Talks and Events
November 6, 2025
Global WACh visits Seattle Children’s Hospital for sepsis research lecture and networking
Categories: Gut Health and Child Survival, Research, Talks and Events
On October 23rd, the UW Pediatrics Global Health Collaborative (GHC) invited Global WACh team members to Seattle Children’s Hospital for an engaging morning of knowledge-sharing and networking. We value these interactions with other researchers for opportunities to share our work, find potential collaborators, and stay current within our fields of study.
The hospital’s Provider Grand Round lecture series invited a distinguished pediatric healthcare expert to present their work and future directions to improve childhood health outcomes.
“From Bedside to Bench to Back: Pediatric Sepsis in Resource-Constrained Settings” (Click here to watch)
Dr. Teresa Bleakly Kortz, MD, MS, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in Critical Care Medicine
Director of the Institute for Global Health Sciences Affiliate Program
Director of the Pediatric Global Health Scholars Pathway at the University of California, San Francisco
October 20, 2025
Watch the Enterics for Global Health (EFGH) Shigella surveillance study results webinar
Categories: Gut Health and Child Survival, Research, Talks and Events
On October 8th, researchers from the Enterics for Global Health (EFGH) Shigella Surveillance Study, conducted across seven countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, presented their findings. This 90-minute webinar featured short presentations from EFGH investigators on key findings and the implications for Shigella vaccines and clinical management.
The Burden, Consequences, and Cost of Shigella Diarrhea in Young Children — and Implications for Shigella Vaccines (Click here to watch)
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rationale and methods of the EFGH study
- Examine data on Shigella disease burden, antimicrobial resistance, consequences, and cost
- Discuss key design considerations for future Shigella vaccine trials and eventual vaccine introduction
To learn more about EFGH, visit their website at https://depts.washington.edu/efgh/
June 6, 2025
Global WACh hosts annual Student Poster Symposium highlighting graduate student research
Categories: Certificate Program, HIV and Co-Infections, Implementation Science, PrEP, Research, Talks and Events
On Wednesday, June 4th, Global WACh hosted its annual Student Poster Symposium to highlight graduate student research affiliated with our center. Dozens of UW faculty, staff, students attended to learn about 17 students’ projects that fulfilled academic capstone and dissertation requirements, while providing opportunities to gain knowledge and build marketable skillsets in the field of maternal-child health.
The majority of presenters are enrolled in the Global WACh Graduate Certificate Program and are graduating in the 2025 academic year. The certificate program offers opportunities for additional learning about woman, adolescent, and child health topics through 12 credits of coursework and a 90-hour capstone. We wish these students the very best in their future endeavors as public health professionals.
Additional posters featured master and doctoral degree capstones and dissertations that led to major advancements in the scientific field and were featured at the recent Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) held in San Francisco in March. CROI is considered the world’s leading HIV research meeting that attracts thousands of researchers and clinicians from around the globe – and is a fantastic stage to showcase our emerging early-stage researchers.
See the full list of participating students and their poster titles below. Click here to view the photo gallery courtesy of the Department of Global Health Communications team. (more…)
Listen to 4th Annual Endowed DELV Lecture by Dr. Nithya Ramanathan, Nexleaf Analytics
Categories: Talks and Events
May 19, 2025
Register for the 4th Annual Endowed DELV Lecture and Faculty Exchange in Global Health
Categories: Talks and Events
June 5, 2024
2nd annual Global WACh Student Poster Symposium celebrates and highlights student achievements over the academic year
Categories: Certificate Program, Family Planning, Gut Health and Child Survival, HIV and Co-Infections, Research, students, Talks and Events
On May 28th in the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health, Global WACh hosted its second annual Student Poster Symposium featuring graduate student research aimed at improving the health and well-being of women, adolescents, and children. It was a celebratory end-of-year event to acknowledge students’ training, service, and achievement and give well wishes to those graduating UW.
This year’s symposium featured 14 posters by master’s and doctoral students and a postdoctoral fellow representing several departments and schools – Applied Bioengineering, Epidemiology, Global Health (General and Implementation Science tracks), Nursing, and Social Work. These included 90-hour capstone projects completed by students enrolled in the Global WACh Graduate Certificate Program, and master’s thesis and PhD dissertation-related posters by student supporting Global WACh’s research portfolio. Three posters were featured at scientific conferences over the academic year and shared with the UW global health community. (more…)
June 3, 2024
Global WACh faculty, staff, students attend a team retreat to build community and advance strategic initiatives
Categories: Family Planning, Gut Health and Child Survival, HIV and Co-Infections, Talks and Events
On May 22nd, Global WACh hosted an all-day team retreat at the UW Waterfront Activities Center. 46 faculty, staff, and student trainees spent the day together with the goals of 1) team building across Global WACh’s scientific priorities, and 2) advancing strategic initiatives for scientific impact, deep work, and expanding diversity, equity, and inclusion in our community. The retreat was part of a larger “Think Week” aimed at protecting time and space for creative thinking to expand innovation to improve the health of women, adolescents, and children. (more…)
May 3, 2024
Class of 2024 Global WACh Graduate Certificate Program student capstone round-up
Categories: Certificate Program, Talks and Events
We are thrilled to celebrate the graduations of eight students enrolled in the Global WACh Graduate Certificate Program. They are graduating with master degrees from various academic departments, along with the 15-credit certificate that offers additional coursework and a 90-hour capstone opportunity in woman, adolescent, and child health training and education.
Students will present their capstones at Global WACh’s Student Poster Symposium on Tuesday, May 28th from 3-4 PM in the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health Room 101. The event draws in members of our community to celebrate students’ achievements, service, and training during their academic journeys at UW. Attend the event to learn about their work. Meet our incredible students and read brief summaries of their projects below.
April 8, 2024
Global WACh hosts Dr. Eleanor Namusoke Magongo for the Endowed DELV Lecture and Faculty Exchange in Global Health
Categories: HIV, Implementation Science, Research, Talks and Events
Dr. Eleanor Magongo delivered a keynote at UW on April 3, 2024. Credit: Kate Rankin
January 19, 2024
Mix it up! Global WACh and Global Health Collaborative host mixer to connect on global health interests
Categories: Talks and Events
On January 11th in the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health, the Global WACh (housed in the Department of Global Health) and Global Health Collaborative (GHC) in the Department of Pediatrics hosted a mixer for faculty and trainees to connect on shared interests in pediatric global health topics, including infectious diseases, implementation science, and healthcare systems strengthening in limited resource settings. (more…)
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