September 22, 2026
Register for Rising Stars: Early-Career Investigators Shaping Global Health on November 3rd
Rising Stars: Early-Career Investigators Shaping Global Health (Virtual Panel)
Tuesday, November 3rd
8:30-10:00 AM PST via Zoom
Click here to view the flyer and access the Zoom meeting link.
Join the UW Department of Global Health’s Center for Integrated Health of Women, Adolescents , and Children (Global WACh) and Enterics for Global Health (EFGH) Shigella Surveillance Study for an engaging panel discussion featuring Rising Star Award recipients and promising early career investigators.
Designed to accelerate the careers of early career investigators, the Rising Star Award program provides mentorship, institutional support, and seed funding to help participants generate impactful research, build collaborations, and compete successfully for future funding. Hear directly from Rising Stars as they share how the program has influenced their career paths, expanded their research opportunities, and advanced their work in global health.
Learn more at https://bit.ly/dghrisingstar. For questions, please contact gwach@uw.edu.
Ednah Akinyi Ojee MBChB, MMed, MPH
Paediatrician and
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health
University of Nairobi (2022)
Emmanuel Nii-Boye Quarshie, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Ghana (2022)
Rafiuk Cosmos Yakubu, MBChB
Senior Lecturer
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University for Development Studies
Senior Paediatrician Specialist
Tamale Teaching Hospital (2023)
Naveed Ahmad, MSc
Research Manager
Department of Pediatrics and Child Health
Aga Khan University (2023)
Maureen Ndalama, MSc
Clinical Research Coordinator
Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Research Programme (2023)
Samba Juma Jallow, MS
Scientific Officer (Disease Control and Elimination)
Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (2025)