Dean Jamison, health economist, Prof. of Global Health, Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (DCP3) Series Editor, and co-chair of the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health, was profiled by Richard Lane of the Lancet on December 7. View the profile here.

Adjunct Professor Julie McElrath, MD, PhD was honored with the Puget Sound Business Journal 2013 Women of Influence Award for her work on HIV vaccine research on November 13, 2013.  Dr. McElrath is Senior Vice President and Director of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and she has been working in the field of HIV/AIDS for more than 30 years. Read more.

A recent Humanosphere article suggests we are at a tipping point in the fight against HIV/AIDS, poised to stem the tide if sufficient funding is allocated.

Two Department of Global Health faculty -- Ali Mokdad, PhD, and Peter Rabinowitz, MD, PhD -- were among 80 researchers around the world to receive Gates Grand Challenges grants Nov. 20 to "pursue bold ideas in global health and development:"