Faculty member Aaron Katz's passion is researching health care markets, policy and outcomes. "Do people get the care they need at the time they need it for an affordable price?" he asks in the latest SPH Close Up. Katz is an Adjunct Principal Lecturer of Global Health in addition to his appointment as Principle Lecturer of Health Services.
By Marc Silver
A woman finds a lump in her breast.
And for a long time, she doesn't tell anybody. Not her family. And not her doctor.
That happens all too often in low- and lower-middle-income countries, says Dr. Ben Anderson, a surgical oncologist who is the director of the Breast Health Global Initiative at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
By Indra Ekmanis and Sara Stubbs, Cross-posted from the UW Office of Global Affairs
By Victor Balta
Continuing a recent string of noteworthy accolades, the University of Washington held its place at No. 5 in the world on the National Taiwan University Ranking of Scientific Papers, which was released Friday. The ranking is based on performance of scientific papers in three major categories — research productivity, research impact and research excellence.
By Nancy Joseph
When Matthew Novak set foot on Tinjil Island in Indonesia this summer, it was a homecoming of sorts. Twenty years ago, Novak (BS, PhD, Psychology, 1993, 2002) participated in a month-long field study program on the remote island as a UW graduate student. He returned this year as a professor, along with four of his Central Oregon Community College students.
By Kate Pfizenmaier, SCOPE Program Manager
Strengthening Care Opportunities through Partnership in Ethiopia (SCOPE), a program in the Department of Global Health, empowers religious leaders to be health advocates in their communities. One way SCOPE does this is by encouraging Ethiopian priests to educate people at holy water sites on the importance of HIV testing, counseling, and treatment.
By Sarah Kaplan
One-year-old Mishka has spent nearly all her life in the water. But fires burning miles away are threatening her health.
The young sea otter, a resident of the Seattle Aquarium, was diagnosed with asthma after inhaling smoke from this summer’s vicious wildfires, according to the aquarium.
By Molly Brown
Stanford. MIT. Harvard. The top three most innovative universities are predictable enough, but there’s a nice surprise at No. 4 — the University of Washington.
Reuters posted its ranking of the world’s most innovative universities, and UW outranked other highly respected institutions around the globe to stand among the elite top 10.
By Annie Zak
It's well-known that Seattle is home to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, PATH, the Infectious Disease Research Institute and others.
But a new report from the Washington Global Health Alliance shows just how massive Washington state's impact on the global health sector really is.