Population Health

Researchers at the University of Washington are running a study that might find the cure for getting older.

A school in Westport was built with a special tsunami safe zone on its roof. Randy LeVeque, professor of applied mathematics at the UW, is interviewed.

The world’s cities are collecting ever-increasing amounts of data, and it is time for mechanisms to prevent abuse writes Associate Professor Philip Howard.

Mental illnesses and mood disorders are more prevalent in urban areas partly due to reduced access to nature, according to a new UW study.

The University of Washington reported that the key to healthy urban living is finding connections to nature. 

Statisticians at the University of Washington developed the first model for projecting population that factors in the vagaries of migration.

54 percent of humanity now lives in cities, and two-thirds will by 2050—we may grow increasingly disconnected from the natural world around us.

In a discussion at the University of Washington, panelists examined ways in which the region can take steps to protect against the threats of climate change to various industries.

A drug that slows aging might instead serve to delay the onset of several major diseases at once. Research by the UW's Matt Kaeberlein and Daniel Promislow is featured.

Working with Somali community leaders, a UW psychology professor has developed a trauma intervention program for the Somali community.  

Shirley Yee, professor of gender, women and sexuality studies at the UW, is featured in this column about how equality is portrayed in America. 

Ph.D. student Tracey Chaplin published a collaborative op-ed discussing sea level rise, superstorms and drought, and the potential to decouple water rights from tenancy. 

There is evidence that suggests non-monogamous relationships can be just as beneficial. Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology at the UW, is quoted.