SPH UWDGH Implementation Science global health Diabetes
October 21, 2024 | Department News

Amanda Brumwell shares what health systems need to address growing rates of diabetes worldwide

UW School of Public Health

The prevalence of diabetes is growing worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries that already experience a serious burden of infectious diseases. Understanding how to support health care systems in these countries to improve diabetes diagnosis, treatment and prevention is a question Amanda Brumwell has been researching. 

SPH Heidi van Rooyen UWDGH DGH
October 21, 2024 | Department News

New UW SPH leaders appointed for 2024-2025 academic year

UW School of Public Health

The University of Washington School of Public Health (UW SPH) is pleased to announce faculty taking on new leadership appointments starting in the 2024-2025 academic year. These leadership roles support our shared work of solving the greatest public health challenges and co-creating health equity with communities in our region and the world.

SPH SPH Awards of Excellence MPH
June 28, 2018 | Department News

Close Up: 2018 Omenn Award Winners

This year's recipients of the Omenn Award for Academic Excellence, the School's highest honor, are breaking new ground in occupational safety and global mental health. Efforts by Katrin Fabian, an MPH graduate in global health, could improve mental health care for more patients in Liberia. Research by Miriam Calkins, who received a PhD in environmental and occupational hygiene, could lead to measures that better protect workers from heat exposure.