Dr. Ali Rowhani-Rahbar awarded COVID-19 population health equity research grant

Dr. Ali Rowhani-Rahbar awarded COVID-19 population health equity research grant

By: Alexandra de Leon Date: August 31st, 2020

The University of Washington Population Health Initiative has awarded COVID-19 population health equity research grants to six projects involving partnerships between UW School of Public Health researchers and community leaders. These awards are intended to support collaborations with communities of color – which are being disproportionately impacted by the pandemic – to develop COVID-19 research projects that address community-identified needs. HIPRC’s core faculty members Ali Rowhani-Rahbar M.D., Ph.D., MPH and Megan Moore, Ph.D., MSW were a few of the many that were selected.

In all, 14 different teams of UW faculty researchers and community leaders were awarded COVID-19 population health equity research grants. The grants awarded by the initiative were partially matched by additional school, college, departmental and external funds, bringing the total value of these awards to approximately $378,000.

Dr. Rowhani-Rahbar’s study will be focused on: COVID-19 and Civil Domestic Violence Protection Orders in King County: Implications for Population Health and Justice Equity.

Those taking part in this study include:

  • Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health
  • Kimberly A. Morrill, Lead Legal Advocate, New Beginnings
    Deirdre Bowen, Associate Professor of Law, Seattle University
  • David Martin, Domestic Violence Unit Supervisor, King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
  • Alexandra Burton, Domestic Violence Staff Attorney, Eastside Legal Assistance Program
  • Judy Lin, Senior Managing Attorney, Family Law Pro Bono Programs, King County Bar Association
  • Adrian Dominguez, Director of Research and Epidemiology, Urban Indian Health Institute
  • Avanti Adhia, Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
  • Megan Moore, Associate Professor, School of Social Work
  • Kimberly Dalve, Doctoral Student, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health