Faculty
-- Andre Gide, Journal.
I believe in the power of education to change the world, and I consider teaching and learning to be acts of personal and social transformation. I enjoy working with public health professionals who have returned to university to seek new ways of solving old problems.
Educational Leadership
Health Education
Education
Department of Health Services Program Affiliations:
- Extended Master of Public Health Program
- Community-Oriented Public Health Practice
- Social and Behavioral Sciences Track, (MPH program)
- Department of Global Health, (MPH Program)
Ann Downer is the Co-Director of the International Training and Education Center on HIV (ITECH).
901 Boren Ave., Suite 1100
Box: 359932
Seattle, WA 98104
(voice) 206-685-6841 (fax) 206-221-4945
downer@u.washington.edu
I-TECH is funded by HRSA to coordinate human capacity development activities for the Global AIDS Program (GAP) field offices of CDC throughout the world. I-TECH currently operates projects in Botswana, the Caribbean Region, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Thailand, and Zimbabwe and maintains fully operational offices in three of these countries. I-TECH activities are diverse and include assessing capacity and need for clinical training, designing national and regional clinical training programs, conducting clinical training, evaluating the outcome of capacity development efforts, producing curricula and media-based learning tools, and providing technical experts for all aspects of HIV/AIDS clinic operations.
http://www.go2itech.org/
http://www.go2itech.org/
http://www.synergyaids.com/
- Tambaram Journeys: Working Together to Respond to HIV/AIDS in Southern India AID
- Epidemiology of the Caribbean Region: A Teaching Tool
- Haba Na Haba: Stories of Health and Culture in Kenya
- Double Jeopardy: Management of the HIV/Hepatitis C Co-Infected Patient
- Community Support is Strong Medicine: Three Natives Share Their Stories About Living With HIV/AIDS
- Occupational Exposure to HIV: Recommendations for PEP with Dr. David Spach
- Oral Manifestations of HIV/AIDS: An Update with Joel Epstein, DMD, MSD, FRCD
- Listen and Guide: Delivering Mental Health Care in HIV-Affected Alaskan Villages
- Tumaini: Stories of Hope and Change in Kenya
- Profile: Regional AIDS Training Network for Southern and Eastern Africa
PI: Holmes Dates: 04/2006 - 03/2011
IAETC will participate in a collaboration with UCSF to improve the care of people living with HIV/AIDS in heavily affected, low-resource areas outside the US by increasing the capacity for training of HIV/AIDS health care providers.
PI: Downer Dates: 06/2006 - 03/2011
The project is intended to implement comprehensive, integrated and sustainable home-based care to people living with HIV/AIDS in Nyanza Province, Kenya.
PI: Downer Dates: 11/2004 - 09/2009
The goal of this project is to expand access to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services in the Caribbean region.
PI: Downer Dates: 04/2005 - 03/2007
The primary goal of this project is to establish the Guyana Training Coordination Centre which will complement the HIV-training activities of other in-country partners by functioning as a coordinating unit.
PI: Downer Dates: 07/2006 - 02/2007
I-TECH's scope of work with Mozambique includes training for mid-level providers and management training in partnership with the CDC's Sustainable Management Development Program. This contract furthers the scope of this work.
PI: Downer Dates: 09/2004 - 04/2006
I-tech leads a consortium of international and domestic partners with expertise in HIV/AIDS planning, clinical care, instructional design, and training support.
PI: Holmes Dates: 04/2002 - 03/2006
The goal of this project is to implement a coordinated plan that will lead to long lasting improvements in the quality, composition, and scope of care given to people living with HIV/AIDS in designated priority countries around the globe.
PI: Downer Dates: 09/2003 - 09/2004
The purpose of this project is to assist USAID regional office for the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training (CHART) Network by providing technical assistance for the development of activities.
PI: Downer Dates: 09/2002 - 09/2004
The major goal of this project is to provide the conduit through which CIASTE can access the wide-ranging expertise and experience of UW's work in AIDS prevention and treatment.
PI: Spach Dates: 07/1998 - 06/2002
Renewal of grant on file
PI: Johnson Dates: 07/1997 - 06/1998
Provide training on HIV/AIDS prevention, diagnosis, and patient care to practicing physicians, dentists, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.



