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Geographic risk-scoring tools for targeted HIV prevention
This project addresses whether predictive risk-scoring models using spatial co-variates can produce more accurate predictions of HIV seroconversion among young men and women than individual-level attributes alone. We hypothesize that the addition of...
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Welcome to UW! 59 New Students Join Department of Global Health
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UW News: UW among Top 10 in U.S. News Best Global Universities Ranking; No. 2 among U.S. Public Institutions
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At COP28, world leaders turn a belated spotlight on human health
Health Day at COP28 included dozens of health-focused events that took place in an official health pavilion, as well as in other pavilions and tents across the conference. ...
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Healthline: The Effects of Kidney Disease on Cardiovascular Health
Researchers say chronic kidney disease can cause cardiovascular health problems, which in turn can increase the risk of early death. ...
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New External Advisory Board Members
Willard Cates, Jr., MD, MPH, President, Research, Family Health International Lee Huntsman, PhD, President Emeritus, University of Washington Ramanan Laxminarayan, MPH, PhD, Vice-President for Research and Policy at the Public Health Foundation...
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Nairobi Delegation:
As part of a $9.5 million, five-year U.S. grant to the University of Nairobi to expand medical students’ education to 12 peripheral sites in Kenya, a delegation from Nairobi toured UW medical sites in Spokane and Boise. A contingent from Nairobi came to...
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Research and Action Needed for Adolescent Health
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As world gets hotter, Americans are turning to more sugar, study finds
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UW START Students Present Initial Findings on Differences in Disease Burden Estimates to Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Disease burden estimates vary, sometimes greatly, depending on who is providing the estimate. On November 15th, two UW Department of Global Health START students and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation staff presented their recent work to unpack the drivers...