Chronic undernutrition is a significant public health problem in Nepal, where over forty per cent of children under five years of age suffer from stunting. The consequences of stunting are serious, life-long and irreversible. Chronic malnutrition accounts for at least one third of deaths in children aged under-five. Those who survive under-nutrition are at increased risk of morbidity, poor physical growth and decreased cognitive function resulting in lower academic performance, low economic productivity and increased risk of degenerative diseases like diabetes and obesity, later in life. To this end, the Nepal Government has recognized that addressing chronic malnutrition is a prerequisite for accelerated achievement of all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the foundation of broad social and economic growth. During the National Nutrition Seminar held in October 2010, the negative impact of under-nutrition on the social, economic and human capital development was highlighted, with consensus reached to urgently address the problem. It was also agreed that it must be considered a priority in the government’s plans, with a call to tackle this through a multi-sector approach.

The National Multi-sector Nutrition Plan (MSNP) for accelerated improvement of maternal and child nutrition (2013-2017)[1] has been prepared by five key government sectors, under the coordination and lead of the National Planning Commission (NPC), in collaboration with all key development partners. The MSNP offers a package of activities/interventions with priority strategic objectives by sector that are tailored to the specific characteristic and needs of different Districts. It is expected that the MSNP could contribute to a reduction by one third of the current prevalence of chronic malnutrition, and help stimulate long-term progress towards reducing this problem so that it is no longer an impeding factor for Nepal’s human capital development. The MSNP includes actions to enhance inter-sector collaboration and coordination, strengthening multi-sector monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to track progress, financial and human resources as well as identifying gaps and future needs to ensure the commitment and capacity to implement it in a sustainable manner. A key feature of the MSNP is its decentralized design and implementation, through participatory bottom-up planning involving the Village Development Committees (VDCs) and District Development Committees (DDCs). Read more

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS)  Fellowship Information Session tomorrow, Oct 29, 3:30-4:30 in Thomson 317.

UW students from all departments may apply at: http://www.jsis.washington.edu/advise/flas/

FLAS Fellowships provide:

Academic Year Graduate:                  $18,000 tuition, $15,000 living stipend

Academic Year Undergraduate:         $10,000 tuition, $5,000 living stipend

Summer Graduate/Undergraduate:        $5,000 tuition, $2,500 living stipend

The FLAS Fellowship is available to U.S. citizens and permanent residents.  FLAS Fellowships support study of the following languages and their world regions:

-Arabic -Bangla -Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian -Bulgarian -Burmese -Canadian First Nations -Chinese -Czech -Danish -Estonian -Filipino/Tagalog -Finnish -French -German -Hebrew -Hindi -Indonesian/Malay -Italian -Japanese -Kazakh -Khmer -Korean -Latvian -Lithuanian -Norwegian -Persian -Polish -Portuguese -Russian -Slovenian -Spanish -Swahili -Swedish -Tajik -Thai -Turkish -Uighur -Urdu -Uzbek -Vietnamese Read more

Global WACh invites you to attend:

An Information Session on

Certificate in Global Health of Women, Adolescents and Children

Date & Time: Friday, November 1^st, 2:00-2:50pm

Location: Turner Auditorium (D209 in the Health Sciences Building)

Please join us for an in-depth information session on this interdisciplinary Certificate Program focused on health of Women, Adolescents and Children using the  “lifecycle approach”. This is an opportunity to meet the Certificate Director and Program Manager and have questions answered in person.

Anyone with interest may attend this session, however, only enrolled UW graduate students are eligible to apply. Applicants fromall programs are welcome – only an interest in health is required!

Confirm your interest in attendingby emailing arperd@uw.edu.

 Hope you’ll join us! 

 For more information about Global WACh or the Certificate Program, visit: www.globalwach.org

I would like you to be aware of the special short-term international study opportunities that the Mandel School is offering for ALL undergraduate and graduate students from all universities and professionals for Spring Break, 2014, and Winter break, 2014/2015.

