We write to announce that Dr. King K. Holmes, William H. Foege Professor and Chair of the UW Department of Global Health, has decided to step down as chair next year. He will continue to serve as chair until his successor has assumed the chair position. Thereafter, King will continue as an active member of the Department of Global Health faculty.
Randall Kyes, Research Professor in Psychology and Adjunct in Global Health, Director of the Center for Global Field Study, and Core Scientist at the WaNPRC, was recently awarded a grant as a Fulbright Specialist. Kyes will travel to Indonesia at the end of June for one-month program that involves giving lectures and conducting short training programs focusing on “Conservation Biology & Global health - at the Human-Environment Interface.” During the program, Kyes will work with colleagues at the University of Indonesia in Java; Hasanuddin University
Amy Hagopian, PhD was appointed to serve on the Publications Board of the American Public Health Association (APHA). The appointment is a three-year term, beginning in 2013.
The Fogarty International Center's HIV Research Training Program is issuing 22 awards, including one to UW Global Health's own Dr. Carey Farquhar. Dr.
We are pleased to note that three faculty members of the University of Washington have key leadership positions in Health Leadership International(HLI), Seattle. HLI Seattle is an all volunteer, Seattle-based NGO providing medical education and building health system capacity in the Lao PDR.
The University of Washington School of Public Health honored students, faculty and staff with 2013 awards including four outstanding members of the Department of Global Health. Congratulations and thank you for your exemplary work and dedication!
Outstanding Staff - Global Health
Josh Apfel
Outstanding Faculty Mentor
Dr. Jared Baeten, MD, PhD
Outstanding Master’s Students - Global Health
Sam Masters
Atul Gawande's most recent article in The New Yorker, Slow Ideas, examines barriers to the spread of good medical technology, and it highlights the work of University of Washington student analysts from the Strategic Analysis Research and Training (START) program. START is a collaboration between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the University of Washington that allows students to provide analysis and research to the Foundation. Gawande's article mentioned START's comparative case studies
Researchers led by Jerry Cangelosi (DEOHS, Epi, GH) were awarded a commercialization grant for a health care diagnostic tool. They are developing a product that can detect whether the bacteria present is capable of turning into a serious infection -- key to knowing how to treat hospital-acquired infections. These are infections that patients acquire during the course of receiving treatment for other conditions. The current test used takes one to four days to yield results. The new one will take a mere four to six hours.
King K. Holmes, UW professor of global health and medicine and chair of the Department of Global Health, is the recipient of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) 2013 Alexander Fleming Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award recognizes Holmes’ career in research on the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STI), and other infectious disease. The award honors Holmes for his major contributions to the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge about infectious diseases.