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Connie Celum Honored with Achievement Award

In recognition of her contributions to science, Dr. Connie Celum, UW professor of global health and medicine and adjunct professor of epidemiology, was selected for the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association (ASTDA) Achievement Award.  The award was given July 13 at the 19th International Society for STD Research conference in Quebec City, Canada.

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Congrats to I-TECH:

UW releases official news of I-TECH's five-year cooperative agreement of up to $300 million for health training in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean.

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Foege Admiration Society:

Bill Foege has a new book out, "House on Fire," and Humanosphere's Tom Paulson has a photo of Melinda Gates holding the book at a reception for the Gates' new headquarters building.

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Can Seattle Save the World?

KPLU-Humanosphere’s event April 26 at Seattle Town Hall was clearly a huge hit, drawing in an estimated 700 people. Humanosphere blogger Tom Paulson summarized some of the more memorable comments from the four panelists: We all “tolerate poverty” — because our lives are subsidized by the suffering of others, said Bill Foege (Gates Foundation) (paraphrasing MLK).

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Namibia Pharmacy:

The Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services recently took an important step toward reducing the severe shortage of pharmacists (fewer than 200 for a country of 2 million). Thanks in part to a collaboration with the University of Washington, Namibia opened the country’s first-ever pharmacy degree program at the University of Namibia (UNAM), located in the capital city of Windhoek.

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Nairobi Delegation:

As part of a $9.5 million, five-year U.S. grant to the University of Nairobi to expand medical students’ education to 12 peripheral sites in Kenya, a delegation from Nairobi toured UW medical sites in Spokane and Boise. A contingent from Nairobi came to the region May 12-20 for a deep dive into the WWAMI Program, a 40-year-old partnership of the UW School of Medicine and Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho.

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Millennialls Do It Again:

More than 1,000 young people packed McCaw Hall June 17 to party with a purpose. They raised more than $35,000 for the Infectious Disease Research Institute, which has developed rapid TB tests for use in Haiti. UW showcased the work of global health researcher Tom Hawn, MD, PhD, and fellow researchers at UW who are studying the macrophage (the cells where TB invades and lives in) and the phagosome (a special compartment in the macrophage designed to kill things) to determine why some people are immune to TB and others are not.

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Diploma Course in Tropical Medicine in Africa Accepting Applications Now!

The Department is now accepting applications from currently licensed physicians and qualified physician assistants and nurse practitioners for the first Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene course taught in Africa (Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda) from Sept. 19-Dec. 16, 2011. This 12-week course has been designed in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Makerere University in Uganda, and Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College in Tanzania.

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Foege Admiration Society

Bill Foege has a new book out, "House on Fire," and Humanosphere's Tom Paulson has a photo of Melinda Gates holding the book at a reception for the Gates' new headquarters building.

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