News from the School of Nursing & Health Studies

Category: Health Studies

Students in BHLTH 435 Champion Social Connection in Collaboration with Forefront Suicide Prevention

Social connection protects mental health and overall well-being, yet there’s widespread feelings of loneliness and rising rates of deaths by suicide globally. Improving social connection is a public health issue, not just a personal one. To that end, students in BHLTH 435, Principles of Health Communication—a course developed and taught by SNHS Professor Jody Early—collaborated...

December 15, 2025

Sarina Barrett, HS ’22

Health Studies alum Sarina Barrett, class of 2022, took some time to answer a few questions about how she chose UW Bothell, her experiences in the Health Studies program, and advice for current students. Thank you to Sarina for sharing her story with our community! Tell us about yourself and what led you to UW...

February 7, 2025

HS Alumnae Making a Difference in Our Community

Kashpa Khan and Isabella Humphries, two alumnae from UW Bothell’s Health Studies program are working as part of the Patient Engagement and Navigation team at HealthPoint — a nonprofit community health center based in the Greater Seattle area. Khan and Humphries connect patients with the resources they need. Read more about how these Health Studies...

March 19, 2024

Meet Amy Thai, HS Student

Amy Thai, Health Studies student, took a few minutes from her busy schedule to answer a few questions for SNHS. Tell us about yourself and what led you to UW Bothell: I am a first generation person in my family to attend college. I have applied to other schools in Washington but I wanted a...

November 29, 2023

MS Student Presents at APHA

Hilleary Nguyen, student in the Master of Science in Community Health & Social Justice program and Health Studies alum, presented at the American Public Health Association conference in November. Hilleary took the time to answer a few questions for us. How did you end up presenting at APHA? Please tell me about your presentation. I...

November 29, 2023

Get to Know Anisa Madey, HS Student

Tell us about yourself and what led you to UWB: My name is Anisa Madey, a senior at UWB, and I am a double major in Health Studies and Science, technology, and society. I was drawn toUWB because of the small community that is very welcoming to everyone which has helped meforge deep relationships with...

October 12, 2023

Meet Vivian Lubwama, HS ’23

My name is Vivian Lubwama, and my pronouns are she/her. I graduated in the class of 2023from the Health Studies program.I love that UW Bothell is a small community that embraces everyone and makes you feelwelcome. I appreciate the small classrooms where the teachers are always there to help andsupport you. I especially enjoyed the...