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Makerere Epilepsy Project
It is a collaboration between Makerere University and Mentors at the University of Florida in the US. The project intends to train Epileptologists, Technologists, Neurophysiologists and Epilepsy nurses. This will enable the setting up the Seizure clinic...
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Seattle biotech startup backed by Gates Foundation launches trial for snail fever vaccine
The first patient has been dosed with a vaccine for the tropical disease schistosomiasis, developed by Seattle biotech company PAI Life Sciences . Darrick Carter, professor of global health, was mentioned. ...
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Why America Doesn't Trust the CDC
People don't trust the CDC. Here's one example illustrating why. Two weeks ago, with no outcomes data on COVID-19 booster shots for 5-to-11-year-olds, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) vigorously recommended the booster for all 24 million American...
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I-TECH Says Goodbye to Longtime Executive Director Ann Downer
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Can Seattle Save the World?
KPLU-Humanosphere’s event April 26 at Seattle Town Hall was clearly a huge hit, drawing in an estimated 700 people. Humanosphere blogger Tom Paulson summarized some of the more memorable comments from the four panelists: We all “tolerate poverty” —...
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UW Has 29 Faculty on ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ List for 2016
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A Medieval French Skeleton Is Rewriting the History of Syphilis
Christopher Columbus was blamed for bringing syphilis to Europe. New DNA evidence suggests it was already there. Maybe both stories are true. Sheila Lukehart, professor emeritus of global health and medicine at the UW, is quoted. ...
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Global Health Faculty Members Receive WGHA Awards
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Why Are Breast Cancer Surgeons Slow to Adopt Evidence-Based Practices?
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Gawande article in The New Yorker mentions UW Global Health START Program research
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 ...