The Washington State Pharmacy Association (WSPA) announced its 2013 awards winners, who underscore WSPA’s commitment to the quality of care. The winners were acknowledged at the Awards of Distinction luncheon, November 9, 2013 at the Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound, Washington.
Disease burden estimates vary, sometimes greatly, depending on who is providing the estimate. On November 15th, two UW Department of Global Health START students and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation staff presented their recent work to unpack the drivers of the differences in the global disease burden estimates for pneumonia and diarrhea.
Call for Abstracts: Posters and Presentations
Submission Deadline: December 15, 2013 (we will notify submitters of their status by February 1, 2014).
October 29, 2013
The WRIHC Student Committee, the University of Washington (UW) Chapter of GlobeMed, and the UW Department of Global Health present the 11th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference (WRIHC):
Uncensored: Gender, Sexuality, and Social Movements in Global Health
Events will take place at the University of Washington (UW) Husky Union Building (HUB) in Seattle, WA, April 4-6 2014.
"Even as medical researchers are making advances and poorer countries are reducing their rates of infections, people in developed nations have grown complacent and allowed gonorrhea, syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases to spread again, an expert warns.
Speaking Wednesday to scientists gathered in Toronto for the country’s foremost science honour, the Gairdner Awards, Dr. King Holmes spoke of the need to remain vigilant as he gave fellow researchers a global picture of the fight against AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections.
The UW/FHCRC Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Developmental Core is delighted to announce this year’s New Investigator Awards.
The Department of Global Health is working with the UW in the High School (UWHS) program to offer Global Health 101: Introduction to Global Health, to high school students as early as the 2014-15 school year. Global Health will be the first Department in the University of Washington (UW) Health Sciences Schools to offer one of their courses to Washington high school students under this program. UWHS courses are taught by high school teachers, and students receive recognition for their work at most public institutions and many private ones.
The Washington Global Health Alliance will honor King K. Holmes, MD, PhD, William H. Foege Chair of Global Health at the University of Washington, with its first annual Award for Impact at “Party for the Health of It,” Nov. 9, 2013. Dr. Holmes receives this inaugural award because of his lifelong commitment to collaboration and mentorship. Hundreds of global health researchers and professionals have been mentored by Dr. Holmes since his start at the University of Washington in 1969.