BIRCH team
October 30, 2013 | Department News

Call for Abstracts for WRIHC: Due Dec 15

Submit an Abstract for the Western Regional International Health Conference (April 4-6, 2014, Seattle, WA)

Call for Abstracts: Posters and Presentations

Submission Deadline: December 15, 2013 (we will notify submitters of their status by February 1, 2014).

October 29, 2013 | Department News

Register Now: 11th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference (WRIHC): April 4-6, 2014

The WRIHC Student Committee, the University of Washington (UW) Chapter of GlobeMed, and the UW Department of Global Health present the 11th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference (WRIHC):

Uncensored: Gender, Sexuality, and Social Movements in Global Health

Events will take place at the University of Washington (UW) Husky Union Building (HUB) in Seattle, WA, April 4-6 2014.

BIRCH team
October 25, 2013 | Department News

Developed Nations can do "better job" on STIs, warns Dr. King Holmes

"Even as medical researchers are making advances and poorer countries are reducing their rates of infections, people in developed nations have grown complacent and allowed gonorrhea, syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases to spread again, an expert warns.

Speaking Wednesday to scientists gathered in Toronto for the country’s foremost science honour, the Gairdner Awards, Dr. King Holmes spoke of the need to remain vigilant as he gave fellow researchers a global picture of the fight against AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections.

BIRCH team
October 24, 2013 | Department News

Department to Offer Classes to WA High School Students

The Department of Global Health is working with the UW in the High School (UWHS) program to offer Global Health 101: Introduction to Global Health, to high school students as early as the 2014-15 school year. Global Health will be the first Department in the University of Washington (UW) Health Sciences Schools to offer one of their courses to Washington high school students under this program. UWHS courses are taught by high school teachers, and students receive recognition for their work at most public institutions and many private ones.

October 21, 2013 | Department News

Dr. King Holmes to receive Inaugural Award for Impact, at WGHA Party for the Health of it

The Washington Global Health Alliance will honor King K. Holmes, MD, PhD, William H. Foege Chair of Global Health at the University of Washington, with its first annual Award for Impact at “Party for the Health of It,” Nov. 9, 2013. Dr. Holmes receives this inaugural award because of his lifelong commitment to collaboration and mentorship. Hundreds of global health researchers and professionals have been mentored by Dr. Holmes since his start at the University of Washington in 1969.

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