Dr. Zied Mhirsi, who received his MPH from UW, is living in Tunisia and was quoted in a New York Times story on the recent violence. He also recorded a YouTube video to "tell some friends about the sequence of events that took place during the last month, leading to the first democratic revolution in the Arab world."
UW announced a series of new UW policies governing international travel, which became effective Jan. 1. They include an emergency number, requirements for mandatory insurance, and a travel registry. Additional information is available at the travel emergency webpage of the Office of Global Affairs
A rap about Dr. Wes Van Voorhis' lab in the UW Department of Medicine, where they do research on drug development for infectious diseases.Van Voorhis is an Adjunct Prof. of Global Health and Microbiology.
Thanks to everyone who participated in Global Health Week Feb. 28-March 4. We promoted more than 20 events in five days (22 for those who are counting). And for all those who missed Global Health Trivia night, see the coverage in Humanosphere! (Emcee Stephen Gloyd has a new career as game show host).
Each winter quarter, the University of Washington's Department of Global Health and Treatment Research and Expert Education (TREE) offers the graduate-level course GH573: Clinical Management of HIV to groups of practicing clinicians in resource-limited settings. The 2011 course, which concluded on March 31, was offered at 33 sites in 22 countries in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia.
The UW Graduate Certificate Program in International Development provides students from diverse disciplines with an understanding of the dynamics of development, and the skills necessary to work collaboratively. The program provides UW graduate students with an academic foundation for understanding the challenges of international development, poverty alleviation, and long-term solutions for communities worldwide. Application deadline: April 15