UW PHI-HIPRC Exploratory Research Award

UW PHI-HIPRC Exploratory Research Award

By: Alexandra de Leon Date: December 10th, 2020

Congratulations to HIPRC core faculty member, Dr. Rebecca Maine who was just awarded the University of Washington’s Population Health Initiative (UW PHI-HIPRC) exploratory research award. UW PHI awarded six pilot research grants to faculty-led teams from 10 different UW schools and colleges.

Dr. Maine’s study is titled, “Ensuring equal access to trauma care in Washington State through system modeling.” Her project will study optimal locations of trauma centers.

The primary goal of this study:

• Determine which level trauma centers are treating specific injuries
• Which injuries results in transfer
• Determine how characteristics of individual hospitals influence injury treatment and mortality rate in Washington State

Other researchers involved include:

• Rebecca Maine, Department of Surgery
• Shan Liu, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
• Eileen Bulger, Department of Surgery
• Charles Mock, Departments of Global Health and Epidemiology
• Monica Vavilala, Department of Anesthesia

UW PHI mission is to address the most persistent and emerging challenges in human health, environmental resilience and social and economic equity. Through partnerships with local national and global communities, we develop, implement and disseminate transformative knowledge through our research, service and teaching.

For more on their mission & vision, visit UW Population Health Initiative’s website.