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The following are selected articles about Department of Global Health activities:
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June 2008
NGO Code of Conduct Hopes to Stem Internal Brain Drain
The Lancet, June 28, 2008
Health Alliance International, a large service-based organization at UW, coordinated efforts to create an international NGO Code of Conduct to bolster the public sector in the countries which they operate. So far, 25 NGOs, including Physicians for Human Rights, Oxfam UK, and Partners in Health, have signed the pledge.
UW Global Health Department Celebrates its First Graduates
UW Daily June 23, 2008
“In HIV, we’re losing the battle,” said Dr. Tadataka Yamada, president of the Global Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, who gave the graduation address June 11. “The solution here is you. The future depends on creativity and independent thinking.”
Recipients Chosen for New Fellowship in Global Health
UW School of Public Health & Medicine, June 19, 2008
Eight outstanding University of Washington students from a variety of disciplines are the first recipients of the Thomas Francis Jr., Global Health Fund Endowed Student Fellowship.
Global Health Redefines 'Collaboration'
University Week, June 5, 2008 Also available as a [PDF]
The UW Department of Global Health is stretching the boundaries of academia and redefining what "interdisciplinary collaboration" means. And, it's inviting every academic discipline to be involved in helping to improve the world's health.
Improving Health Through Education, Service & Research
University Week, June 5, 2008
The Department of Global Health is building an infrastructure of interdisciplinary programs through programs that bridge across education, research and service," said Dr. King Holmes, the William H. Foege endowed chair of the Department of Global Health.
May 2008
Reauthorize our Pledge to Fight AIDS (Opinion)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 29, 2008
Drs. Wendy Johnson and Jennifer Kasper with Health Alliance International on the desperate need to continue the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) funding. “PEPFAR is one of the few positive faces of the U.S. in the world and arguably the United States' most effective foreign policy in the past seven years.”
Proposed Global Health Minor looking for Students
UW Daily, May 21, 2008
Undergraduate students met with Department of Global Health faculty and staff to discuss a prospective minor in global health. “If things run smoothly, the minor could be available by 2009.”
April 2008
UW Institute of Health Metrics & Evaluation Conference a Success
About 300 public health officials and researchers from around the world gathered April 10-11 for a two-day conference aimed at improving methods for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating global health data, including information on HIV/AIDS. For more on the story, see coverage in Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS report, the Seattle Times, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and KUOW radio (last 15 minutes of interview).
March 2008
UW Researchers Say Comprehensive Sex Ed Cuts Pregnancies
The Seattle Times, March 20, 2008
Pamela Kohler, Lisa Manhart, and Bill Lafferty analyzed results of a national survey and found that adolescents receiving comprehensive sex education are half as likely to become pregnant.
February 2008
Roy Colven: To Africa and Back, Battling AIDS.
University Week,February 14, 2008
Article on University of Washington physician with expertise in HIV-related skin disorders and teledermatology.
January 2008
MHA Student Named One of CNN's Heroes
CNN, January 30, 2008
Peter Kithene, a first year student in the Master of Health Administration program, has been named one of six CNN Heroes. Kithene founded the Mama Maria health clinic, which provides medical care and HIV/AIDS education to the rural village in Kenya where he was raised. View an interview with Peter on the CNN website.
December 2007
Strong Medicine
Columns, December 1, 2007
Some governments may shun his straight talk, but Christopher Murray's prescriptions for global health could help all of us live better and long. His work is profiled in Columns, the University's alumni magazine. He also discussed his work during last quarter's Distinguished Faculty Lecture, which is available as a podcast or as streaming video.
August 2007
Interview with King Kennard Holmes, Chair of the Department of Global Health of the University of Washington.
The Lancet, August 2007
Dr. Holmes has a four-page interview reflecting on his career and opinions about global health.
Research Says STD Treatment Falling Behind.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 1, 2007
News from the International Society of Sexually Transmitted Disease Research Conference held in Seattle quotes Dr. King Holmes on how the world is "falling behind faster and faster" on the HIV and AIDS crisis.
July 2007
AIDS Treatment Growing, but So Is Rate of HIV: Head of U.N. Program in Town to Speak at Conference.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 30, 2007
Dr. Peter Piot, executive director of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, was in Seattle to honor a local mentor (Dr. King Holmes on his 70th birthday) and to speak at a research conference.
Judith Wasserheit Named Global Health Research Ambassador
uwnews.org, July 11, 2007
Judith Wasserheit, MD, MPH, professor of global health and medicine and vice chair of the Department of Global Health, is one of 51 of the nation's foremost global health experts who have joined forces to increase awareness about the critical need for greater U.S. public and private investment in research to improve global health.
June 2007
Study: Global-Health Efforts Give State Shot in the Arm
The Seattle Times, June 27, 2007
Work aimed at improving global health is enriching Washington's economy, creating $4.1 billion in business activity and supporting 44,000 jobs, according to a University of Washington study from William Beyers, professor of geography; Amy Hagopian, professor in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine; Jennifer Devine, co-director of the Global Washington Initiative; and Sally Weatherford, finance and administration director of the Department of Global Health.
University of Washington Launches New Institute to Evaluate International Health Program
June 4, 2007
The UW announced the creation of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a new research center that will conduct independent, rigorous evaluations of health programs worldwide. It will be funded by a $105 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and $20 million from the University of Washington.
News Release | Seattle P-I | Seattle Times
January 2007
Judith N. Wasserheit, MD, MPH, Named Vice Chair of the Department of Global Health
Department of Global Health website
Dr.Wasserheit, who joined the Department of Global Health in January 2007, was formerly director of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network, a global clinical trials platform linking 28 sites on four continents to evaluate preventive HIV vaccines. She also directed the Division of STD Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and was founding chief of the STD Research Branch of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease.
September 2006
UW Creates Department of Global Health
The Seattle Times, September 8, 2006
Seattle's leading role in global-health research was underscored when the University of Washington launched its new Department of Global Health.
UW Picks Holmes to Lead New Global Health Program
The Seattle Post Intelligencer, September 8, 2006
After a long and sometimes difficult national search, the University of Washington has named its own Dr. King Holmes, a world-renowned expert in AIDS and infectious diseases, to lead its new Global Health Department.
March 2006
New Global Health Department Could Change the Lives of Millions
Columns, March 1, 2006
On Jan. 19 the UW Board of Regents approved the creation of a new Department of Global Health that has the potential to change the lives of millions around the world.
January 2006
$20 Million Grant from Gates Foundation Establishes Global Health Department
uwnews.org, January 19, 2006
The UW School of Medicine and the UW School of Public Health and Community Medicine will establish a jointly operated Department of Global Health, pending approval at the January meeting of the UW Board of Regents. A $20 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will help fund this interdisciplinary program.
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