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Martin Luther King Jr. Day message from DGH Leadership
Dear DGH community,
Monday, January 18, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on which we celebrate Dr. King’s legacy as a civil rights leader. His brilliant leadership, advocacy, and nonviolent civil disobedience were instrumental in fighting segregation and promoting the right to vote. His work and commitment to antiracism continue to inspire.
Grace John-Stewart Recognized for Exceptional Public Health Research and Impact
For nearly three decades, Grace John-Stewart, a professor of global health and epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health, has devoted her career to improving HIV prevention and treatment.
A Message to the DGH Community - We are Here to Support You and We Stand with You
Dear DGH community,
We are reaching out in support and solidarity as we reel from recent events. Today, supporters of President Trump violently entered the US Capitol and disrupted the counting of certified electoral votes, encouraged by the President’s false claims of election fraud. The disruption of our democratic process in Washington, DC and the violence we are witnessing are deeply disturbing. We recognize that these scenes may be distressing, especially to members of our community who have lived through coups and civil unrest.
Expanding COVID Testing in Rural and Underserved Communities: RADx-UP study (includes Paul Drain)
Dr. Paul Drain, Associate Professor of Global Health and Medicine, and Dr. Matthew Thompson (Family Medicine) will lead UW’s arm of the RADx-UP program, “Protecting Our Community: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial of Home-based COVID Testing with American Indian and Latino Communities”.
How to Celebrate Holidays Safely During the Pandemic (includes Jared Baeten)
BY EMILY BOYNTON. Right as Rain, UW Medicine
In the Media
Nations Push to Get Covid-19 Vaccine Out Faster in Race Against Virus (includes Sonali Kochhar)
Rising infections and new, highly contagious strains of the coronavirus are pressuring governments to accelerate vaccinations
By Dasl Yoon in Seoul, Rhiannon Hoyle in Sydney and Felicia Schwartz in Tel Aviv, The Wall Street Journal
Rising Temperatures Linked to Poorer Diets for Children, Says Global Study (includes Kristie Ebi)
Long-term temperature increases are associated with decreases in the diversity of children’s diets, according to a study of 100,000 children
Daisy Dunne, Climate Correspondent. The Independent
Rising temperatures are likely linked to poorer diets for children across the world, a new study suggests.
Opinion: Specialists Back Single-Dose Vaccine Strategy for COVID-19 (includes Ruanne Barnabas)
Even partial protection of one dose could be enough to slow the spread of the virus, the UW Medicine researchers argue in a paper.
MEDIA CONTACT: Susan Gregg - 206.616.6730, sghanson@uw.edu
Giving one dose of the COVID-19 vaccines currently approved in the United States could curtail the spread of the SARS-CoV-19 in the community more quickly than the recommended two doses, say two vaccine experts at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
Opinion: It’s Time for a National Dialogue on Reparations (includes Ahoua Kone)
By Helen Taylor, Bobby Righi and Jonis Davis, Special to The Seattle Times
UW Medicine Researchers Conducting Phase 3 Trial of Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine (quotes Scott McClelland)
By Brian Flores, Q13 FOX
SEATTLE - The race to develop and administer a COVID-19 vaccine continues. It comes as scientists are predicting an increase in COVID cases from the holidays.
The glimmer of hope, however, comes in the form of these vaccines. Pfizer and Moderna's versions are being rolled out to healthcare workers and people 65-years-old and older, but Maryland-based Novavax is currently conducting its Phase III trial on their COVID-19 vaccine.