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For many, it really is the year of the midwife
The coronavirus pandemic created more demand for midwives to assist at home births, said Sunita Iyer, a licensed midwife who teaches in the School of Nursing & Health Studies.
December 15, 2020
What history teaches us about pandemics
Stefanie Iverson Cabral, who teaches about epidemics and global health, fears that deaths from COVID-19 in the United States could approach the 675,000 killed in the 1918 influenza pandemic.
December 9, 2020
Vaccine benefits outweigh uncertainties
Despite uncertainties about coronavirus vaccines, the benefits outweigh the risks, says Dan Bustillos, assistant professor in the School of Nursing & Health Studies.
December 3, 2020
Alumna named school nurse of the year
Tessa McIlraith, who discovered her passion for school nursing in her Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at the University of Washington Bothell, was named state nurse of the year by the School Nurse Organization of Washington.
December 2, 2020
My story: Ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic
In the 32nd year of World AIDS Day, it’s critical to bring together biomedical and social/behavioral approaches to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic, says Shari L. Dworkin, dean of the School of Nursing & Health Studies.
December 1, 2020
Home for the pandemic, fieldwork at Isleta Pueblo
With remote operations at the campus, Phoebe Keryte is finishing her final quarter back home in New Mexico where she’s helping her grandparents and conducting fieldwork for a degree in Health Studies.
November 17, 2020
Building mental health resilience to stress
Kosuke Niitsu, an assistant professor in the School of Nursing & Health Studies, researches mental health resilience by surveying how UW Bothell students respond to virtual mindfulness exercises.
November 17, 2020
Online courses make international connections
Transnational Education and Community Health Collaboratory (TEACH) CoLab is a Collaborative Online International Learning or COIL course partnering the School of Nursing & Health Studies with two institutions in Ireland.
November 10, 2020
¡Basta! program wins national health award
A farmworker sexual harassment prevention program co-developed by School of Nursing & Health Studies faculty won an award from the American Public Health Association.
October 28, 2020
Cancer survivors may control pain themselves
Assistant Professor Linda Eaton is researching whether cancer survivors could ease their pain without drugs by listening to hypnosis recordings that suggest visualizing the pain floating away.
October 21, 2020
How Hispanics can counter the popular narrative
It’s particularly important now, when there’s fear-mongering around immigration, to think about National Hispanic Heritage Month and what Latinos have brought to the United States, said Jason Daniel-Ulloa, assistant teaching professor in the School of Nursing & Health Studies.
October 2, 2020
Driven, confident and outspoken
It took a pandemic to curb Shugla Kakar, the pre-med student body president who was always on the go with classes, meetings and activities. She finished college remotely but plans to giver her Commencement speech next year in person.
September 15, 2020