Patience Komba, a Doctor of Global Health (DrGH) candidate in the Department of Global Health, describes her experience navigating Hurricane Beryl in Jamaica this summer.

The prevalence of diabetes is growing worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries that already experience a serious burden of infectious diseases. Understanding how to support health care systems in these countries to improve diabetes diagnosis, treatment and prevention is a question Amanda Brumwell has been researching. 

The University of Washington School of Public Health (UW SPH) is pleased to announce faculty taking on new leadership appointments starting in the 2024-2025 academic year. These leadership roles support our shared work of solving the greatest public health challenges and co-creating health equity with communities in our region and the world.

Join us for the 2024-25 Global Mental Health Speaker Series. The first lecture of this six-part series will take place on October 15, 2024 from 11:30am-1:00pm PT. Staff, faculty, and students from all disciplines are welcome to attend this lunch & learn-style event. Expert-led talks will cover a wide range of topics including youth incarceration, indigenous mental health, and caring for caregivers.

We connected with Dr. Connie Celum, professor at the University of Washington Schools of Public Health and Medicine, to learn more about current challenges in HIV/STI prevention, and gain insight into the inspiration behind her doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (doxy-PEP) research and thoughts on offering it to cis-gender women in the US at higher risk of STI acquisition.

The Washington Post analyzed the risks of a prolonged, citywide blackout coinciding with a more severe heat wave. Experts warn this type of catastrophe — a combined power outage with a heat wave — is a scenario that cities and states are unprepared for.

Florida illustrates how the politicization of climate change has thwarted efforts to tackle the problem. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

As heat waves become more frequent and intense, researchers and activists say the lack of precise data is leading to needless fatalities. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.

Over 47,000 people died in Europe last year due to heat, a new report published Monday in Nature Medicine estimates. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at UW, is quoted.

The Glendale Forest near South Park is an example of the types of urban places becoming more important as climate warming continues. A study from the UW is referenced, and Dr. Jeremy Hess, professor of global health, of emergency medicine and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted.