Health

An international team is studying malaria in India, where malaria parasites are more diverse than anywhere else. 

UW chemists are developing tools to improve our understanding of cancer cells — and our ability to treat cancer.

A recent voice conference at the UW brings together doctors, therapists, voice coaches and performers.

Anthropology professor, Janelle Taylor, started researching dementia about 10 years ago, after her own mother's diagnosis of dementia.

The National Institutes of Health has renewed a major grant that funds a University of Washington-led research center to understand malaria in India.

UW professor of sociology, Pepper Schwartz, weighs in on ways to overcome common sex problems.

Dr. John Gottman provides insight into relationship problems and common fixes.

“It felt like a whole quarter-worth of clinical experience in ten days," says a Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences grad student who volunteered in Guatemala.

UW study suggests that monitoring, and potentially treating, the monkeys that co-exist with humans in affected parts of the world may be part of the global strategy.

Founded 100 years ago with two faculty, the UW Department of Psychology—and the field of psychology—has come a long way. 

"A major detractor to Americans’ sex lives has been the rising necessity of the two-income family, said Pepper Schwartz, a sociology professor at the University of Washington."

UW Psychology researchers have developed a remarkably effective therapy for people at high risk for suicide or with other behavior disorders.

A UW anthropologist explores the potential impact of making PrEP, an HIV prevention drug, more available to teens.

In 1931, a condition called “premenstrual tension” was described for the first time in a scientific study by gynecologist Robert Frank.

Philosophers and scientists collaborate to explore ethical questions raised by neuroscience.