Dengue fever, a potentially fatal virus spread by mosquitoes, is sweeping across the Americas, breaking records with a skyrocketing rate of infections.
A report published this month in The Lancet focuses on a global concern: premature death. It argues, optimistically, that countries can cut their populations’ risk of premature death in half by 2050, if they choose. A UW Medicine coauthor gives context to data showing poor U.S. progress on the metric, relative to other nations’ rates.
The prevalence of diabetes is growing worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries that already experience a serious burden of infectious diseases. Understanding how to support health care systems in these countries to improve diabetes diagnosis, treatment and prevention is a question Amanda Brumwell has been researching.
We connected with Dr. Connie Celum, professor at the University of Washington Schools of Public Health and Medicine, to learn more about current challenges in HIV/STI prevention, and gain insight into the inspiration behind her doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxy-PEP) research and thoughts on offering it to cis-gender women in the US at higher risk of STI acquisition.
Every year, the Department of Global Health offers funding and fellowships to graduate and professional students at the University of Washington to help support in-depth fieldwork experiences in global health.
To learn how mentors work in the context of global health research, Fogarty asked nine accomplished principal investigators about their experiences both as mentors and mentees. Read Carey Farquhar, Professor of Global Health, response.
To learn how mentors work in the context of global health research, Fogarty asked nine accomplished principal investigators about their experiences both as mentors and mentees. Read Grace John-Stewart, Professor of Global Health, response.
Congratulations three students who were named to the Husky 100 - Patience Komba, Doctor of Global Health Leadership and Practice (DrGH), Sandra Urusaro, MPH, Global Health; Graduate Certificate in Global Health of Women, Adolescents, and Children, and DGH Communications student assistant, undergraduate Sophie Li, BS, Public Health – Global Health.
The purpose of the Husky 100 program is to recognize the outstanding work and achievements of students who are making the most of their Husky Experience.
Dr Seye Abimbola is a health systems researcher and one of the world's leading scholars and voices on decolonizing global health. His first exposure to social determinants of health came during his mother’s midwifery work which he witnessed during childhood. He continued to see inequity in health while working at the Nigeria Ministry of Health where he observed a disconnect between those in power understanding the needs of the community being served.
With funding from the John E. Fogarty International Center and National Institutes of Health (NIH FIC), a landscape architect and architect will receive one-year research training scholarships to improve the wellbeing of people living with dementia in Peru. These scholarships will go to one Peruvian and one American built environment designer, who will be mentored by Dr.