A new UW course, called “Global Perspectives on Local Health Issues: Glocal Health”, responds to a current movement in rethinking global health, and applications of global health efforts to local scales in Washington and the United States. DGH faculty member Dr. Kata Mucha is quoted.
Please join us in congratulating the DGH Husky 100! Each year the Husky 100 program recognizes undergraduate, graduate and professional students from all three campuses who are making the most of their time at the UW. This year, DGH is proud to announce Doctor of Global Health Leadership and Practice student Mohammad Gazi as a member of the 2026 Husky 100 cohort!
The MPH Practicum Symposium is an essential part of the MPH candidate experience as it enables our students to take what they’ve learned in the classroom and apply it to the real world of public health. This year, 24 DGH MPH students will be showcasing their innovative, community-driven projects at the 28th Annual MPH Practicum Symposium on Wednesday, April 8.
It has been over a hundred years since the first tuberculosis vaccine was invented, and yet tuberculosis remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease. That is now poised to change. There are several new TB vaccines now in phase III clinical trials and the world is closer than ever to a breakthrough that could save 8.5 million lives by 2050. Yet questions remain regarding how well the new vaccines will be accepted b
From rising temperatures in London to hurricane recovery in Jamaica, a student shares how global experiences deepened her understanding of climate resilience
From environmental disasters, heated conflicts between countries and disease outbreaks, one word keeps popping up across headlines, research articles, and policy discussions: resilience – a concept deemed critical to addressing the complex challenges faced by humanity.
Various resilience frameworks have highlighted the necessity of resilience across system, sectors, and levels (SSLs), where systems and sectors represent larger institutions, such as the health system, and levels represent smaller groups, such as communities or individuals.
An international research team with Global WACh and partners in the U.S., Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Botswana received a five-year long $36 million dollar grant from the National Institute of Health to better understand how HIV or antiretroviral (ART) exposure in utero influences child health outcomes, including neurodevelopment.
Congratulations to Dr. Keshet Ronen, Assistant Professor in Global Health, for receiving funding for “Empowering Women through Digital Connectivity: Advancing Community Health in Kenya” that leverages the ongoing CHV-NEO (Community-based digital communication to support neonatal health) trial activities.
Congratulations to Dr. Anjuli Wagner, Associate Professor in the Department of Global Health and Global WACh Co-Director, for being nominated for the UW School of Medicine’s Committee on Minority Faculty Advancement (CMFA) Minority Faculty Mentoring Award.
What do you do when you’re outraged by a forgotten crisis? After reading about the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in the Central African Republic- a country with one of the highest mortality rates in the world yet little global attention- Department of Global Health alumnae Alina Metje (‘23) and Amaya Gatling (‘25) wrote an article for the Department’s Global Health Justice website calling for renewed visibility and accountability by the international community.