May 18, 2018 | Department News
University of Washington organizations, partners to hold panel on police violence
MEDIA ADVISORY, 17 May 2018
May 15, 2018 | Department News
Four UW Faculty Tapped for UN Climate Assessment
By Rebecca Andrews / The Daily UW
The UW has been a leader in research for many years with projects ranging from the Earth’s core to the stars, spanning all seven continents and all five oceans. It receives over $160 million annually to conduct its research on climate, ecology, natural resource management, marine science, earth science, and space. Research and accurate reporting is vital to understanding the world and the climate as it is rapidly changing, and the effects this will have on daily lives.
May 15, 2018 | Department News
The mCUBE Study, Funded by Grand Challenges Explorations, Seeks to Understand Women’s Contraceptive Preferences And Behaviors in Kenya
By Alison Drake and Claire Rothschild / Global WACh
May 04, 2018 | Department News
Annual School of Public Health Awards of Excellence
GILBERT S. OMENN AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Katrin Fabian
MPH Student, Global Health
May 03, 2018 | Department News
Population Health Initiative Recognizes Its Second Anniversary with Release of Community Report
Dear Friends:
Two years ago, we launched the Population Health Initiative with the goal of bringing our University together with external partners in a more interdisciplinary and collaborative way to speed progress toward improving health and well-being here and around the world. Our vision is grand in scale, but our work proceeds in the knowledge that ultimately, it is the health of communities — and the people in them — that matters.
May 02, 2018 | Department News
Hilary Godwin Named Dean of The School of Public Health
By Jackson Holtz / UW News
Hilary Godwin has been named the next dean of the University of Washington’s School of Public Health, President Ana Mari Cauce and Provost Jerry Baldasty announced today. Her appointment, set to begin July 15, 2018, is subject to approval by the UW Board of Regents.
April 25, 2018 | Department News
UW Breaks Ground on New Population Health Building
By Jackson Holtz / UW News
April 19, 2018 | Department News
Quality Healthcare for All Through Partnerships and Innovation: Nepal-UW Symposium
How can mutually beneficial global collaborations help find solutions to real-world problems? What are innovative approaches to sustainable collaborations?
The recent "UW-Nepal Partnerships in Health Innovation: Multi-Disciplinary Collaborations to Advance Population Health" symposium tackled such questions in panel discussions featuring UW and Kathmandu University faculty from multiple disciplines.
April 04, 2018 | Department News
VIDEO: What is Global Health and Why Should We Care?
On World Health Day 2018, global health students from the University of Washington Department of Global Health share their views on global health.
Learn more about our Master of Public Health in Global Health program.
March 30, 2018 | Department News
Washington Faculty Receives $9.2 Million Award to Prevent HIV Infections in Zimbabwe
Dr. Scott Barnhart, from the International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH) within the University of Washington Department of Global Health, has received $9.2 million for year 1 of a 5-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to help control the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Zimbabwe through expanding voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC).