January 01, 2024 | Department News
January 01, 2024 | Department News
Q&A With Ashley Brauning
Research Assistant, UW Fellow for Academic Excellence, and UW Graduate School Top Scholar
PhD in Pathobiology program
Please tell us a little bit about yourself.
December 11, 2023 | Department News
Introducing the 2023-24 Global Mental Health Speakers Series
The 2023-24 Global Mental Health Speakers series is a collaboration between the UW Consortium for Global Mental Health and the Population Health Initiative. Each event is followed by a 30 minute informal reception to build community and connection among the people gathered. The series brings together thought leaders from across UW, joined by some local and international experts to present and discuss topics of central or emerging concern in global mental health.
December 01, 2023 | Department News
UW Program Delivers Hope for Better Maternal Health Care
UW Magazine
Heart, Soul and Joy provides mothers and mothers-to-be tools to monitor their health at home and guidance about mental health, domestic violence, and nurturing joy and pleasure. UW students, alumni and faculty across disciplines are working with midwives, doulas and others who provide care to underserved populations to address maternal health disparities.
November 20, 2023 | Department News
Announcing the Recipients of the 2023 CFAR Mentored International Investigator Award
Congratulations to our 2023 CFAR MIIA awardees, Dr. Ruth Nabisere of the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) Mulago, and Dr. Dickens Onyango of the Kisumu County Department of Health!
November 17, 2023 | Department News
Behavioral Research Center for HIV Joins DGH
This fall, the Behavioral Research Center for HIV (BIRCH) joined the UW Department of Global Health. BIRCH is an NIH-funded P30 developmental AIDS Research Center that provides infrastructure and support for high-impact, interdisciplinary research on HIV and mental health. Its vision is to end the HIV epidemic by addressing the determinants and symptoms of mental illness and HIV through holistic person-centered prevention and care.
November 14, 2023 | Department News
DGH is Hiring for a Research Assistant Professor
The Department of Global Health (DGH) at the University of Washington, which bridges the Schools of Medicine (SOM) and Public Health (SPH), is recruiting for a new faculty member to join our faculty as a Research Assistant Professor.
November 07, 2023 | Department News
Ramya Kumar on public health as a tool for social justice
UW School of Public Health
Like many students, Ph.D. candidate Ramya Kumar was drawn to the University of Washington School of Public Health’s (UW SPH) Department of Epidemiology for its reputation in HIV and mental health research and impact. However, Kumar found that what distinguished UW SPH from other schools was the culture: the desire students had to build an inclusive community of changemakers.
October 23, 2023 | Department News
Familiar ingredients make Afghan Food Guide easy to swallow
UW News
Diet recommendations can include unfamiliar foods and preparations. A digital handbook created by Priyasha Maharjan, doctor of global health leadership and practice student, and fellow UW School of Public Health graduate student Norma Garfias Avila, hopes to begin solving this problem. The Afghan Food Guide is a nutritional resource created for the Afghan community and their health care providers in the U.S. It shows the nutritional values of foods, balanced meals and portion sizes while using dishes and cultural examples familiar to Afghan people.
October 13, 2023 | Department News
Insight on the STI and HIV field from Prof. Christopher Fairley
MB BS, PhD, FRACP, FAFPHM, FAChSHM, FAHMS, FRCP
Professor of Public Health and Director of the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia