University of Washington Department of Global Health

Global Organizations

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Infectious Disease: Other Emerging Infections

University of Washington

Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
The Division of Allergy and Infectious Disease at UW has long been prominent nationally and internationally. Through support provided by NIH-sponsored training grants, the Division has one of the largest and most well-known post-doctoral training programs in the United States .

International Training and Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases (ITREID)
The International Training and Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases (ITREID) fellowship program at the University of Washington has the goal of utilizing ongoing training programs and collaborative research to create an international network of researchers to investigate the related problems of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. It consolidates the large resource of researchers at the University who are investigating emerging diseases and have international collaborations.

UW Center for AIDS and STD
The University of Washington (UW) Center for AIDS and STD, established in July, 1989, provides patient care, research, training and education, and international technical assistance for HIV/AIDS and STD. The Center is administered by the UW in collaboration with several other institutions throughout the Pacific Northwest and in several other countries. The mission for the Center is to prevent transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infection, and to reduce human suffering caused by these infections.

UW Virology Research Clinic
The major mission of the Virology Research Clinic is to investigate the epidemiology and natural history of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) and to evaluate new therapies and vaccines for HSV. Currently, our special areas of interest are prevention of HSV transmission with daily antiviral therapy and the interactions between HSV and HIV.

Professor Emeritus Ronald F. DiGiacomo, VMD
Epidemiology
giacomo@u.washington.edu
Dr. DiGiacomo's major research interest involves the epidemiology of infectious diseases, particularly the molecular characterization of infectious agents (molecular epidemiology). He is also involved in studies of zoonotic disease. He has recently become involved in a study of childhood diarrheal disease in Central America .

Professor Stephen Gloyd, MD, MPH
Health Services; Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
gloyd@u.washington.edu
Research interests: Infectious disease epidemiology (STD, TB, EPI), health systems research, and political economy of health and impact and equity in health care.

Professor David Thomas, MD, DPH, MPH
Epidemiology
dbthomas@fhcrc.org
Dr. Thomas previously conducted studies of smallpox and other infectious diseases. His current interests are in cancer epidemiology.

Professor Jonathan Mayer, PhD, MA
Epidemiology; Adjunct Professor, Health Services
jmayer@u.washington.edu
Infectious disease ecology; emerging infections; health service location; comparative health systems

Adjunct Professor King Holmes, MD, PhD
Epidemiology
worthy@u.washington.edu
Dr. Holmes heads the Infectious Diseases Section at Harborview Medical Center and directs the UW Center for AIDS and STD, which includes two NIH Research Centers (The UW Center for AIDS Research, and the UW STD Research Center).

Seattle Area

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The mission of our Global Health program is to ensure that people in the developing world have the same chance for good health as people in the developed world. We see a tremendous opportunity to save millions of lives through the development and distribution of health tools and strategies – some new, some already in use. Focus primarily on infectious diseases such as: sexually transmitted infections, infections involving multicellular organisms such as worms, and those caused by parasites transmitted through insects.

Seattle Biomedical Institute
Our mission is to eliminate the world's most devastating infectious diseases through leadership in scientific discovery.

PATH is an international, nonprofit organization that creates sustainable, culturally relevant solutions, enabling communities worldwide to break longstanding cycles of poor health.

Harborview Infectious Disease Clinic (also associated with UW Medicine)
The Harborview Infectious Disease Clinic treats patients 16 years and older with possible or diagnosed infectious diseases which include (but are not limited to) Lymes Disease, tuberculosis, osteomyelitis, post-operative infections, and skin and soft tissue infections.

Seattle and King County Public Health: Communicable Diseases and Epidemiology
To achieve and sustain healthy people and healthy communities throughout King County by providing public health services which promote health and prevent disease.

International

CDC: National Center for Infectious Disease
The mission of the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) is to prevent illness, disability, and death caused by infectious diseases in the United States and around the world.

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) represents physicians, scientists and other health care professionals who specialize in infectious diseases. IDSA's purpose is to improve the health of individuals, communities, and society by promoting excellence in patient care, education, research, public health, and prevention relating to infectious diseases.

Cenger for Infectious Diseases Research and Policy (CIDRAP), University of Minnesota provides information and analysis on issues related to the prevention, control, and treatment of infectious diseases and to public health preparedness. Focuses on bioterrorism and food safety

International Herpes Management Forum (IHMF) is a not-for-profit initiative which aims to improve the awareness and understanding of herpes viruses, and the counseling and management of people with these infections.

Stop Tuberculosis Partnership is dedicated to ensuring that every TB patient has access to TB treatment and cure, protecting vulnerable populations from TB, and reducing the social and economic toll that TB exerts on families, communities, and nations.

Global Alliances for Vaccines and Immunizations was formed to harness the strengths and experience of multiple partners in immunization. It is an historic alliance between the private and public sector committed to the mission of saving children's lives and protecting people's health through the widespread use of vaccines.

Global Health Council works to ensure that all who strive for improvement and equity in global health have the information and resources they need to succeed.

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is an international public health agency with 100 years of experience in working to improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas.

UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children's rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential.

World Health Organization (WHO) Infectious Diseases
The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health. It was established on 7 April 1948. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) conducts and supports basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.

International Society for Infectious Diseases is committed to improving the care of patients with infectious diseases, the training of clinicians and researchers in infectious diseases and microbiology, and the control of infectious diseases around the world.

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases is a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of infectious diseases by promoting and supporting research, education and training in the infection disciplines.

Institut Pasteur (France) is a non-profit private foundation which contributes to the prevention and treatment of disease, primarily infectious diseases, through research, education, and public health activities.

Swiss Society of Infectious Diseases unites the physicians and scientists in Switzerland who are engaged in the field of infectious diseases. The goals of the Society are the training of young physicians and scientists, the fostering of professional and scientific exchanges in this area, and official statements regarding issues of infectious diseases aimed at the general public and its elected officials.

Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases is a Special Society of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. It was founded in 1976 and is dedicated to education, research and the advancement of the practice of Infectious Diseases.

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