The Department of Global Health's first annual report, published Oct. 1, 2013, is a snapshot of the the 2012-2013 academic year and highlights how our programs have grown, where are students are getting jobs, the diversity of our faculty by discipline, major events and awards, and how our website is growing in prominence. We love the alumni section!!
This symposium is the grande finale for Global Health Week (April 15-20). Join us for a full day of panel discussions and performances that explore the horizons of art and global health. Topics covered will include collaborations in the field and artists working to improve women's health worldwide. We hope this symposium will break new ground for discussion and reveal the immense value that partnerships in art and health can offer.
Featured panelists will include:
Carlo Scandiuzzi, Executive Director, ACT Theatre
According to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided by U.S.News & World Report. the UW School of Medicine was ranked first in the academic specialties of family medicine and rural medicine. It also ranked fifth in AIDS, eighth in internal medicine, ninth in geriatrics, and ninth in pediatrics. The school was also ranked 12th in research. The University of Washington has also been ranked second among primary care medical schools in the country,
A proposal to host a conference for peace and social justice in Nigeria in 2014 will be presented at the Clinton Global Initiative University conference in April.
Dr. King K. Holmes, chair of the UW Department of Global Health, won the prestigious 2013 Canada Gairdner Global Health Award for his work in sexually transmitted diseases, the Gairdner Foundation announced March 20.
The award, valued at CAN$100,000 (about US$97,300) is one of the world’s most esteemed prizes for medical research. Since 1959, of the 312 individuals presented with a Canada Gairdner Award, 80 have gone on to receive a Nobel Prize.
Dr. David Fleming, Director, Public Health- Seattle & King County, was named one of the "50 Most Influential People in Seattle Right Now" by Seattle Met Magazine. Dr. Fleming is on the Department's External Advisory Board and is a passionate advocate for the global-to-local movement, often reminding people that health disparities in King County are some of the most extreme in the nation.
The Washington Global Health Alliance, along with PATH, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI), the UN Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign, World Vision, International Medical Corps, the Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation at UW, the Global Health Council and the Global Health Technologies Coalition created “Global Health Week on the Hill” Feb. 26-March 5, 2013, o highlight the critical role U.S. foreign assistance plays in health, security and diplomatic efforts worldwide.
DGH 456/556;PSYCH 448 B;JSIS 478 D (3 credits): Global Mental Health is now a permanent course that is cross listed in Global Health, Psychology, and the Jackson School of International Studies.
Bill Gates, co-founder of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, at a press conference March 5, 2013 on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 put the study in historical perspective: “In fact, in the health world, I’d say there were kind of three milestones: There was 1993, where we got the World Development Report; there was some of the work that Hans Rosling did to try to show people the transitions we’re going through; and now, in a huge way, this is a big milestone that pulls everything together." To listen to the press conference,, you can tune into