News from the School of Nursing & Health Studies

Category: Research

News from Stefanie Iverson Cabral, SNHS Faculty Member

This past year I have had the opportunity to serve as a CDC Science Ambassador Fellow.  This work started last July when I got to spend an incredible week at the CDC in Atlanta, where I connected with fellow educators to explore ways to integrate public health and epidemiology into STEM education.  Over our week...

July 16, 2025

Eaton & White: Mitigating Test Anxiety

SNHS Assistant Professor Linda Eaton and STEM Teaching Professor Bryan White have been studying test anxiety and how to address it. “It’s been really great to have collaboration across schools and leverage our different expertise,” Eaton said. “We look forward to conducting this next study, and hopefully we will have more data and insight to...

December 11, 2023

Appel Studies the “New Normal”

With a $100k grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Dr. Hoa Appel used a new patient-centered approach to study how the “new normal” school environment during COVID-19 impacted student mental health in Seattle-area schools.

December 20, 2022

Dr. Early: Be the Change

SNHS professor, Dr. Jody Early, co-edited this "timely and practical play-book that offers students the how-to skills for change-making."

October 11, 2022

Hello from CROW Resilience Project!

A pilot research project titled, College-high school Resilience, Outreach, & Wellbeing (CROW) Connecting Bothell and Bellevue, has been funded by the University of Washington Resilience & Compassion Seed Grant. The seed grants are awarded by the Resilience Lab at UW Seattle to support the beginning stages of projects that cultivate resilience, compassion, and sustainability.

July 29, 2022

Dr. Kenworthy on Medical Crowdfunding

Associate Professor Nora Kenworthy's research on medical crowdfunding reveals startling results. Read more about these campaigns and how they deepen inequities.

February 7, 2022