Global Health Leader from Bangledesh visits UW

The Department hosted a lecture featuring Mushtaque Chowdbury, PhD, MS, the Vice Chair and Interim Executive Director of BRAC, one of the largest NGOs in the world on January 31. Recently featured in The Lancet, he is an expert in health, poverty alleviation, and primary education. Dr. Chowdbury discussed what makes Bangeldesh unique, and how they have achieved significant health advances despite economic poverty.

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Department to Host Poster Session and Award Ceremony for Students, Medical Residents, and Fellows - March 6

Global health leaders, advocates, and supporters are invited to attend:

The Global Healthies

A Poster Session and Awards Ceremony Celebrating the Work of Our Students, Residents, and Fellows

Thursday, March 6, 2014
Kane Hall, University of Washington’s Seattle Campus

Poster Session 5:00–7:30 p.m.,  Room 225 (Walker-Ames Room)
Awards Ceremony 6:00 p.m.,  Room 210
Reception to follow in Walker-Ames Room

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Ugandan Scholar and Activist Announced as Keynote for International Health Conference at UW

The Western Regional International Health Conference Student Commitee is pleased to announce the keynote speaker is Stella Nyanzi, PhD, with the Makerere Institute of Social Research at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. Her current research is focused on the politicization of sexuality in contemporary Uganda – with an emphasis particularly on unpacking mainstream religious framing of and contestations about sexual citizenship. Dr.

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Now Recruiting Visionary Leader for Department Chair

Established in 2007, the University of Washington’s Department of Global Health (DGH) seeks a visionary leader to become the Department Chair and recipient of the William H. Foege Endowed Chair in Global Health. Under the leadership of King Holmes, MD, PhD, the founding chair, our outstanding department has over 300 faculty, 470 students and fellows with 743 projects in 114 countries. The department is committed to fostering collaborative interdisciplinary programs to promote health worldwide.

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Department a Finalist for Leaders in Health Care Awards

The Department of Global Health is a finalist for Washington’s 2014 Leaders In Health Care Awards sponsored by Seattle Business. The Department was nominated in the global health category. The awards will be announced Feb. 24 to an audience of 300 health care executives and practitioners. This year, UW Medicine has a record six finalists for these awards.

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Assoc. Chair Stephen S. Gloyd to Present University Faculty Lecture Feb. 6

Stephen S. Gloyd, MD, MPH, Professor of Global Health and of Health Services, will present the 38th Annual University Faculty Lecture, "Achieving Health for All in the 21st Century: Globalizing, Growing Inequality and Creative Response" on February 6 at at 7:00 p.m. in Kane Hall. Remarkable advances in global health have been achieved over the past three decades. Nevertheless, enormous gaps in health persist worldwide. Dr.

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Country Ownership Requires Public Health Sector Health System Strengthening (Letter to The Lancet)

Prof. Scott Barnhart, MD, MPH, and Assoc. Prof. Amy Hagopian, PhD, MHA, joined a discussion on the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and transitioning to individual government ownership of HIV/AIDS efforts. They argue that this requires further local health system strengthening "of Marshall Plan proportions," stating, "to sustain care, countries are better served by a rapid scale-up in public-sector health system strengthening.

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