This GHDonline.org Expert Panel discussion, organized in collaboration with Partners In Health in conjunction with the Program Management Guide (http://www.pih.org/library/pih-program-management-guide), will address the ways that monitoring and evaluation (M&E) can be used to assess whether, and how well, programs are being implemented as planned and achieving their goals and objectives. Kenneth Sherr, MPH, PhD, Assistant Prof. of Global Health at UW, will be part of the panel.

Students from different disciplines -- built environments, engineering, climate change, public health -- helped create a garden oasis in one of the largest slums in the world. The creation of green space is the first major project coordinated by UW in the Puente Piedra slum. UW faculty, students and local collaborators are also in the process of building a health clinic and new classrooms.

Student interest in global health is as big as ever. For the upcoming 2012-2013 academic year, 212 students applied for the MPH program: 133 in the General track, 34 in the Peace Corps track, 28 in the Health Metrics track, 10 in the Leadership track, and seven in the MD/MPH track. The Department will select 25-30 students. For the doctoral program in Pathobiology, at least 74 students applied, and the Department will select between four to seven students.

Applications are being accepted for the Graduate Certificate in Global Health of Women, Adolescents, and Children this winter quarter and spring 2012. The curriculum of the certificate program is designed to give students a base of knowledge they can draw from when faced with a variety of issues in resource-poor settings. GH/HSERV 544 is the flagstone course in the program and provides a strong base of knowledge from which to build. This class is only offered in winter quarter and there are spots available for the upcoming session.