Upcoming Events

Global Health Minor Community Connections presents: “Baseball in the Time of Cholera.” This documentary is about a Haitian teenager's experience playing on Haiti's first Little League baseball team as well as the Haitian lawyer who was making a case against the UN for its responsibility in the recent outbreak of cholera in Haiti.
The post-film discussion will be facilitated by Luke Davies, an MPH student who worked in Haiti in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake.

Matthew Sparke, PhD, Professor, Geography and International Studies, as well as Director of the Global Health Minor talks about his new book, "Introducing Globalization: Ties, Tensions, and Uneven Integration." Designed for introductory globalization courses, this book helps students to develop informed opinions about globalization, inviting them to become participants rather than just passive learners.
This event is sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities: 206.543.3920.

The Kenya Research Program presents: Jen Balkus, PhD, MPH, on "Bacterial Vaginosis and the Risk of STIs: A Systematic Review and a Prospective Analysis (works in progress)." As part of her dissertation, Dr. Balkus spent time in Mombasa, Kenya working with Dr. Scott McClelland assessing interventions to improve vaginal health. Her primary research interest is in the intersection between vaginal health and HIV/STI risk. 

"Views on the Pacific: From Backstage to Center-Stage of International Relations" is a University of Washington Tacoma Symposium on the United States’ strategic rebalance toward Asia-Pacific This is then the first in a series of symposia. The evening's featured speakers are: Major General Jeffrey S. Buchanan, Deputy Commanding General, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord; Daniel Malarkey, Deputy Director, Washington State Department of Commerce; Michael Rawding, Founding Principal, Deerhorn Advisors; and Beth Rivin, MD, MPH, Faculty, UW School of Law and Department of Global Health.
Followed by a reception. Event is free, but attendees must register: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/balesbr/201154.

The Department of Global Health, South Asia Center, and the Division of Integrated Care and Public Health present: Vikram Patel, MSc, MRCPsych, PhD, FMedSci, Professor or International Mental Health and Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, along with UW Professors Debra Kaysen, PhD, and Jurgen Unutzer, MD, MPH.
Refreshments will be served during the discussion. For questions contact Deepa Rao: deeparao@uw.edu.

CFAR Sociobehavioral and Prevention Research Core and Public Health-Seattle and King County Brownbag Series presents: Christine Khosropour, MPH, PhDc, on "Challenges and Successes in Recruiting Research Study Participants from an STD Clinic: Evidence from a Behavioral Risk Study of MSM in the Public Health – Seattle and King County STD Clinic." Ms. Khosropour is a second year PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology. Her research focuses on behavioral aspects of HIV and STI prevention among men who have sex with men (MSM).
Snacks provided.

Engineers Without Borders presents: Dr. Bernard Amadei, founder of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), who will talk about the progress that EWB USA has made since its founding and what its current and future role in creating self-sustainable communities in developing countries, including what changes he would like to see for EWB and what roles corporate America and academic institutions should play.
For more information on this event, contact: washington@ewbwestcoast.org.

PERLA (Program in Education and Research in Latin America) presents: Alex Quistberg, PhD, MPH, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, on "Protecting Vulnerable Road Users: Pedestrian Safety and the Built Environment in Lima, Peru." Dr. Quistberg will be discussing his dissertation research on pedestrian safely and the built environment in Lima.

Both speakers will be sharing their impressions of the current situation.