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.
In a groundbreaking project for UW Global Health and China public health, four rising stars from premier Chinese universities are beginning MPH and PhD studies this month in the Department of Global Health. Separately, two outstanding faculty members from China will also come to UW as Faculty Scholars this winter. - See more at: http://sph.washington.edu/news/article.asp?content_ID=2188#sthash.v6yHYh7b.dpuf
King Holmes will receive the inaugural “Award for Impact” from the Washington Global Health Alliance (WGHA). He will be honored Nov. 9, 2013, at the WGHA event, "Party for the Health of it," being held at the Seattle Aquarium.
From refugee to White House honoree: Mohamed Ali (MPH, GH, ’08), co-chair of the King County Somali Health Board, received a national Champion of Change award for his public health efforts during a recent winter storm. See the KING-5 TV video.
Dr. Mock, an expert in Injury prevention and trauma care, especially in low- and middle-income countries, is now the director for the Undergraduate Minor in Global Health.