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Global Burden of Disease Study
This project is an approach to global descriptive epidemiology. It is a systematic, scientific effort to quantify the comparative magnitude of health loss due to diseases, injuries, and risk factors by age, sex, and geographies for specific points in...
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Leading Global Service Learning Study-Abroad Trips to Rwanda, India, and Nepal
In partnership with community-based organizations and the US-based Institute for Village Studies , I lead students on quarter-long trips to engage in community driven development, research, and cross-cultural education. UW students can also apply for...
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Biraj Karmacharya builds ecosystems for public health
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Washington and Kenya: Opportunities for Joint Learning on the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Ethiopia: New Regional Lab in Afar Launched
A new regional referral health and research laboratory in Afar regional state, in Semera, was inaugurated in February 2013. The regional laboratory was renovated and established by I-TECH through partnership with the Ethiopian Health and Nutrition...
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Lincoln Pothan
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The UW Medical Student Addiction Research (MedStAR) Program to Address Substance Use and Disorders in Urban and Rural Communities in Five Western States
The MedStAR program provides a “pipeline” for medical students who are interested in pursuing Addiction Medicine fellowships to become the next generation of physician-scientists focused on the discovery and implementation of evidence-based care for...
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Pulitzer Center International Reporting Fellowship
The Pulitzer Center is interested in reporting projects that focus on topics and regions of global importance, with an emphasis on issues that have gone unreported or under-reported in the mainstream American media. We see great value in covering the...
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Development, Implementation, Use and Evaluation of Interoperable Health Information Systems to Achieve HIV/AIDS and TB Epidemic Control through Improved Health Informatics Policy, Governance, Workforce Capacity, and Systems under PEPFAR
The goal of this project, led by PATH in partnership with UW, is to improve the health information systems throughout the globe through a global buy-in mechanism. Strategies covered by this mechanism including improving governance and policy making,...
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WA, Seattle launch campaign to plant thousands of urban trees
Officials with the state and city of Seattle on Thursday launched a renewed effort to plant trees in urban areas most affected by pollution, flooding and other extreme weather events, like the unprecedented 2021 heat wave that smashed record highs and...