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REACH: Resident Education and Advocacy for Child Health
https://globalhealth.washington.edu/reach-global-health-resident-education-and-advocacy-child-healthThis educational partnership is in its eighth year with the Department of Paediatrics, Univ of Nairobi. This program was awarded the 2014 national teaching program award by the Academic Pediatric Association for it's innovative approach to train pairs...
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Dr. Pamela Collins: A Champion of Global Mental Health Advocacy
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Study finds cleaner air leads to more Atlantic hurricanes
Cleaner air in United States and Europe is brewing more Atlantic hurricanes, a new U.S. government study found. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health, was mentioned. Tags: Kristie Ebi
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More than 1.5 billion people have faced dangerous heat this year
A Washington Post analysis of a trove of meteorological records shows the extent of life-threatening heat across the globe. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted. ...
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Why Are Extreme Heat-Related Deaths So Hard to Track?
As heat waves become more frequent and intense, researchers and activists say the lack of precise data is leading to needless fatalities. Kristie Ebi, professor of global health and of environmental and occupational health sciences at the UW, is quoted....
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Operational Research in FGM/C Surveillance
FGM/C indicators will be integrated within routine maternal health information and school health information systems aiming to identify the "incidence" and change of trends routinely and inexpensively. Mixed methods will be used. Primary collaborators...
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Antibiotic-resistance bacteria on the rise in hospitals, according to CDC
Dr. Christopher Murray, Adjunct Professor of Global Health and Director of the UW Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, discusses the findings by the CDC and the dangers of so-called "superbugs." ...
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Sustainable Development for Improved HIV Health and Prevention in Kenya (SD4H-Kenya)
The training Program aims to train a cadre of interdisciplinary Kenyan PhD and Masters students’ at Maseno University who will work at the intersection of sustainable development and health with a focus on improving HIV care, treatment and prevention...
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Tissue Regulatory T Cells in Mucosal Infection
The main goal of this project is to define the characteristics and function of Tregs in the context of mucosal infection in both mice and humans. ...
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Best practices to integrate novel PrEP products into existing platforms for oral PrEP delivery
As part of a recent career mentoring award, Dr Heffron and trainees are working to develop a preliminary strategy for new PrEP products to be integrated into existing platforms for oral PrEP delivery. Primary collaborators include the Infectious...