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Alumni Spotlight Beatriz Thomé MPH in Global Health
July 26, 2021 | Department News

Alumni Spotlight: The Storied Career of Beatriz Thomé (MPH '10)

Over the last two decades, Beatriz Thomé, MD, MPH, PhD, has worked as a pediatrician, research manager, university lecturer, and monitoring & evaluation specialist in countries as geographically disperse as Mozambique, Switzerland, and her native Brazil. When asked what’s the thread that ties together her wide-ranging career in public health, global health, and medicine, Thomé responds with a simple question: How can I contribute?

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COVID-19 Lit Rep COVID-19 Literature Situation Report Brandon Guthrie Jennifer Ross
June 28, 2021 | Department News

After More Than 330 Daily Summaries, the COVID-19 Literature Situation Report Comes to an End

For nearly seventeen months, the COVID-19 Literature Situation Report provided up-to-date information to the public health community about scientific evidence relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic. After more than 330 daily summaries, the project – a partnership between the Washington Department of Health (WA DOH) and University of Washington Department of Global Health (DGH) – ended on June 15, 2021.

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HIV Prevention HIV Research Connie Celum Nelly Mugo
June 22, 2021 | Department News

Global Health Researchers Receive $122 Million to Study Monthly HIV Pill

Global health researchers at the University of Washington have received a $122 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to test the effectiveness of the candidate drug islatravir, a once-a-month oral pill to prevent HIV.

The five-year grant will support the implementation of a Phase 3, randomized trial of islatravir, among women, in seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Islatravir is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase translocation inhibitor in development by Merck for the treatment and prevention of HIV-1 infection.

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Class of 2021 Graduation Celebration Graduation 2021
June 10, 2021 | Department News

After a Year Like No Other, the Department of Global Health Celebrates the Graduating Class of 2021

On Friday, June 11, the Department of Global Health (DGH) honored the Class of 2021 with a virtual graduation celebration. During the annual event, the 14th since the department was founded in 2007, speakers acknowledged the unique challenges and opportunities of the previous year, particularly for students entering the field of global health. 

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Lee Ann Campbell Interdisciplinary Pathobiology Program Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award
June 07, 2021 | Department News

Lee Ann Campbell Honored for Outstanding Graduate Mentoring

When Ana Gervassi went into panic mode forty-five minutes before the General Examinations for her doctoral degree, there was only one thing she could think to do. She went to the office of her faculty mentor, Lee Ann Campbell, a professor of global health and the director of the Interdisciplinary Pathobiology Program at the University of Washington.

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Anya Nartker Outstanding Staff
June 04, 2021 | Department News

Online Education Manager Anya Nartker Receives Outstanding Staff Award

Online education manager Anya Nartker has been selected to receive the 2021 University of Washington Department of Global Health (DGH) Outstanding Staff Award. In further recognition of her instrumental contributions to the success of DGH during a year like no other, Anya also received the UW School of Public Health (SPH) Anderson-O’Connell Award for Outstanding Staff Service, presented at the virtual SPH Awards of Excellence ceremony on June 2, 2021. 

Photo collage of outstanding global health student award winners. Clockwise from top left: Dr. Elizabeth Irungu, Veronica Angali Davé, Alyssa Hummel, Saida Mahamud Tukri
Omenn Award Elizabeth Irungu Alyssa Hummel Veronica Angali Davé Saida Mahamud Tukri
June 02, 2021 | Department News

Meet the 2021 Global Health Outstanding Student Award Winners

Every year, the University of Washington Department of Global Health (DGH) honors three exceptional graduate students who demonstrate a strong commitment to the field of global health. In addition to these departmental honorees, DGH nominates two candidates to the Gilbert S. Omenn Award, the School of Public Health’s most prestigious recognition for students. Awardees and nominees are selected based on a combination of academic excellence, impactful interdisciplinary research, and collaborations with local and global partners.

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Alumni Spotlight Dr. Jay Kravitz
May 26, 2021 | Department News

Remembering Jay Kravitz, One of the First Graduates of the International Health MPH Program

Dr. Jay Kravitz was passionate about pitching in. His understated but unrelenting commitment to caring for others fueled a prolific five-decade career in medicine and public health that led Dr. Kravitz around the world – to Ethiopia in famine, to the Thai-Cambodia border during the Khmer Rouge campaign, to Mexico City after an earthquake, and to Lesotho during the AIDS epidemic.

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