I will appreciate your assistance in bringing the program to the attention of your students, advisees and colleagues.  These international opportunities are designed to enable participants to experience a new culture, to see different social service systems and gain new insights into the needs of people in the US and abroad.  For more information, you can visit our web site at http://msass.case.edu/international/index.html .

We do not charge tuition for students from other universities.  We do ask that the traveling student register for independent study at their home institution.  Our faculty will provide feedback for grading.

The Spring courses this year will travel to Guatemala, Netherlands and Poland (Spring Break).  Next Fall – 2014, winter break courses travel to India as well as to Ecuador.

Thank you for your assistance.

Hospital Mergers & Religious Restrictions on Health Care

End-of-life care, reproductive health, and care for LGBT patients: Experts
discuss how secular-religious hospital mergers affect patient access.

Click here to view the flyer: Mergers Town Hall forum (2)

 

Social Determinants of Health Lecture and Discussion: A Common Book Series Event

Please join us for this Common Book Series Event as we engage these questions through a lively lecture and discussion with Dr. Freddy Overstreet, Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine. Read more

HARVEST SOUP & PIE FEST

Inviting Staff, Students & Faculty (Children are welcome!)

Sponsored by: Office of Field Education, Student Services &

SSW Art Committee
Date: Thursday, October 31, 2013
Time: 12:00-2:00PM
Location: SSW Gallery (1st Floor)
Menu: Please Bring a Potluck Item to Share
(Soups, Pies, Pumpkin Items, Crackers & Sweets)

Contact: Stan de Mello at demellos@uw.edu or
Linda Ruffer at rufferl@uw.edu if You Have Questions
**Enjoy Food, Music & Pumpkin Carving
**Prizes for Best Soup, Pie & Pumpkin Carving

 

Rear Admiral Boris Lushniak, Acting United States Surgeon General
Thursday, Nov. 7, 6:30 p.m., Kane Hall 120
Rear Admiral Boris Lushniak, MD, MPH, is the Acting United States Surgeon General. Dr. Lushniak articulates the best available scientific information to the public regarding ways to improve personal health and the health of the nation. He also oversees the operations of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, comprising of approximately 6,700 uniformed health officers who serve in locations around the world to promote, protect, and advance the health and safety of our nation. Free, but registration required →

Writing Consultations for Graduate Students
Mondays, 9 a.m.-noon and Wednesdays, noon-3 p.m., Allen Library, Research Commons, Booth A
The Odegaard Writing and Research Center (OWRC) offers drop-in consultations for graduate students only. Tutors staffing these consulting hours are experienced in supporting graduate level research and writing at all stages for a wide range of academic and professional purposes (e.g., conference proposals, seminar papers, articles for publication, thesis or dissertation work). Unlike traditional OWRC sessions, these consultations may last up to 1.5 hours to better accommodate larger projects.

Design Help Desk
Thursdays, 4-6 p.m., Allen Library Research Commons, Green C
The Design Help Desk offers free advice for members of the University of Washington community who are seeking to improve their visuals for presentation and publication. Clients can bring any visual work related to their research or teaching—including figures, diagrams, data plots, presentations and posters—and receive help from a designer on staff. Design consultants are Design Division graduate students.

Community College Career Opportunities Panel
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 3:30-5 p.m., Smith Hall 304
Ever thought about teaching at the community college level or wonder how working at a community college might be different than working at other types of educational institutions? Come listen to community college professors and administrators describe their positions—the work environment, responsibilities, students, and more. They’ll also provide tips on how you can make yourself marketable for community college jobs. No registration required, just drop by!

Graduate Funding Information Service Drop-in Hours
Wednesdays, 3-5 p.m. and Fridays, 2-4 p.m., Allen Library, Research Commons, Rm G86A  
GFIS helps students identify and use different resources to locate funding opportunities for graduate school-related expenses including tuition, research, and conference and research travel. Come to drop-in hours with your specific questions.

It may seem early, but for many funding opportunities, the window between September and December is when the majority of applications open for next year’s funding rounds—whether you’re interested in scholarships, travel funding, or fellowships and grants to support your graduate research. Even looking ahead to next summer, this is a great time to start investigating funding opportunities.

