgender men and transgender people who have sex with men
- Dr. Matthew Golden, professor (Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Individual and community-level effects from climate change driven heat and wildfire smoke co-exposures among a Washington state agricultural community
- Dr. Coralynn Sack, assistant professor (General Internal Medicine)