Population Health Initiative How the UW defines population

Population Health Initiative

How the UW defines population health > Revolving around three pillars: Human health Environmental resilience Social and economic equity

Population Health Initiative > Our vision: – Create a world where all people can live healthier and more fulfilling lives > Every single school and college plays a role in contributing to the achievement of this vision > Our approach: – To cultivate and advance the key programs, projects, and partnerships needed to accelerate the speed at which impact and progress can be realized

Current initiative work > Focus on specific thematic areas > Faculty programs – Pilot grants, faculty hires, LOS, networking > Student programs – Courses, fellowships, graduate certificate, awards > Partnership building – Spanning sectors and geographies > The Hans Rosling Center for Population Health – Opening summer 2020

Dispelling some myths > This is just about the health sciences > The Population Health Initiative has to touch a project or program for it to be “population health” > Population health does not include the arts > Population health does not include the humanities > Population health is just about applied research

Discussion > UMAC will be prioritizing population health in its promotions, so… How do you decide if content is “population health” or #Population. Health”? > P. S. The initiative is also happy to cross-promote your content, events, etc.

Thank you Learn more at www. uw. edu/populationhealth or follow us on Twitter @UW_PHI Contact me at fulwiler@uw. edu