Where to Start
When considering funding their graduate educations, many students turn to Google first. But for anyone who has ever searched for “funding for grad school” or “scholarships,” you’ve probably found that the world of funding can be a complex and messy place if you don’t know what you’re looking for. But where do you start? What resources should you be reviewing, and what things should you consider as you begin to find opportunities in your field and beyond?

• Talk to your academic program! Your program coordinator or advisor should be the first contact you make when looking for funding. They will have great information not only about UW-specific funding, but also funding from outside the UW, as well. They can also provide advice based on previous students’ funding experiences.
• Look into the differences between internal and external funding. Internal funding is specific to your department or UW as a whole, often including assistantships, department fellowships, tuition waivers, and university scholarships. External funding—which also includes opportunities such as fellowships, scholarships, and grants—is offered by organizations outside the university, and are available regardless of where you are studying. Professional organizations, government agencies, and corporations are just a few of the types of organizations that provide external funds for graduate study. Read more

Advanced Clinical Social Work Fellowship

The Yale Child Study Center offers a one-year Advanced Clinical Social Work Fellowship from July 1st through June 30th of each year.

Social Work Fellows will participate in both multi-disciplinary and discipline specific training, which will include didactics, intensive supervision, and direct practice. Direct practice will occur in either the Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic for Children (OPC) or the Intensive Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services In-Home Program (IICAPS).

Fellows are provided a stipend of $25,200, and free comprehensive health care through the Yale Health Plan.

Eligible applicants must have satisfactorily completed accredited Master’s level training in Social Work by the start of the training year (July 1^st) for which applying. Preference is given to applicants with previous direct clinical experience.

Application forms and additional information can be found online at:

http://childstudycenter.yale.edu/swfellowship

Application packages are due and must be postmarked by January 5. Late or incomplete application packages will not be accepted.

You are invited to a conference on Conducting Difficult Conversations: Best Practices for Training Clinicians. This conference will be held in the R&T Auditorium at Harborview Medical Center on Friday, December 6, 2013 from 08:00-12:00.

Giving “bad news” to patients or family members is one of the most difficult communication skills in medicine. Imagine telling a parent that their child has died, or that the cancer has returned? Less dramatic, but equally challenging, are conversations about uncertainty in diagnosis or prognosis, or disclosures of medical error and its effects on the patient. These are life-changing conversations and research shows that the patients and family members involved will remember the impact of these discussions, for better or for worse, for years afterward. Read more

GPSS appoints graduate and professional students from across the UW campus to serve on University-wide committees that review and craft policies, distribute funding, and generally play a pivotal role in the governance of the UW.  The following committees are in need of qualified and motivated applicants: please review them and if you are interested, send an application along with a resume to Austin Wright-Pettibone, GPSS University Affairs Director, at gpssua@uw.edu.

*Student Technology Fee Committee <http://techfee.washington.edu/>*

*Services and Activities Fee Committee <http://depts.washington.edu/safcom/>*

*Advisory Committee on Trademarks and Licenses <http://depts.washington.edu/uwlogos/actl/> – Note: while this committee sounds dry it is is very important in supporting the University’s goal of ensuring the ethical treatment of workers who produce UW licensed products.*

*University Diversity Council <http://www.washington.edu/diversity/diversity-council/>*

*Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor selection committee <http://www.grad.washington.edu/mentoring/landolt/>*

*Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity Student Advisory Board <http://www.washington.edu/omad/student-advisory-board/>*

*U-PASS Advisory Committee<http://www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/commuterservices/policy/u-pass_ab>

The Graduate and Professional Student Senate has brought back their travel grants program this academic year and the first deadline is Friday, November 1st. You may get up to $300 ($500 for international) to attend a conference, but you must be actively participating in the conference (presenting a paper or poster, chairing a session or panel, etc.)

More information is available at:
http://depts.washington.edu/gpss/services/funding/travel-grants

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