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August 5, 2025
Assessing Shifts in Health Disparities: Analyzing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Washington State, 2018-2023
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic intensified longstanding health inequities in the United States, particularly among historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups. In Washington State, American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN), Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (NHPI), Black, and Hispanic populations face disproportionate burdens due to structural determinants such as socioeconomic disadvantage, limited healthcare access, and systemic racism. However, limited research…
The Role of Neighborhood Opportunity in Early Childhood Asthma and Differences by Urbanicity
Abstract IntroductionAsthma is a prevalent chronic condition among children in the United States, with children in Washington state accounting for 20% of the state’s estimated 600,000 asthma cases. Neighborhood environments during the sensitive developmental period of infancy can influence respiratory health, yet their role in the etiology of childhood asthma remains underexplored. The Childhood Opportunity…
Kidney Function and Urine LAM Detection in HIV-Negative Adults with Pulmonary Tuberculosis Disease
Abstract Background: Urine lipoarabinomannan (uLAM) is a glycolipid biomarker for tuberculosis (TB) disease in resource-limited settings, and uLAM testing is approved for use in people living with HIV (PLHIV). uLAM is detectable among HIV-negative adults, and the impact of kidney function on uLAM detectability remains unclear. We investigated the association between estimated glomerular filtration rate…
June 17, 2025
Jennifer Rosauer
Jennifer Rosauer is an MPH student in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering with minors in Chemistry and Computer Science from the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities in 2021. Prior to graduate school, she worked as a data analyst at the Institute for…
May 6, 2025
Wendy Dlamini
Wendy Wandile Dlamini is a third-year PhD candidate in the Department of Epidemiology and a Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Global Health. Originally from Eswatini, she holds a Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Her research interest is in investigating the causal pathways at…
April 2, 2025
Anjali Vasavada
Anjali graduated from the University of Washington with her MPH in Epidemiology in 2022 and is a current PhD candidate in the Department of Epidemiology. Her research interests include cancer screening, implementation science, patient-centered research, and qualitative methods. Her dissertation, funded by an NIH T32 training grant, employs a mixed-methods approach to better understand how…
January 13, 2025
Andrea Molino
Andrea Molino is a third-year PhD candidate in the Department of Epidemiology. She holds an ScM in General Epidemiology & Methodology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a BS/BA in Biology and Human Health from Emory University. Her work and interests lie at the intersection of epidemiology and health services research,…
December 2, 2024
Nicole Asa
Nicole Asa is a PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington. She received her MPH in Epidemiology at the University of Washington in 2022. Her research interests include injury and violence prevention, policy, and epidemiology methods.
November 13, 2024
Anneth Mbowe
Anneth is a Master of Public Health (MPH) student in Epidemiology at the University of Washington. Graduated in 2021 with Bachelor's in Medicine and with a prior experience in clinical settings. Her interest is in infectious disease epidemiology, particularly HIV/AIDS care and treatment, and health equity. She seeks to address global health disparities through policy-informed…
November 3, 2024
Augusto Ferraris
Augusto graduated from the School of Medicine at University of Buenos Aires in 2016 and specialized in Internal Medicine through 2022. Between 2022 and 2024, he completed his Master of Public Health – Epidemiology degree at University of Washington with the sponsorship of the Fulbright Foreign Students program, and he is currently continuing his studies…
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