Headshot of Patricia Pavlinac
faculty START Center
October 20, 2025 | Department News

START Faculty Spotlight: Patricia Pavlinac

For Dr. Patricia Pavlinac, a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington, her career path has been anything but linear. Driven by an innate curiosity and a keen eye for opportunity, Dr. Pavlinac has carved out a distinguished career focused on understanding and combating complex global health challenges, particularly diarrheal diseases. 

Group photo of START retreat attendees standing on a dock.
START Center
October 03, 2025 | Department News

START Kicks Off Academic Year With 13th Annual 2-Day Retreat

START held its 13th annual retreat on September 20 – 21, 2025 at Semiahmoo Resort in Blaine, WA. This two-day retreat is an opportunity for the Center to come together and re-establish their values, have dedicated time toward team-building, go over specific resources and skills that lead to success in START work, and to welcome the new START Research Assistants (RAs) and Global Innovation Fellow (GIF) joining the center for the 2025 – 2026 academic year.

AIDS 2018 22nd International AIDS Conference I-TECH Global WACh START Center ICRC Center for Aids Research (CFAR)
August 15, 2018 | Department News

UW Students, Faculty Break Barriers and Build Bridges at the AIDS 2018 Conference

More than 30 UW researchers participated in the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018) — the world’s largest global gathering on HIV and AIDS — to share ground-breaking science aimed at helping to address the most pressing challenges in HIV/AIDS. The conference offered an important opportunity to strengthen policies and programs around the world that ensure an evidence-based response to the epidemic.