Faculty

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Stephen S. Gloyd
Professor
MD  
University of Chicago, 1973
Family Practice Medicine
MPH  
Harvard University, 1983
Health Policy and Management
BA  
Harvard University, 1969
Biochemistry
Professor, Global Health (primary appt.)
Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Adjunct Professor, Evans School
Adjunct Professor, Family Medicine

Department of Health Services Program Affiliations:
  -  PhD program in Health Services
  -  Community-Oriented Public Health Practice
  -  Department of Global Health, (MPH Program)

Stephen Gloyd serves as the director of the Population Leadership Program, a joint program of the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology and the Evans School of Public Affairs. He also works with the Department of Global Health MPH program. He has worked for over 20 years in countries of Africa, Latin America, and Asia in clinical and public health practice. He currently is involved in projects with Ministries of Health in Mozambique, and Cote d'Ivoire.


Contact Information
(office)  H-660, Health Sciences Building
University of Washington
1959 NE Pacific St.
Box:  357660
Seattle, WA 98195-7660
(voice)  206-543-6714     (fax)  206-543-3964
gloyd@u.washington.edu
(staff contact):  Sarah Frey
(voice)  206-543-6714
freys@u.washington.edu
Teaching Interests
Determinants of health and history, context, and impact of health services in developing countries.
Research Interests
Infectious disease epidemiology (STD, TB, EPI), health systems research, and political economy of health and impact and equity in health care.
External Funding (sampling of current and past involvement)
Population Leadership for the 21st Century
David and Lucille Packard Foundation
PI:   Plotnick           Dates:    07/2000 - 08/2008
This grant supports fellowships for a year of policy, management and research training for professionals from developing countries working in population, family planning and reproductive health policy and management.

Mapping and Empowering Public Health Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
PI:   Khagram           Dates:    01/2006 - 05/2008
The goal of this project is to identify approaches for policy and program action and develop a template for empowering public health networks in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

Population Leadership for the 21st Century
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
PI:   Plotnick           Dates:    09/2004 - 08/2007
This grant supports fellowships for a year of policy, management and research training for professionals from developing countries working in population, family planning and reproductive health policy and management.

Global Health Fellows Program
Public Health Institute
PI:   Katz           Dates:    07/2006 - 08/2007
The goal of this project is to develop a pipeline for future leaders in global health, to the professional development and support to emerging, mid-career and senior global health fellows, and related training opportunities to promote leadership development among global health professionals.

Mozambique Global Malaria Project
Association of Schools of Public Health
PI:   Gloyd           Dates:    10/2001 - 09/2005
The project is designed to improve the ability of the Mozambique Ministry of Health to better implement, evaluate, and manage malaria programs.

Strengthening Global Partnerships through Student and Faculty Collaboration
Puget Sound Partners for Global Health
PI:   Gloyd           Dates:    07/2003 - 06/2005
To provide targeted opportunities for student and faculty throughout the University of Washington to participate in interdisciplinary health-related initiatives in partnership with key local and overseas institutions.

A University-Practitioner Partnership: Building Rigor into Reproductive Health Applied Research
Program for Appropriate Technology in Health
PI:   Gloyd           Dates:    05/2001 - 04/2005
The goals of the PATH-collaborative partnership are aimed at improving the likelihood that the results of reproductive health research in developing countries will ultimately influence health policy and practice.


Dissertation, Thesis and Capstone Committees (recent graduates)
2007
Chair, thesis committee for Benjamin Stubbs
The Treatment Partner Program and Adherence to HAART in Central Mozambique Mozambique

2006
Member, dissertation committee for Cynthia Pearson
HIV/AIDS among Mozambicans: Sexual and HIV risk behavior and development, implementation, and evaluation of a highly active antiretriovral therapy adherence intervention

2005
Chair, thesis committee for Bernice Dahn
A Situation Analysis of Care for Obstetric Emergencies in Three Counties in Liberia

2005
Chair, thesis committee for Longondo Eteni
HIV transmission by medical injections in Kinshasa/Democratic Republic of Congo

2005
Chair, thesis committee for Lilia Jamisse
Feasibility of Using Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission During Pregnancy and Lactation in Urban Mozambique

2005
Chair, thesis committee for Olimpio Mola
A cohort study of changing sexual behavior in two cities of central part of Mozambique

2005
Chair, thesis committee for Oscar Ocho
Needs assessment for Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in a Health Region in Trinidad

2004
Member, thesis committee for Tigest Alemu
Accessibility and use of HIV/AIDS information among school adolescents in Addis Ababa

2004
Chair, thesis committee for Pablo Montoya
Comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of a rapid immunochromatographic test and the rapid plasma regain test for antenatal syphilis screening in Mozambique