We write to announce that Dr. King K. Holmes, William H. Foege Professor and Chair of the UW Department of Global Health, has decided to step down as chair next year.  He will continue to serve as chair until his successor has assumed the chair position.  Thereafter, King will continue as an active member of the Department of Global Health faculty.

Amy Hagopian, PhD was appointed to serve on the Publications Board of the American Public Health Association (APHA).  The appointment is a three-year term, beginning in 2013.

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.

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