Congratulations to Associate Professor Jared Baeten, MD, PhD, who was awarded Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health/ Pfizer Young Investigator Research Award.
Researchers from four universities, including University of Washington, conducted the first population-based survey since 2006 to estimate war-related deaths in Iraq and the first to cover the full-time span of the conflict.
All told, the researchers estimate nearly a half million people died from causes that could be attributed to the war. Their results were published Oct. 15 in the open access journal PLOS Medicine.
Dr. Ana Langer, the keynote speaker for the Washington Global Health Alliance Discovery Series, 5 p.m. Nov. 7, 2013, at the Husky Union Building (HUB) North Ballroom, is respected worldwide as a leader in using research findings to influence policy and improve the overall quality of health care for women and families.
Dr. Langer, a physician specializing in pediatrics and neonatology, leads the Women and Health Initiative at Harvard, and for the past 25 years, she has been a leading researcher and advocate for the improvement of women’s health.
In honor of International Day of the Girl, we're spotlighting the stories of girls in Rwanda, as told by them through digital storytelling. The girls' digital stories are now available online, this one features Agnes and her story of caring for her siblings and starting a small business. After Agnes' father died, her mother had trouble caring for her and her four siblings. View her digital story
Congratulations to Global Health faculty and staff honored through the University Awards of Excellence!
Got an idea on how to alleviate health disparities? Apply to the Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition by Nov. 12!
The deadline for this winter’s Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) is fast-approaching -- one month away!
The Department of Global Health is pleased to announce the upcoming symposium on Global Health for Women, Children and Adolescents on Thursday, November 7, 2013. The Symposium features a full afternoon of speakers and interactive events including a special section for local High School students interested in global health. Please join us!
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Global WACh and the Program for Education and Research in Latin American (PERLA) are pleased to announce a call for abstracts regarding woman, child, and adolescent health research, service, training projects and programs. Select abstracts will be invited to deliver poster or oral presentations at the Global WACh and PERLA Symposium: “Global Health for Women, Children and Adolescents: Making a Difference Across the Lifespan” on Thursday, November 7th, 2013.
Congratulations to Gabrielle O’Malley, PhD, Tom Perdue, MPH and Francie Petracca, PhD on the publication of their article on Training Evaluation Framework and Tools (TEFT) in the journal, Human Resources for Health.
We write to announce that Dr. King K. Holmes, William H. Foege Professor and Chair of the UW Department of Global Health, has decided to step down as chair next year. He will continue to serve as chair until his successor has assumed the chair position. Thereafter, King will continue as an active member of the Department of Global Health faculty.