Global WACh Lecture: "Social Determinants and the Impact of Community Based Approaches on Maternal and Newborn Health" http://depts.washington.edu/gwach/global-wach-lecture May 10, 2012. Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta is the Husein Laljee Dewraj Professor and Head of the Division of Maternal and Child Health at Aga Khan University Medical Center in Karachi, Pakistan.
Kavita Ramdas, Keynote Speaker, The 9th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference, "At a Crossroads: Choosing Hidden Paths in Global Health," April 27-29, Kane Hall, University of Washington Campus.
Benita Beamon, PhD, MS, Faculty Fellow, Department of Global Health and College of the Environment, University of Washington speaking at the 9th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference, April 27-29, 2012, University of Washington, Seattle The primary focus of Dr. Beamon?s research program is to use quantitative methods (discrete-event simulation, mathematical modeling, and statistics) to develop management policies for humanitarian relief, supply chain, production, and service ...
Lori Hunter, PhD, MA Faculty Research Associate, Environment and Society Program University of Colorado at Boulder speaking at the 9th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference April 27-29, 2012, University of Washington, Seattle Plenary: From HIV to Hurricanes: Interactions between the Environment and Human Health Humans rely on a variety of ecosystem services for everything from food and water to cultural and spiritual beliefs. In fact, human and ecosystem health are intimately...
Guy Palmer, DVM, PhD, Director of The Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health Washington State University speaking at the 9th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference, April 27-29, 2012, University of Washington, Seattle Dr. Palmer?s goal is to improve control of animal diseases with direct impact on human health and well-being. Within this focus, he has led collaborative infectious diseases research programs in southern and eastern Africa, the Middle East, and Latin Ameri...
Deepa Rao, PhD, MA Research Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health, University of Washington spoke at The 9th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference April 27-29, 2012 at the UW, in Seattle. Dr. Rao is research assistant professor at the University of Washington and a licensed clinical psychologist. Her professional interests are in the area of global mental health and stigma reduction. Her interested is in developing individual and societal level behavioral intervent...
Jürgen Unutzer, MD at the 9th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference April 27-29, 2012, University of Washington, Seattle Plenary: Global Mental Health: Disease Burden and Intervention Jürgen Unutzer, MD, MA, MPH Professor & Vice-Chair of Psychiatry, University of Washington Adjunct Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Bio-Behavioral Sciences University of California at Los Angeles A geriatric psychiatrist and health services researcher, Dr. Unutzer is also an affiliate investiga...
Paul Bolton, of Johns Hopkins Univ., spoke at the The 9th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference, April 27-29, 2012, University of Washington, Seattle Plenary: Global Mental Health: Disease Burden and Intervention In this session, the invited faculty address the much neglected topic of global mental health. Drs. Rao and Unutzer will discuss the new Program on Global Mental Health and its activities and the location of mental health at the top of the list of global burden of di...
The WGHA Discovery Series presents: Ruth Nduati, MBChB, MMed, MPH, Associate Professor, Kenya Research Program. Professor Nduati is an internationally recognized authority on mother-to-child HIV transmission and pediatric HIV and is the Chair of the University of Nairobi Department of Pediatrics. She has led several important HIV clinical trials, is director of NARESA (Network of AIDS Researchers of Eastern and Southern Africa), which pioneered delivery of PMTCT services to more than 400 sites...
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