PEARLS Equity
December 11, 2024
PEARLS: Promoting healthy aging and equity through mental health support for older adults

The Program to Encourage Active and Rewarding Lives (PEARLS) was highlighted in a recent Issue Brief from the Prevention Research Center Network.
April 23, 2024
PEARLS spotlighted in Harvard’s Public Health in Action series

The UW HPRC PEARLS (Program to Encourage Active and Rewarding Lives) intervention was highlighted in the “Public Health in Action: Mental Health Innovations” series curated by the Harvard’s Public Health Magazine and Harvard Chan Studio.
December 6, 2023
Sherry Wu (MPH ’23) Awarded APHA’s Masters Student Research Award in Aging and Public Health

Sherry Wu, Research Coordinator and UW alum, has been awarded the 2023 Masters Student Research Award in Aging and Public Health. Wu says, “Our society’s emphasis on productivity categorizes older adults as less desirable. But the experiences and wisdom of older adults are invaluable, and they have a right to fulfilling and healthy lives.”
February 8, 2021
Making Progress, Together

Welcome to 2021. It is a new year with new possibilities. And was there ever a year where we are all so ready for the potential progress it holds? Take a look back at 2020 with us before we look ahead to what 2021 has to offer at the UW Health Promotion Research Center.
June 11, 2020
PEARLS Connect & PEARLS Equity Updates

The UW Health Promotion Research Center (UW HPRC) is excited to share the work its researchers have done with two PEARLS studies — PEARLS Connect and PEARLS Equity.
February 26, 2020
Reflecting on Our Success & Looking Forward

The UW Health Promotion Research Center (UW HPRC) takes a look at its successes from the last five-year funding cycle and looks ahead at what to expect next.
December 21, 2019
PEARLS Featured in School of Public Health Magazine

The Health Promotion Research Center’s program known as PEARLS has been featured in a UW School of Public Health’s new magazine.
September 16, 2019
CDC Continues Funding HPRC as a Prevention Research Center

The University of Washington’s Health Promotion Research Center (HPRC) has once again been awarded funding as part of a select group of national prevention research centers.