Welcome

The Department of Health Services prepares future health practitioners, managers, and researchers to conduct the unfinished work of improving the well-being of communities in the United States and throughout the world.

We train students for influential jobs in:

  • health system management
  • program design & evaluation
  • health promotion
  • policy analysis
  • public health practice & research

 
 
News

Adolescent sex education study

A recently published study by researchers from the School of Public Health and Community medicine questions the effectiveness of abstinence only sex education.

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Student Profile
photo: Courtney Rees:  PhD Candidate in Health Services Research

2008-09 Magnuson Scholar

Doctoral student Courtney Rees has recently been named a 2008-09 Magnuson Scholar for her outstanding scholarship and health services research.

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News

Flunking Baby Einstein

Seattle Magazine profile discusses the work of Professor Frederick Zimmerman studying the effect of early television exposure on children's mental health and developmental outcomes

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