Meet the 2026 DGH Husky 100 Winner

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!

Better understanding vaccine hesitancy: Preparing for a new tuberculosis vaccine

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

1+1=3: How working together makes us more resilient

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.

Alumni at the Forefront of Global Health Justice

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.

Erickson Brooke standing in front of a white bus with the words "Without Mental Health There is No Health" written in blue on it.
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In the Field: Brooke Erickson

Editor's Note: Travel fellows apply for funding that supports travel costs and allows them to take advantage of opportunities abroad that meet degree requirements and deepen their understanding of what global health work looks like around the world. Funds are generously given by private donors who value experiential learning within global health. 

Brooke Erickson, a second-year global health master’s student, received funding from the Thomas Francis Jr. Endowed Fellowship Fund to support her practicum work in Ethiopia. 

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