UW Global Health students: DGH faculty and staff want to collaborate with YOU! Gain first-hand experience on global health projects!

Below are current and upcoming projects from DGH researchers and staff who are looking for students to get involved! DGH will hold networking sessions between January 25 and February 5 where students can discuss project opportunities with relevant faculty/staff.

Dear DGH community,

Monday, January 18, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on which we celebrate Dr. King’s legacy as a civil rights leader. His brilliant leadership, advocacy, and nonviolent civil disobedience were instrumental in fighting segregation and promoting the right to vote. His work and commitment to antiracism continue to inspire.

Rising infections and new, highly contagious strains of the coronavirus are pressuring governments to accelerate vaccinations

By Dasl Yoon in Seoul, Rhiannon Hoyle in Sydney and Felicia Schwartz in Tel Aviv, The Wall Street Journal

Long-term temperature increases are associated with decreases in the diversity of children’s diets, according to a study of 100,000 children

Daisy Dunne, Climate Correspondent. The Independent

Rising temperatures are likely linked to poorer diets for children across the world, a new study suggests.

Public health experts are racing to prepare communities for the vaccine, but they face notable hurdles.

by Lilly Fowler, Crosscut

Rosalinda Martinez, a 47-year-old immigrant from Mexico who lives in Tukwila, doesn’t plan to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, even though she’s at higher risk of dying from the virus because she’s overweight and diabetic.

For nearly three decades, Grace John-Stewart, a professor of global health and epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health, has devoted her career to improving HIV prevention and treatment.