BIRCH team
September 22, 2014 | Department News

I-TECH Research Idenitfies Four Principal Social Barriers to HIV Prevention and Care in South Africa

Congratulations to International Training & Education Center for Health (I-TECH) for a new article, published in PLOSONE: “Informing Comprehensive HIV Prevention: A Situational Analysis of the HIV Prevention and Care Context, North West Province South Africa,” authored by Sheri A. Lippman, Sarah Treves-Kagan, Jennifer M. Gilvydis, Evasen Naidoo, Gertrude Khumalo-Sakutukwa, Lynae Darbes, Elsie Raphela, Lebogang Ntswane, and Scott Barnhart.

BIRCH team
September 04, 2014 | Department News

Human Animal Medicine Project becomes Center for One Health Research (COHR)

The Human Animal Medicine Project is now officially the Center for One Health Research (COHR), residing in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences in the School of Public Health at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. The Center for One Health Research investigates the health linkages between humans, animals, and their shared environments; including zoonoses, comparative clinical medicine, animals as sentinels, animal worker health, nutrition and food safety, and the human-animal bond.

BIRCH team
August 21, 2014 | Department News

Kenneth Stuart, Founder of Seattle Biomed, Wins WGHA Impact Award (Pathobiology faculty)

The Washington Global Health Alliance announced its Second Annual Pioneers in Global Health Awards, three prestigious awards selected by a panel of judges including last year’s Impact Award Winner, Department Chair Dr. King Holmes. Congratulations to Kenneth Stuart, Pathobiology faculty and founder of Seattle Biomed, for winning the Award for Impact!

From the WGHA website:

BIRCH team
August 20, 2014 | Department News

Stemming the HIV Epidemic in Ukraine

Ukraine has one of the most serious HIV/AIDS epidemics in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and is experiencing one of the fastest-growing HIV epidemics in the world. The first case of HIV was identified in 1987; since that time 245,216 cases have been officially recorded, with 31,999 deaths. As of January 1, 2014, more than 134,000 HIV-positive patients were registered with and receiving care and treatment from the state health care facilities.  

BIRCH team
August 20, 2014 | Department News

Film Aims to Remove Mental Illness Stigma through Empathy

The key to removing the stigma surrounding mental illness can be summarized in one word — empathy.

“If I could inspire a little bit of empathy toward this issue, my work is complete,” said Delany Ruston, a physician and filmmaker from Seattle.

Ruston says that global mental illness is not very different from the mental illness that is around us in the US. The woman we avoid at the bus stop, the man muttering to himself on the sidewalk; these people are often hidden from view, not only because we choose not to see them but also because they are tucked away by society.

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