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Health of People and Populations

CSDE scholars investigate health and wellbeing across the lifespan and in relation to population dynamics. From investigations of birth outcomes to aging, men’s and women’s reproductive health, morbidity and the burden of disease, mental well-being, and biosocial determinants of health. To better understand population health CSDE researchers employ the latest methodologies and develop and test methodological tools, including biomarkers, social media analyses, verbal autopsies, and mixed methods (to name just a few). The Primary Research Area Chair for Health of People and Populations is Anjum Hajat.

Research Area Affiliates


Avanti Adhia
Postdoctoral Scholar, Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center (HIPRC)

Clayton Page Aldern
Managing Director

Kessie Alexandre
Assistant Professor, Geography

Zack W. Almquist
Assistant Professor, Sociology

Leigh Anderson
Professor, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance

D. Mark Anderson
Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics

James Anderson
Research Professor, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

Engi Attia
Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

Amy Bailey
Associate Professor, Sociology

Wendy Barrington
Associate Professor, Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing; Adjunct Associate Professor, Epidemiology; Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Services

Anirban Basu
Professor, Health Economics; Professor, Health Services; Adjunct Professor, Economics

Betty Bekemeier
Professor, Psychosocial & Community Health

Luke Bergmann
Associate Professor, Geography

Clara Berridge
Associate Professor, School of Social Work; Katherine Hall Chambers Scholar

Maria Bleil
Clinical Assistant Professor, Child, Family and Population Health Nursing

Julie Brines
Associate Professor, Sociology

Dan Brown
Director and Professor, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences

Angela Bruns
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology & Criminology

Callie Burt
Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology

Marco Carone
Associate Professor, Biostatistics

Erin Casey
Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator, Social Work and Criminal Justice

Annie T. Chen
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education

Donald Chi
Professor, Oral Health Sciences

Youngjun Choi
Ministry of Health and Welfare of the Republic of Korea

Anne Conway
Urban Child Institute Endowed Professor and Director of the Child and Youth Development Lab, College of Social Work

Stephanie Cook
Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Social & Behavioral Health

Jamaica Corker
Program Officer for Data & Evaluation in the Family Planning Program

Laura Cowen
Associate Professor, Mathematics and Statistics

Kyle Crowder
Professor, Sociology

Joana Cunha-Cruz
Professor, Department of Clinical and Community Services - School of Dentistry

Mick Cunningham
Professor, Sociology

Sara Curran
Professor, International Studies; Professor, Public Policy & Governance; Director, CSDE

Butch de Castro
Professor, Child, Family & Population Health Nursing; Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, School of Nursing

Adrian Dobra
Associate Professor, Department of Statistics

Alison Drake
Assistant Professor, Global Health

Horacio Duarte
Acting Instructor, Pediatrics: Infectious Disease; Acting Instructor, Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Jody Early
Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Health Studies

Frank Edwards
Assistant Professor, School of Criminal Justice

Dan Eisenberg
Associate Professor, Anthropology

Kim England
Professor, Geography | Adjunct Professor, Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies

Nicole Errett
Assistant Professor, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences

Michael Esposito
Assistant Professor, Sociology

Heather Evans
Acting Assistant Professor Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Research Director Center for Technology and Disabilities Studies

Xinguang Fan
Assistant Professor, Sociology

Carey Farquhar
Professor, Departments of Global Health, Medicine, and Epidemiology

Paul Fishman
Professor, Health Services

Brian Flaherty
Associate Professor, Psychology

Abraham Flaxman
Associate Professor, Global Health; Associate Professor, Health Metrics Sciences

Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen
Professor, Social Work

Amanda Fretts
Associate Professor, Epidemiology

Michelle Garrison
Research Associate Professor, Health Services & Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Amelia Gavin
Associate Professor, School of Social Work

Emily Godfrey
Professor, Family Medicine

Carmen Gonzalez
Assistant Professor, Communication

Steven Goodreau
Professor, Anthropology

Susan Graham
Associate Professor, Medicine and Global Health; Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology

Marlaine Figueroa Gray
Acting Assistant Investigator

David Grembowski
UW Professor Emeritus, Health Services

Brandon Guthrie
Assistant Professor, Global Health

Katarina Guttmannova
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Amy Hagopian
Professor, Health Services and Global Health; Program Director, UW School of Public Health Community Oriented Public Health Practice MPH degree program

Anjum Hajat
Associate Professor, Epidemiology

M. Elizabeth Halloran
Professor, Biostatistics

Alexes Harris
Professor, Sociology

Stephen Hawes
Associate Professor, Epidemiology

Jerald Herting
Professor, Sociology

Jeremy Hess
Professor, Global Health; Professor, Emergency Medicine; Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences; Adjunct Professor, Atmospheric Sciences

