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Andy Stergachis Pharmacy Malaria
May 02, 2017 | Department News

NewsBeat: Common Malaria Meds Pose No Undue Risk in Early Pregnancy

Global team finds that artemesinin therapies are as safe as quinine for women in first trimester

By Sarah C.B. Guthrie 

Artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs), medications widely used against malaria, are safe to administer to women in their first trimester of pregnancy, according to research published today. ACTs had previously been recommended at that stage of pregnancy only in life-saving circumstances. 

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March for Science climate change Environmental Health
April 24, 2017 | Department News

UW Community Stands Up For Science, Joins Large March in Seattle

Celebrating Earth Day this past weekend, over 20,000 people showed up to March for Science in Seattle on April 22 at Cal Anderson Park. The March lasted four hours, and among the crowd of students, advocates, professors, researchers, parents, concerned citizens, and even WA Governor Jay Inslee, was a large contingency from the University of Washington community.

Student Experience MPH
April 20, 2017 | Department News

MPH Student Focuses on Gender Inequality in India

From the time she was 11 years old, Halima Freudberg dreamed of serving in the Peace Corps. Hailing from Philadelphia, she studied Psychology and Gender and Sexuality Studies at nearby Bryn Mawr College.  After graduation, Halima realized her dream of joining the Peace Corps and travelled to a rural village in Cameroon.

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Global WACh Child Health Seattle Children's Disability
April 20, 2017 | Department News

Teaching Children with Cerebral Palsy to Walk: UW Exoskeleton Project Wins $30,000 to Develop New Technology

Imagine a therapeutic device that children with cerebral palsy could wear at home to strengthen their legs and increase their mobility, eventually allowing them to walk without assistance.  Now imagine the device was low-tech and affordable, making it accessible to children around the globe who have limited or no access to expensive therapies that require robotics, supervision by a trained clinician, or invasive surgeries.

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Population Health Endowment
April 14, 2017 | Department News

New Endowed Professorship for Study of Population Health

Two long-time SPH faculty members, Stephen Bezruchka and Mary Anne Mercer, established a unique and timely endowed professorship. The Bezruchka Family Endowed Professorship for the Public Understanding of Population Health seeks to fund a distinguished scholar focused on the study, teaching and dissemination of knowledge about population health. The new fund will continue the couple’s legacy as activists and defenders of underserved and under-resourced communities.

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Careers
April 14, 2017 | Department News

Global Health Career Week Coming Up

The Department of Global Health(DGH)'s Global Health Resource Center (GHRC) is excited to announce the following events during our annual Global Health Career Week, held this year May 8-15, 2017.  All are welcome!

Monday, May 8, 2017

Building Professional Relationships Workshop: Networking Strategies to Secure Internships and Careers in Global Health
10:30 - 11:30 a.m., Health Sciences RR 134

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Alumni Global Healthies
April 14, 2017 | Department News

Call For Nominations: Department of Global Health (DGH) Alumni Early Achievement Award 2017

In celebration of the many achievements of recent alumni, the University of Washington, Department of Global Health (DGH) is accepting nominations for the first annual DGH Alumni Early Achievement Award. Submissions will be reviewed by a committee of faculty, staff and alumni. One alumnus will be selected and recognized at the DGH Global Healthies Poster Competition and Award Ceremony, to be held on Monday, May 15 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

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