Dear All, The NIH announced yesterday that it is spending $20m to train global health researchers from many disciplines and UW is the lead for one of five consortiums. UW Today story: “The UW is the leader of a consortium, including University of Hawaii, University of Michigan and University of Minnesota that will receive about $4 million over five years to support the training activities of fellows. Joseph Zunt, assistant professor in global health and the principal investigator for the UW-led consortium, said the grant will provide new opportunities for training 12-15 U.S. and international doctoral students and post-doctoral trainees each year in international settings. “The fellows will have outstanding binational mentoring,” he said. Application deadline is May 14. Please go to This Week in Global Health/Funding Opportunities for the application and flyer.
Also: We just posted a new funding announcement for undergraduates, graduates, and medical students on a tropical disease program in Ecuador. Deadline is April 15. And we extended the deadline for ordering Dept. of Global T-shirts until April 11. And be sure to register for the Western Regional International Health Conference. Lots of great panels. The global health reporting students have started a conference blog so check back for more stories.
Bobbi Nodell Communications Manager University of Washington Dept. of Global Health 206.271.1429 l bnodell@uw.edu l www.globalhealth.washington.edu Follow us on Twitter at #uwghrc
