Big IHME events March 5 and 11

Dear All – Wanted to make sure you knew about these upcoming events: March 5 – 9 a.m.-10:45 a.m. PST Live webcast at: http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/gbd/live Making Health Measurable IHME will unveil new tools for identifying health challenges for countries and developing policies to meet those challenges. IHME Director Christopher Murray will join Bill Gates, co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and University of Washington President Michael Young to discuss the implications that the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) findings have for health policy worldwide, and how GBD can be viewed as a platform for future collaborative research. Links · Making Health Measurable · Join the discussion on Facebook and Twitter (#GBD2010 @IHMEUW) March 5 beginning at 9 a.m. PST. March 11 – 4 p.m. PST Hogness Auditorium, Health Sciences Center Findings of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study 2010: A Lecture Please join UW Medicine CEO Paul G. Ramsey, as well as UW President Michael K. Young, UW Provost Ana Mari Cauce, and UW School of Public Health Dean Howard Frumkin, as Christopher Murray, the director of IHME, reviews some of the study’s major findings and opportunities for future collaboration. The lecture will be followed by a reception. Please RSVP online at https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/alex27/192452; driving and parking directions can be found at http://depts.washington.edu/meddev/events/global_burden_driving_directions_2013.pdf. Bobbi Nodell | Communications Manager | University of Washington Department of Global Health Phone: 206.543.8309 | www.globalhealth.washington.edu | @uwghrc | bnodell@uw.edu | Harris Hydraulics Building, 1510 San Juan Road, box 357965, Seattle, WA 98195-7965 | Fax: 206.685.8519