Selena Liu, a UW undergraduate in the Public Health-Global Health minor program, is featured in UW's International Student Spotlight.
Three people in King County were potentially exposed to hantavirus, but Dr. Peter Rabinowitz, professor of global health, professor of environmental and occupational health sciences, professor of medicine at the UW School of Medicine and deputy director of the Center for One Health Research at the UW, says the local risk isn’t what worries him. His greater concern is that the world remains unprepared for the next pandemic.
Dr. Scott McClelland, a Seattle-based hiker and specialist in infectious diseases at UW Medicine, says backpackers’ risk of contracting hantavirus is extremely low. McClelland is a Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology.
The diets we eat today have less nutritional density than what our grandparents ate. DGH professor Dr. Kristie Ebi is quoted.
Plants need carbon dioxide to grow - but a new study finds that too much carbon dioxide makes essential crops less nutritious. DGH professor Dr. Kristie Ebi is quoted.
As the world watches that Dutch cruise ship facing a hantavirus outbreak, we have very little reason to worry about a breakout here. Dr. Scott McClelland, professor of medicine, of global health, and of epidemiology at the UW, is interviewed.
Many staple crops, including wheat, potatoes, and beans, are steadily growing less nutritious - and increased carbon dioxide pollution may be to blame. DGH faculty Dr. Kristie Ebi is quoted.
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.
Hepatitis C (HCV) is the most common bloodborne illness in the United States, and disproportionately impacts low-income people and marginalized communities. A recent UW study evaluates the first-in-the-nation plan for coordination between public health agencies, increased screening, removal of barriers to care and a new approach to purchasing HCV antiviral medications at a discount. DGH professor Dr. Pamela Kohler is quoted.
A new study from the Global WACh center finds that one in four children in low- and middle-income countries experiences severe Shigella-related diarrhea within early childhood. Dr. Patricia Pavlinac, Associate Professor of Global Health, Director of Global Center for Integrated Health of Women, Adolescents, and Children, and Director of Enterics for Global Health Shigella Surveillance Network, Global Health is quoted.