Congrats to Jillian Pintye, MPH '14 (Epi, Global Health), who won a prestigious Young Investigator Award at the 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) in Melbourne, Australia, July 20-25.
Nadia Arang (BS, Microbiology, Minor, Global Health 2014) began full-time work at Seattle BioMed just a week after graduating from the UW. She researches how malaria parasites get inside the human liver, where they grow and multiply. "The research has a very clear and direct impact on human life," Arang says. "It's very easy to stay engaged."
The Department sent another large cohort into the world June 11, 2014 -- our eighth since we formed in 2007. We graduated 32 MPH students, nine pathobiology PhDs, and 18 certificate students. Additionally, 27 doctors were trained through the Global Health Pathway, and three post-graduate fellows and 13 post-bachelor fellows completed their fellowship at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). And we had more than 100 global health minor undergraduates. These graduates join a network of over 1,000 alumni who are working in all aspects of global health around the world.
In May 2014, the Department of Global Health awarded fellowships to 19 outstanding students and medical residents. With support from one of these five programs they will travel to 10 countries to work on wide variety of projects addressing issues such as childhood cancer, TB, and mental health. The 2014-2015 fellowship recipients are listed below.
For more information on the fellowships, visit the Global Health Resource Center's Funding and Fieldwork page.
An expert in medicine and public health, ranging from infectious diseases, to injuries, and mental health, Dr. Mark Rosenberg served 20 years with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), including early work in smallpox eradication, enteric diseases, and HIV/AIDS. He was instrumental in establishing CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control and became the first permanent director in 1994, serving as director and Assistant Surgeon General until 1999.
How can smart phones prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission? Three approaches are gaining attention for their innovative use of technology to improve access to safe breast milk, patient education and HIV testing at home. Read more about how technology is being used by Global Health faculty Carey Farquhar, MD, MPH and partners UW Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) and PATH, in the June 2014 edition of Columns, the UW alumni magazine.
Jennifer Lucero Earle has been with the Department of Global Health since months after its formation and has been a huge force in guiding students, especially medical students and undergrads, on their global health path. In her own words,
With a new report highlighting that one-third of the world’s population is overweight or obese, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation’s latest analysis is garnering major news coverage from outlets including the Wall Street Journal, BBC News, and GlobalPost, and in India, South Africa, Brazil, Australia, and New Ze
Students from the University of Washington are helping to improve the health of women and children across the world through Global Center for Integrated Health of Women, Adolescents, and Children (Global WACh), a growing research and education center on the UW Campus. This year, Global WACh students completed projects in Nepal, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Seattle, focused on topics like nutrition, family planning, preventing mother-to-child HIV and adolescent health.
Salud! Department alumni gathered in Washington D.C. during a special alumni reception in conjunction with the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) conference earlier this month. Both faculty and staff joined the mingling and networking, which included appetizers and beverages from Buca de Beppo.
Many of the attendees were also presenting work or participating in the CUGH conference, and their experience-level ranged from undergraduates to physicians. Kudos to Julie Brunett for her excellent work organizing a fun and well-attended event.