July 11, 2019 | Department News
What I Learned as a UW Global Health Teacher This Year
By Todd Faubion - Faculty Director for Undergraduate Programs, Global Health
June 28, 2019 | Department News
Global Health Faculty Members Receive WGHA Awards
Dr. Benjamin Anderson and Dr. Jillian Pintye were both recently recognized by the Washington Global Health Alliance (WGHA) with a pair of awards. Winners were selected by a panel of global health experts chaired by Erin McCarthy, senior program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and WGHA board member. Anderson, a professor of Global Health, earned the Pioneers Award for Impact. Pintye, an Assistant Professor Global Health, received the Pioneers Rising Leader honor.
June 28, 2019 | Health News
A Climate-focused Presidential Debate? Here’s What Moderators Should Ask
Jay Inslee, the governor of Washington state, has said climate change is the “driving motivation” for his presidential campaign; some of his opponents agree, particularly after an April CNN/SSRS poll found that 82 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters described the issue as “very important.” One of these candidates will face off in the general election against a president who ran on the assurance that “I believe in clean air. Immaculate air.
June 28, 2019 | Health News
BMJ Editorial: Protect the Independence of Global Health Research
Seven University of Washington faculty members recently joined more than 200 researchers from 40 different countries in a call to action to protect the independence and integrity of global health research. The editorial, published in the most recent issue of BMJ Global Health, highlights the pervasiveness of donor and NGO influence on program evaluation findings and dissemination.
June 25, 2019 | Health News
They Thought This HIV Strategy Couldn't Work. But It Did
In high-income countries like the U.S., the standard of care for people infected by HIV is to provide antiretroviral pills when the virus is found, even when there are no symptoms of AIDS. The strategy staves off the disease and has a second – big – benefit. It's been shown to prevent the spread of HIV in sexual encounters. It's called "treatment as prevention" (TasP in medical jargon), or "test and treat."
But in low-income countries, "test and treat" is not the typical approach to prevention. There's been no research to support it.
June 18, 2019 | Department News
Global Health Professor Receives Grant to Study Effectiveness of Doxycycline to Reduce STIs
A recently awarded grant will allow Connie Celum, a University of Washington professor of Global Health and Medicine, to evaluate whether doxycycline—an antibiotic commonly used to treat acne and Lyme disease—is safe and effective in reducing bacterial sexually transmitted infections. The study focuses on men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) living with HIV and taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a daily pill used to prevent HIV.
June 13, 2019 | Health News
Depo-Provera, an Injectable Contraceptive, Does Not Raise H.I.V. Risk
By Donald G. McNeil Jr., The New York Times
The hormone shot — popular among African women who must use birth control in secret — is as safe as other methods, scientists reported.
For decades, many African women in need of birth control they could use in secret have relied on intramuscular hormone injections that prevent pregnancy for three months.
June 12, 2019 | Department News
Department of Global Health Graduates Largest Class Ever
Wednesday, June 12, 2019 marked the 12th Department of Global Health graduation since the department’s founding in 2007. This year’s celebration saw a record number of students, as 74 students received their degrees, up from last year’s total of 56. Of the 74 graduates in the Class of 2019, 62 received Masters in Public Health and 12 earned PhDs in Global Health Implementation Science, Global Health Metrics, or Pathobiology.
June 11, 2019 | Department News
Thousands of US Deaths Could be Avoided if Global Heating is Curbed, Study Finds
by Oliver Milman, The Guardian
Deaths are predicted for any year that was the warmest for 30 years, a dire scenario that would be avoided if the world stuck to Paris climate agreement
Thousands of heat-related deaths in major US cities could be avoided if rising global temperatures are curbed, new research has found.
June 05, 2019 | Department News
Alumni Profile: Mina Halpern, MPH 2006
Mina Halpern’s interest in global health issues began when she worked as a peer educator at Planned Parenthood while attending high school in Olympia. She says this experience sparked a passion for the field of HIV, eventually leading her to the University of Washington, where she graduated with a Master’s in Public Health in 2006.