September 26, 2023 | Department News
DGH Proudly Welcomes 53 New Graduate Students Into Our Community
This fall, the Department of Global Health is proud to welcome 53 new graduate students into our community.
This fall, the Department of Global Health is proud to welcome 53 new graduate students into our community.
In March of 2021, Horacio Chacon Torrico arrived in Seattle to begin his second year of graduate studies at the University of Washington School of Public Health, after having completed the first two quarters remotely from his home in Lima, Peru. Within no more than a week of arriving, he received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. But as he scrolled through his Facebook feed, he saw posts from friends in Peru who grieved their lost loved ones from the pandemic. Chacon Torrico felt guilt at having so easily received his vaccine, when so many from his home country were suffering.