Heather Hill
Professor, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance

Dennis Hogan
Professor Emeritus, Population Studies and Sociology

Gavin Hougham
Co-Principal

Yuan Hsaio
Assistant Professor, Communication

Samuel Jenness
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology - Rollins School of Public Health

Grace John-Stewart
Professor, Departments of Global Health, Epidemiology, Medicine, and Pediatrics

Donna Johnson
Professor Emeritus, Health Services

Jessica Jones-Smith
Associate Professor, Health Services & Epidemiology

Nora Kenworthy
Adjunct Associate Professor, Global Health; Adjunct Associate Professor, Anthropology; Associate Professor, Nursing and Health Studies - UW Bothell

Hyoshin Kim
Senior Research Scientist

Min Hee Kim
Postdoctoral Scholar, Health Policy Studies

Melissa Knox
Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics

William Lavely
Professor, Sociology; Professor, Jackson School of International Studies

Hedwig Lee
Professor, Sociology

Taryn Lindhorst
Associate Professor, School of Social Work

Mark Long
Dean, School of Public Policy

Patricia Louie
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology

Maya Magarati
Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Lisa Manhart
Associate Dean, School of Public Health; Professor, Epidemiology; Adjunct Professor, Global Health

Melanie Martin
Assistant Professor, Anthropology

Melissa Martinson
Associate Professor, School of Social Work

Ross Matsueda
Professor Emeritus, Sociology

Susanne May
Associate Professor, Biostatistics

Tyler McCormick
Associate Professor, Statistics and Sociology

Laina Mercer
Research Statistician, Institute for Disease Modeling

Joseph Mienko
Senior Research Scientist, Partners for Our Children - Social Work

Ali Mokdad
Director, Middle Eastern Initiatives | Professor, Global Health, Epidemiology & Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Steve J. Mooney
Acting Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

Julie Morris
Director of the Center for Social Science Instruction, Sociology

Martina Morris
Professor Emeritus, Sociology and Statistics - University of Washington

Tracy Mroz
Associate Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine

Stipica Mudrazija
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Systems and Population Health

Paula Nurius
Professor & Associate Dean, School of Social Work

Roberto Orellana
Professor, School of Social Work

Jennifer Otten
Associate Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Health Services

Soojin Oh Park
Assistant Professor, Education

Deleena Patton
Research Manager, Research and Data Analysis Division

Vedavati Patwardhan
Postdoctoral Scholar, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

Bridget Pavelle
Senior Research Manager, Research and Data Analysis Division

Miruna Petrescu-Prahova
Assistant Professor, Health Services

Ryan Petros
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

Amanda Phipps
Associate Professor, Epidemiology; Associate Chair, Epidemiology

Daniel Promislow
Professor, Department of Pathology, Department of Biology

Adrian Raftery
Professor, Statistics; Professor, Sociology

Darcy W. Rao
Acting Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

Elaina Rose
Associate Professor, Economics

Claire Rothschild
Senior Technical Advisor, Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategic Evidence and Learning

Ali Rowhani-Rahbar
Professor of Epidemiology; Bartley Dobb Professor for the Study and Prevention of Violence

Alison Roxby
Associate Professor, Global Health and Medicine

Edmund Seto
Associate Professor, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

Mienah Sharif
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

Jane Simoni
Professor, Psychology

Karen Snedker
Professor, Sociology

Marie Spiker
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

Emma Spiro
Associate Professor, Information School

Amy Spring
Assistant Professor, Sociology

Lesley Steinman
Research Scientist, Department of Health Systems and Population Health

Katherine Stovel
Professor & Chair, Sociology

Aja Sutton
Postdoctoral Scholar, Earth System Science

April Sutton
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology

Bryan Sykes
Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, Law & Society

Emiko A. Tajima
Associate Professor, School of Social Work; Executive Director, Partners for Our Children

David Takeuchi
Associate Dean, Office of Faculty Excellence and Research, School of Social Work

Janelle Taylor
Professor, Anthropology

Tim Thomas
Research Director, Urban Displacement Project

Joshua Tom
Assistant Professor, Sociology

LaTonya Trotter
Associate Professor, Department of Bioethics and Humanities

Peter Vitaliano
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Bradley Wagenaar
Assistant Professor, Global Health

Jon Wakefield
Professor, Statistics and Biostatistics

Marcia Weaver
Adjunct Research Associate Professor, Health Services

Lindsay White
Postdoctoral Fellow, Health Services

Emily Williams
Professor, Health Services

Nathalie Williams
Associate Professor, Sociology; Associate Professor, Jackson School of International Studies.

Hendrik Wolff
Associate Professor, Economics

Yeon Jung Yu
Assistant Professor, Anthropology

Anna Zamora-Kapoor
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Department of Medical Education and Clinical Sciences, Washington State University