Faculty

Ann E. Downer

Adjunct Senior Lecturer

"Education is freedom."
-- 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.

EdD

Seattle University, 1996
Educational Leadership

University of Washington, 1984
Health Education

Western Washington University, 1979
Education

Senior Lecturer, Global Health (primary appt.)

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).

Contact Information

International Training and Education Center on HIV (I-TECH)
901 Boren Ave., Suite 1100
Box: 359932
Seattle, WA 98104
(voice) 206-685-6841 (fax) 206-221-4945
downer@u.washington.edu

Teaching Interests

health communication, training and facilitation skills, and strategic planning; working with students on qualitative studies, international health programming, applied health education and health communication

HSERV 504 (Extended MPH Program)
Health Communication
HSERV 560
Adult Learning: Theory and Practice

Research Interests

Assessment, strategic planning, intervention design, implementation and evaluation of domestic and international HIV/AIDS/STI prevention, treatment and care programs; health communication; instructional design; educational leadership and management

Projects

International Training and Education Center on HIV (I-TECH)

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/

Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training (CHART) Initiative

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provides this funding to advance development of the CHART network in the Caribbean region. The CHART Initiative is establishing and expanding a broad network of national HIV/AIDS training centers throughout the Caribbean, all coordinated by a regional center located at the University of the West Indies.
http://www.go2itech.org/

The Synergy Project

The Synergy Project is funded by USAID to increase the use of improved, effective, and sustainable responses to reduce HIV transmission and mitigate the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. UW CHER is a partner to the prime contractor in WA DC and maintains a working team on the west coast in order to develop and update a web-enhanced resource center for support of HIV/AIDS program managers and to publish technical updates on emerging issues in global HIV programming.
http://www.synergyaids.com/

Sample of Media Production with Cascade Health Communication

(Executive Producer)

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

External Funding (sampling of current and past involvement)

International AIDS Education and Training Center

Health Resources Services Administration
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.

AIDS Population and Health Integrated Assistance Program

EngenderHealth, Inc.
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.

Improving HIV/AIDS Training & Service Delivery in the Caribbean

Agency for International Development
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.

Guyana Training Centre Tech Support

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
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.

ITECH Mozambique-Columbia Partnership

Columbia University
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.

International AIDS Education and Training Center Technical Assistance

University of California - San Francisco
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.

International AIDS Education and Training Center

Health Resources Services Administration
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.

USAID CHART Plus

USAID
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.

Technical Assistance Projects in Support of Global AIDS Program

University of California - San Francisco
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.

NW AIDS Education and Training Center

Health Resources Services Administration
PI: Spach Dates: 07/1998 - 06/2002
Renewal of grant on file

AIDS Education and Training Centers

Health Resources Services Administration
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.

Dissertation, Thesis and Capstone Committees (recent graduates)

2007

Chair, thesis committee for Anne Fiedler

A retrospective look at the sexual and HIV-preventive behaviours of Ugandan adolescents

2006

Chair, thesis committee for Margaret Brawley

The Relationship Between Gender Norms and Expectations and the Sexual Practices of Ugandan Men

2005

Chair, thesis committee for Jennifer Lee

Development of a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for ITECH Namibia

2005

Member, thesis committee for Dilrukshi Perera