October 08, 2013 | Department News

New External Advisory Board Members

  • Willard Cates, Jr., MD, MPH, President, Research, Family Health International
  • Lee Huntsman, PhD,  President Emeritus, University of Washington
  • Ramanan Laxminarayan, MPH, PhD, Vice-President for Research and Policy at the Public Health Foundation of India, Director and Senior Fellow, Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy
  • Agnes Soucat, MD, PhD, Director, Human Development Department, African Development Bank
  • Juliano Tubino, Head of Marketing, Amazon, AWS Latin America
  • David Vlahov, PhD, RN, Dean and Endowed Professor in Nursing Educat
October 08, 2013 | Department News

Faculty Member Jerry Cangelosi Awarded Commercialization Grant

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.

October 08, 2013 | Department News

King Holmes Receives Alexander Fleming Award for Lifetime Achievement

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.

October 08, 2013 | Department News

Four Rising Stars from China Arrive to Study Global Health

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

October 08, 2013 | Department News

Department of Global Health Annual Report 2012-2013 Now Online

The Department of Global Health's first annual report, published Oct. 1, 2013,  is a snapshot of the the 2012-2013 academic year and highlights how our programs have grown, where are students are getting jobs, the diversity of our faculty by discipline, major events and awards, and how our website is growing in prominence. We love the alumni section!!

March 22, 2013 | Department News

Get Ready for Global Health & The Arts Symposium April 20

This symposium is the grande finale for Global Health Week (April 15-20). Join us for a full day of panel discussions and performances that explore the horizons of art and global health. Topics covered will include collaborations in the field and artists working to improve women's health worldwide. We hope this symposium will break new ground for discussion and reveal the immense value that partnerships in art and health can offer.
Featured panelists will include:
Carlo Scandiuzzi, Executive Director, ACT Theatre

March 22, 2013 | Department News

UW School of Medicine Ranked Fifth in AIDS (U.S. News & World Report)

According to annual rankings of graduate and professional programs provided by U.S.News & World Report. the UW School of Medicine was ranked first in the academic specialties of family medicine and rural medicine. It also ranked fifth in AIDS, eighth in internal medicine, ninth in geriatrics, and ninth in pediatrics. The school was also ranked 12th in research. The University of Washington has also been ranked second among primary care medical schools in the country,

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