February is American Heart Month, so we sat down with Department of Global Health faculty members Dr. Chris Longenecker and Dr. Sarah Masyuko from the Global Cardiovascular Health Program to discuss their heart health research in rural communities and its connection to global health. The University of Washington School of Medicine is the coordinating center for the Rural PRO-CARE HERN grant, and is managed by a team led by Dr. Longenecker. The center team supports collaborative efforts among the five project sites in developing and testing technology-based implementation strategies to promote…
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Building the bridge & keeping it stable: Successes on bridging the research to practice gap
The buzzwords “Bridge the gap,” “Bridging research to practice,” and “Closing the know do gap” represent goals for our research we have not yet achieved. Public health and academic research continues to research health interventions that do not get implemented. However, as we have begun to include community partners, policy makers, and funding and implementing partners, we are starting to see progress on implementing well-researched interventions.
AHA Rural Health Equity Research Network Awarded to GCHP
Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine will oversee a $20 million initiative aimed at better understanding and mitigating factors that negatively influence the health of rural Americans. With distinct investigations at each study site, the scientists will address unique health challenges that face the 20% of the U.S. population who live in rural areas. These people’s challenges include individual risk factors, social determinants of health and the lack of easy access to healthcare.
GCHP Pilot Funding Available for 2023
Pilot Funding Available for 2023 The Global Cardiovascular Health Program—a joint collaboration of the Division of Cardiology and the Department of Global Health—was established in November, 2021 to harness interdisciplinary expertise on campus to drive innovation that will improve cardiovascular health outcomes in diverse settings around the world. The GCHP is now soliciting applications for Interdisciplinary Team Science Pilot Grants which will stimulate new inter- and trans-disciplinary collaborations in the field of global cardiovascular health. We plan to fund one…
Coffee + Cardiology: Longenecker’s Globe
UW Heart Institute records “Coffee + Cardiology” every other Monday with University of Washington Medicine Heart Institute faculty for discussions around their passions in and outside the clinic. Director of the Global Cardiovascular Health Program, Dr. Chris Longenecker, was the most recent faculty interviewed, where he discusses Global Cardiovasuclar Health. Take a listen here, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
2022 Emerging Leaders cohort: CVD and Infectious diseases
Dr. Saate Shakil, NIH Fogarty Research Fellow, was one of 24 participants from 17 countries that attended the eighth World Heart Federation Salim Yusuf Emerging Leaders Seminar in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Emerging Leaders have joined a 175-people expert community in cardiovascular health and explored the topic of CVD and infectious diseases (COVID-19, influenza and Chagas disease).
DGH Welcomes New Faculty Hires
The University of Washington Department of Global Health is excited to announce the newest additions to our full-time faculty. Sarah Masyuko, PhD, MPH and Yanfang Su, ScD, MA join the Global Cardiovascular Health Program’s core faculty as Assistant Professors.
UW Announces New Global Cardiovascular Health Program, Inaugural Director
The University of Washington Department of Global Health (DGH) and Division of Cardiology in the Department of Medicine announced the formation of a new joint Global Cardiovascular Health Program (GCHP) dedicated to global cardiovascular disease prevention and care. Dr. Chris Longenecker will serve as the inaugural program director, beginning November 1, 2021. He will hold faculty appointments in both global health and cardiology. Dr. Longenecker is a practicing non-invasive cardiologist and associate professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio….