Biraj Karmacharya named 2024 Alumni of Impact Awardee for the UW School of Public Health

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Biraj Karmacharya, a public health leader in Nepal, has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the Alumni of Impact Award. Karmacharya studied at the UW School of Public Health as a Nepal Fulbright scholar and received two SPH degrees: a Ph.D. in Epidemiology and an MPH in Global Health. He is also an affiliate associate professor in the Department of Global Health and was the founding co-director of Nepal Studies Initiative at the Jackson School of International Studies at the UW.   

UW SPH’s Connie Celum receives the 2024 ASPPH Research Excellence Award

UW School of Public Health

Dr. Connie Celum, professor at the University of Washington Schools of Public Health and Medicine, is the recipient of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health’s (ASPPH) 2024 Research Excellence Award. ASPPH awards honor individuals who exhibit excellence in education, research, practice, student services, and exceptional community engagement. The awardees will be recognized at the Annual ASPPH Meeting Awards Luncheon on March 21 in Arlington, VA.

MPH student Keeley Ffrench on social prescribing to improve the health impacts caused by loneliness and isolation

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For her practicum, Keeley Ffrench, a Master of Public Health student in Global Health at the University of Washington School of Public Health, worked with the Vancouver Island Social Prescribing Community of Practice. Their goals were to scale up a social prescribing pilot project using evidence-based interventions implemented elsewhere in Canada through outreach, promotion and education. 

Neglected Tropical Disease Day: How a DGH study is making strides towards STH elimination

Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are a group of 20 conditions, such as dengue, leprosy, and intestinal worms. NTDs affect over 1 billion people globally, and are associated with devastating health, social, and economic outcomes including permanent disability and impoverishment. The World Health Organization (WHO) aims to mobilize political will, community commitment, resources, and action needed to end unnecessary suffering from NTDs and shed light on the strides made in combating NTDs. As such, several NTDs are targeted for control for elimination by 2030.

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BIPOC Individuals Bear Greater Post-COVID Burdens

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A study investigating the longer-term impacts of acute COVID-19 infection across ethnic and racial groups reports that BIPOC individuals who were infected with COVID-19 experienced greater negative aftereffects in health and work loss than did similarly infected white participants.

Dr. Kelli O’Laughlin, associate professor of global health and of emergency medicine, is the lead author.

Meet the 2023-24 DGH Research Assistants, Fellows, and Awardees

Each year the UW Department of Global Health is able to provide partial to full funding to recruit top applicants. In addition to financial support, some recipients also receive mentorship and real-world experience through research assistant positions. For the 2023-24 academic year, 22 outstanding graduate students received funding to support their studies, 21 of whom are highlighted here. Learn more about this impressive cohort, including their journeys to arrive at UW and the impact they hope to have on the field of global health.

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