Population Health

Analysis from international studies lecturer, Scott Montgomery

Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences study shows that parents who speak “parentese” can have a direct impact on their children’s vocabulary. 

John Gottman, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Washington, weighs in.

A study led by the University of Washington and Cornell University uses new data sources to determine the likelihood of dying at the hands of police.

Listen to Dennis Donovan, adjunct professor of Psychology at the University of Washington talk about driving in Seattle and Seattle drivers.

Corresponding author Ka-Kit Tung, UW professor of applied mathematics, newly published paper explains why air temperatures will rise more quickly than the rate since 2000.

UW Psychology professor Joseph Sisneros is part of the team researching how midshipman female fishes' hearing improves during mating season.

Stephanie A. Fryberg and Megan Bang, professors in the College of Arts & Sciences, address how child-separation policies are not a new phenomenon in the United States.

Op-ed from UW political scientist Scoot Lemieux

“I am honored to be included among these accomplished individuals...I celebrate all the immigrants who have come here seeking the opportunity to contribute to the greater good.”

UW's Marsha Linehan collaborated on this project which "...makes DBT the only treatment for adolescents with replicated evidence that it decreases self-harm."

Opinion piece by Pete Jackson, advisory board member of the UW Center for Human Rights

Professor Yuichi Shoda from the UW Department of Psychology is quoted on his co-authored research.

Chemists from the UW Department of Chemistry are part of a team finding a way to stop cancer cells from moving around the body.

A UW Sociology study finds that consistency in parents’ work schedules, even “nonstandard” shifts such as nights, can positively impact children.