{"id":11361,"date":"2025-11-13T16:46:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T16:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/?p=11361"},"modified":"2026-01-06T18:21:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:21:19","slug":"uw-chws-study-on-covid-19-pandemic-impacts-to-health-workforce-diversity-featured-in-uw-medicine-newsroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/2025\/11\/13\/uw-chws-study-on-covid-19-pandemic-impacts-to-health-workforce-diversity-featured-in-uw-medicine-newsroom\/","title":{"rendered":"UW CHWS Study on COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts to Health Workforce Diversity Featured in UW Medicine Newsroom, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, and MPR News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">UW Medicine Newsroom recently spotlighted a UW CHWS study on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the racial and ethnic diversity of the health workforce. Led by UW CHWS Director <a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/team\/bianca-frogner\/\">Bianca Frogner<\/a> in collaboration with UW CHWS Affiliate Investigators <a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/team\/latonya-trotter\/\">LaTonya Trotter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/team\/kyla-woodward\/\">Kyla Woodward<\/a> and researchers at the University of Minnesota, the study analyzed data from the Current Population Survey to examine trends in median earnings among health care workers during the period 2015\u201324.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthaffairs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1377\/hlthaff.2025.00015?\"><em data-start=\"333\" data-end=\"349\">Health Affairs<\/em><\/a>, the study found the workers in the lowest-earning occupations in the health care professions experienced gains of approximately 13 percent in this period, significantly higher than other groups.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The University of Minnesota School of Public Health and MPR News also highlighted the research in a recent news post.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.uw.edu\/news-releases\/healthcare-wage-gaps-narrowed-after-covid-19\">UW Medicine Newsroom article<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sph.umn.edu\/news\/pandemic-boosted-wages-for-the-lowest-earning-workers-in-the-healthcare-sector\/\">University of Minnesota story<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2025\/12\/01\/health-care-worker-pay-gap-covid19-pandemic\">MPR News piece<\/a>, and the cited study below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.uw.edu\/news-releases\/healthcare-wage-gaps-narrowed-after-covid-19\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11368 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/University-of-Washington-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/University-of-Washington-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/University-of-Washington-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/University-of-Washington-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/University-of-Washington-1536x867.png 1536w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/University-of-Washington-2048x1156.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sph.umn.edu\/news\/pandemic-boosted-wages-for-the-lowest-earning-workers-in-the-healthcare-sector\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-11367\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/University-of-Minnesota-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/University-of-Minnesota-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/University-of-Minnesota-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/University-of-Minnesota-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/University-of-Minnesota-1536x867.png 1536w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/University-of-Minnesota-2048x1156.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2025\/12\/01\/health-care-worker-pay-gap-covid19-pandemic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11393 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/MPR-News-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/MPR-News-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/MPR-News.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4C3YjJzOGI\"><a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/studies\/how-has-the-pandemic-affected-the-racial-and-ethnic-diversity-of-the-health-workforce\/\">How Has the Pandemic Affected the Racial and Ethnic Diversity of the Health Workforce?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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