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  • Undergraduate Research Symposium Friday

    The 15th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held this Friday, May 18, 2012, in the Mary Gates Hall Commons from 12- 5:30 p.m. This year, for the first time, there is a global health category. Of the 24 students presenting their global health research and projects, 16 are enrolled in the Global Health Minor. In 2011, more than 900 undergraduates participated in the Symposium, with more than 3,500 people attending. This event is open to the entire campus community. We hope to see you there!

  • Deepa Rao Wins Fulbright

    Deepa Rao, PhD, a clinical psychologist and research assistant professor in the Department of Global Health, has received a Fulbright Nehru Senior Award to fund four months of travel in India to study the effectiveness of psychosocial initiatives to empower vulnerable women.
    Rao said she intends to travel in January 2013 to interview women who enter social and counseling programs mainly due to domestic problems and will then travel a year later to follow up on their progress.
    “My career aspiration is to improve the quality of life of women from vulnerable populations, both within and outside of the United States,” Rao wrote in her Fulbright application. “

  • FDA To Rule on HIV Drug by June 15

    The FDA’s Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee (ADAC) voted by a majority of 19 to 3 in favor of recommending the HIV drug Truvada as PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) for men who have sex with men, and by 19 to 2 with one abstention for an approval for use by the HIV-negative partner in serodiscordant couples. There was a closer vote, however, when it came to recommending its use generally in individuals: 12 to 8, with two abstentions, voted for a general recommendation for any person at risk of HIV. A final decision is expected by June 15. The UW's International Clinical Research Center conducted a Phase III, multi-site, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of tenofovir and emtricitabine/tenofovir for pre-exposure prophylaxis to reduce HIV acquisition among HIV uninfected partners in HIV discordant couples.

  • Global Health Week Another Success

    Global Health Week May 7-11  was well-attended by many students across disciplines and majors. More than a dozen organizations were  part of the "Futures in Global Health Day - Career Fair." The "Working Globally, Locally Career Panel" following the Career Fair was moderated by Dr. King Holmes; panelists  Adam Taylor from the Global to Local Initiative at King County Public Health, Risho Sapano from Refugee Women's Alliance, Jaime Garcia from Consejo, and Christine Mattfeld from Seattle Public schools, shared their diverse experience working with immigrant, refugees, and underserved populations in Seattle.
    We also had the great opportunity to listen to Dr. Keith P. Klugman's talk on "Influenza and the Pneumococcus: a Deadly Synergism" and Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta's lecture on "Social Determinants and the Impact of Community Based Approaches on Maternal and Newborn Health." The film screening of "We Were Here" was another success and the discussion led by Dr. Robert Wood, former director of the HIV/AIDS Program of Public Health - Seattle & King County, was incredibly eye opening and highlighted the need to shift our attention to the issue of HIV here in Seattle.
    Our final career development panel, "Job Search Tips," was led by Assistant Director of the Career Center at UW Briana Keller with panelists iPatricia Breen from UW Medicine, William Smith from Lifelong AIDS Alliance, and Andre Nellams from the Infectious Disease Research Institute. For a list of job search tips, go here.
    Thank you to the organizations, panelists, moderators, audience, Global Health Resource Center staff, and MSW student Annya Pintak who coordinated the week.

  • Asst. Prof. Joseph Babigumira Profiled

    As a Ugandan physician doing HIV work in Uganda for his master's degree, Babigumira learned that his driver's sister had gone into septic shock. An unsafe, illegal abortion was to blame. Four days later, the driver's sister was dead. Babigumira attended the funeral services and began to ponder the health and economic impacts of unsafe and usually unsanitary abortions.  The subject later became the basis for his dissertation at the University of Washington.

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Funding and Other Opportunities

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  • Microryza

    Microryza, a group of former UW researchers is changing the way science is funded by bringing the power of the crowd into the lab. Through Microryza, anyone can donate directly to researchers and scientists working on ideas they care about. It’s simple: users discover new research projects, back it with a donation, then connect with those researchers through real-time, rich-media updates.
    Microryza plans to release the next group of projects on May 30th and is always taking applications on a rolling basis. Submit an application online or e-mail: cindy@microryza.com. You can even send a current or rejected grant proposal. If you need help filming a video (if you're at UW) Microryza will be filming Wednesday 4/25 and Thursday 4/26, so get in touch with them ASAP.

    May 31
  • Exploration Seminar Fall 2012: Study Abroad Program in London, England

    Under the direction of an African American professor and a Black British senior lecturer, both with expertise in health, race, society and popular culture, this highly interactive study abroad seminar addresses various aspects the National Health Service and well-being. Factors such the biological and social construction of “race” with concepts of ethnicity and class are explored in conjunction with anti-immigration laws; development of China-towns; urban riots; Muslim fundamentalism, Islamophobia, asylum seeking, youth gangs and skin-heads are explored. In addition, aspects of multiculturalism, assimilation and acculturation which influence the individual, family, community, and the society are addressed. Email Clarence Spigner, MPH, DrPH, at cspigner@uw.edu if you have questions.

    **Application deadline will be open until filled with 25 confirmed applicants**

    August 11
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