This Week in Global Health (A better version)!

Problems displaying this message? View the online version [Message header graphic] This Week in Global Health: October 21-25, 2013 Dear All, The Department of Global Health has a great fall lineup of events. Also, we cover news of the Iraqi mortality study, latest faculty to receive awards, an alumnus project on digital storytelling, and wonderful opportunities, including the Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition! Events * Documentary Screening: “The Right to Heal” Monday, October 21, 2013 – 5:30 – 7:00 pm. Health Sciences Building, Room T-435. * Kenya Research Program Presentation: “Alcohol Use and STI Acquisition Risk in the Mombasa Cohort” Wednesday, October 23, 2013 – 12:30 – 1:30 pm. Ninth and Jefferson Building, Room 1360 (908 Jefferson Street). * IHME Seminar: “Improving Prognosis” (+webcast) with Ziad Obermeyer, MD, MPhil, Associate Physician, Emergency Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, and Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School Wednesday, October 23, 2013 – 4:00 – 5:00 pm. Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, 2301 5th Ave, Suite 600. * Program in Education and Research in Latin America (PERLA) presents: Luke Davies, MPHc, on “Ethics and Culture in International Volunteer Work: Perspectives from the Dominican Republic and Haiti.” Followed by a discussion of plans for PERLA in the upcoming year. Thursday, October 24, 2013 – 12:00 – 1:15 pm. Harris Hydraulics, Room 322. (Meeting will be webcast via Adobe Connect at: http://uwmedical.adobeconnect.com/perla). * Empowering Women through Art and Action Series: “Giving Back, Moving Forward” (a Burke Museum event) Thursday, October 24, 2013 – 7:00 pm. Burke Museum. * Global Health Seminar: “The Provision of Health Services in Ghana” Friday, October 25, 2013 – 12:30 – 1:50 pm. Turner Auditorium, Health Sciences Building, Room D-209. Save-the-Date: Important Events in November * PERLA/Global WACh Symposium: “Global Health for Women, Children and Adolescents: Making a Difference Across the Lifespan” Thursday, November 7, 2013 – 3:00 – 4:30 pm. HUB, North Ballroom. Global Center for Integrated Health of Women, Adolescents and Children (Global WACh) and Program for Education and Research in Latin America (PERLA) present a symposium featuring posters and speakers covering women, child, and adolescent health research, as well as service and training projects and programs. The symposium will be followed by a WGHA Discovery Series lecture. * Washington Global Health Alliance Discovery Series: “Maternal Health: Achievements So Far and Challenges Ahead” Thursday, November 7, 2013 – 5:00 – 7:00 pm. HUB, North Ballroom. In conjunction with the PERLA/Global WACh Symposium, the WGHA series presents: Ana Langer, MD, Professor of the Practice of Public Health; Director, Women and Health Initiative; Director, Maternal Health Task Force Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health. Networking reception to follow at 6:00 p.m. * Party for the Health of It, (a Washington Global Health Alliance event). Saturday, November 9, 2013 – 9:00 – midnight. Seattle Aquarium. Proceeds benefit the WGHA’s collaboration for clean water and proper sanitation in Tanzania. Tickets for the party are $45. Tickets for the benefit dinner honoring King Holmes, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Global Health, for the Inaugural Award of Impact, are $250. * Special Guest Lecture: Deo Niyizonkiza on “Opportunities to Heal and Change a Nation Forgotten” Thursday, November 14, 2013 – 3:30 – 5:00 pm. Ethnic Cultural Theatre. “Strength in What Remains,” a New York Times bestseller by Tracy Kidder, is a book about Deo Niyizonkiza that highlights his life and escape from the Burundi civil war. News * Widespread Media Coverage on PLOS Paper Giving New Estimates of Iraq War Deaths Between 2003 and 2011. Researchers with UW’s Department of Global Health, UW’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Johns Hopkins University, Simon Fraser University and Mustansiriya University conducted the first population-based survey since 2006 to estimate war-related deaths in Iraq and the first to cover the full-time span of the conflict. Amy Hagopian, PhD, Associate Professor of Global Health at the University of Washington, was the lead author of this study. All told, the researchers estimate nearly a half million people died from causes that could be attributed to the war. Their results were published October 15 in the open access journal PLOS Medicine. * Jared Baeten, MD, PhD Awarded 2013 ASPPH/Pfizer Young Investigator’s Research Award. * Washington Global Health Alliance awards King Holmes, MD, PhD, with its inaugural Impact Award. * In honor of International Day of the Girl October 11, we highlighted a project facilitated by DGH graduate Michaela Leslie-Rule, MPA, MPH: The stories of girls in Rwanda through digital storytelling. Opportunities * Germany-USA Research Collaborations with Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Vice Dean John Slattery forwarded) Deadline: October 23. * Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC), Deadline: November 12. * Himalayan Health Exchange Deadline: November 15. * Afya Bora Fellowship in Global Health Leadership Deadline: December 10. * IHME Post-Bachelor Fellowship Program Deadline: January 15. Have a great week! Amelia Vader, MPA | Communications Specialist | University of Washington Department of Global Health | Phone: 206.543.8309 | www.globalhealth.washington.edu | @uwghrc | vadera@uw.eduvadera@uw.edu> [http://engage.washington.edu/images/content/pagebuilder/14423.gif] Creating healthier lives. It’s the Washington Way. THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT BY: UW Dept. of Global Health, Box 355065, 1705 N.E. Pacific Street Seattle WA 98195 (c) 2013 University of Washington | Contact Us | Privacy Policy This e-mail message was sent to bnodell@u.washington.edubnodell@u.washington.edu> Manage Your Subscriptions or Unsubscribe [http://engage.washington.edu/images/content/pagebuilder/14261.gif] [W] ATT00001.c