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New Leadership for Global Health Medical Programs
Dr. Susan Graham has taken over this year as the Director of the Global Health Pathway, a certificate program that requires a combination of a scholarly project, coursework, an international experience, a cross-cultural clinic experience, and community...
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COVID Shots Still Work But Researchers Hunt New Improvements
COVID-19 vaccinations are at a critical juncture as companies test whether new approaches like combination shots or nasal drops can keep up with a mutating coronavirus — even though it’s not clear if changes are needed. Dr. Beth Bell, clinical professor...
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Mental Health Matters
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Erica Wetzler
Senior Data Manager, Global WACh ...
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Lancet report goal: Halve premature mortality by 2050
A report published this month in The Lancet focuses on a global concern: premature death. It argues, optimistically, that countries can cut their populations’ risk of premature death in half by 2050, if they choose. A UW Medicine coauthor gives context...
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Maternal Immunization Safety Monitoring in Low- And Middle-Income Countries: A Roadmap for Program Development
By Eve Lackritz, Andy Stergachis, and Maria Stepanchak ...
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Dynamic trends in HIV incidence by age and sex in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Trends in HIV incidence over the past decade have increased in women and decreased in men. This paradoxical discrepancy has called for a more detailed and complete analysis of the underlying dynamics that drive changes in age- and sex-specific HIV...
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Simplifying HIV Treatment and Monitoring (STREAM2): Point-of-Care Urine Tenofovir Adherence and Viral Load Testing to Improve HIV Outcomes in South Africa
The goal of this project is to assess men’s barriers and motivators to clinic linkage after HIV self testing and pilot-test a feasible and scalable intervention to increase men’s linkage to HIV treatment and prevention; this intervention will be...
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Principles of STD/HIV Research Course Now Accepting Applications
The Department of Global Health is pleased to announce that we are accepting applications for the 22 nd Annual Principles of STD/HIV Research Course . The Course was first held in 1993 with the aim of offering an intensive overview of the skills ...
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New Fred Hutch Program to Fast-Track Lung Cancer Research
Lung cancer is far and away the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. In the U.S. alone, a projected 142,000 people will die of the disease this year. ...