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A Conversation with Dr. Abraham Flaxman on Improving the Outcomes of Verbal Autopsies
In this video interview Dr. Abraham Flaxman, Associate Professor of Global Health at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, explains the importance of verbal autopsy and how updated software is improving...
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Save the Date: Symposium on Maternal, Child Health Nov. 7th
The Department of Global Health is pleased to announce the upcoming symposium on Global Health for Women, Children and Adolescents on Thursday, November 7, 2013. The Symposium features a full afternoon of speakers and interactive events including a...
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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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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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Broaden Diversity and Excellence within the Field of Global Health
Support the UW DGH Endowed Fellowship for Global Health Excellence, Equity and Impact ...
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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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