Events | Save-the-Date: Upcoming Special Events
Department of Global Health Funding & Fieldwork Opportunities | Additional Opportunities
Featured Events
Tuesday
Legal and Policy Solutions to Improve the Global Health of Women, Children and Adolescents Lecture Series: "Gun Violence: Protecting WACh"
Speaker: Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, MD, MPH, PhD, Assist. Prof., Dept. of Epidemiology, Health Services
Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
William H. Gates Hall, Room 133
Wednesday
Bioengineering Solutions to Improve the Health of Women, Children & Adolescents Seminar Series: "Using Mobile Technology to Improve Birth Outcomes"
Speaker: Jennifer Unger, MD, MPH, Acting Assist. Prof., Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Wednesday, February 18, 2015, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Magnuson Health Sciences Center, Room T-733
Thursday
Pathobiology Seminar Series: "Virus-Specific Antibodies Inhibit Inflammasome Sensing in Chronic Viral Infection"
Speaker: Andrea Cox, MD, Assoc. Prof. Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Thursday, February 19, 2015, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
UW Medicine at South Lake Union, Orin Smith Auditorium, 850 Republican Street
Saturday
"HIV Cure Research 101: Making the Science Behind the Search for an HIV Cure Accessible to Everybody"
Saturday, February 21, 2015, 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Seattle Public Library-Central Library, Microsoft Auditorium, 1000 4th Avenue
Save-the-Date: Upcoming Special Events
Bornemann.jpgWashington Global Health Alliance Discovery Series: “Scaling Up Mental Health Services in Challenging Environments: Liberia, A Case Study”
Speaker: Thomas Bornemann, EdD, Director, Mental Health Program, The Carter Center
Monday, February 23, 2015, Lecture 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Networking Reception 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. William H. Foege Genome Sciences, Foege Auditorium, Room S-060. Reception will be held outside Room N-130. Live webcast
"People’s Health Movement Global Health Watch 4 Report Launch"
Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Kane Hall, Walker Ames Room, Room 225
Global Health Faculty Research Seminar: “Child and Adolescent Global Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities: Connecting Research, Capacity Building, Advocacy and Program Implementation”
Speaker: Cecilia Breinbauer, MD, MPH, Clinical Assist. Prof.
Monday, March 2, 2015, Lecture 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Reception 5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Ninth and Jefferson Building, 908 Jefferson Street, Room 1360
Live webcast
Department of Global Health Funding & Fieldwork Opportunities
The Department of Global Health is excited to announce five funding opportunities (below) for travel support and fieldwork experiences for graduate and professional students, and medical residents at the University of Washington.
These funding opportunities are administered by the Global Health Resource Center and provide assistance for costs associated with doing fieldwork outside of Seattle. Applications for each may be submitted via a Common Application and Catalyst Dropbox. Visit each fellowship page to learn more and apply now!
The deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m., Friday, February 27, 2015.
These funding opportunities include:
George Povey Social Justice and Activism in Global Health Fellowship
The Povey Social Justice and Activism in Global Health Fellowship provides financial assistance to a graduate student, professional student, or medical resident at the University of Washington to help support fieldwork experience in global health.
Global Opportunities Health (GO Health) Fellowship
The GO Health Fellowship provides financial assistance to a graduate student, professional student, or medical resident at the University of Washington so that they may gain valuable international fieldwork experience in global health.
Stergachis Endowed Fellowship for International Exchange
The goal of the Stergachis Endowed Fellowship for International Exchange is to promote global health by providing financial assistance to graduate or professional students who would like to work on public health projects in developing countries, preferably in Uganda.
Strengthening Caring Opportunities through Partnership in Ethiopia (SCOPE) Fellowship
The SCOPE Fellowship Program is a three to six month research project with a unique opportunity to learn firsthand about fostering interdisciplinary approaches for tackling global health challenges. Fellows will be located in Gondar, Ethiopia.
Thomas Francis Jr. Global Health Fellowship
The Thomas Francis, Jr., Global Health Fellowship provides financial assistance to graduate or professional students across disciplines at the UW to gain practical global health experience in other cultures, usually developing countries.
Applicants are required to use the Common Application and Catalyst Dropbox to complete their application. Students are encouraged to apply for more than one fellowship, but are only eligible to receive one award per application cycle. If a student is awarded and accepts the fellowship, they must immediately withdraw their applications to other Department of Global Health fellowships or funded programs. Fellowship recipients must meet all program deadlines and program requirements, including attendance at a mandatory pre-departure orientation on Sunday, May 3, 2015.
Common eligibility criteria:
Graduate or professional students enrolled in a full-time University of Washington degree program.
Medical residents enrolled in a University of Washington residency program are eligible to apply for:
- George Povey Social Justice and Activism in Global Health Fellowship
- Global Opportunities (GO) Health Fellowship
- Good academic standing.
- Not currently receiving another DGH award or fellowship for the same time period, or for the same program or fieldwork experience.
- Medical and post-doc fellows, and undergraduates are NOT eligible for any of these awards.
- Please review the criteria for each of the awards to ensure that you have submitted the proper documentation to complete the process.
All documentation must be submitted via Catalyst Dropbox by 11:59 p.m., Friday, February 27, 2015.
Additional Opportunities
University of Washington Royalty Research Fund (RRF)
The purpose of the Royalty Research Fund (RRF) is to advance new directions in research, particularly in disciplines for which external funding opportunities are minimal, and/or for faculty who are junior in rank, and/or in cases where funding may provide unique opportunities to increase applicants’ competitiveness for subsequent funding.
Deadline: March 2, 2015
Global Health & Innovation Conference: Innovation Prize
The Innovation Prize is a US$10,000 and a US$5,000 cash prize that is awarded to the two best social enterprise pitches that are presented at the 2015 Global Health & Innovation Conference. All conference registrants – both students and professionals, and both non-profit and for-profit organizations – are eligible to apply for the Innovation Prize. The Innovation Prize supports outstanding early-stage and start-up ideas, programs, and organizations which are locally-developed and locally-responsible.
Deadline: March 28, 2015
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) announces the availability of funding to promote research experiences for individuals from groups that are underrepresented in research. CFAR is eligible to put forth candidates for an NIH funding opportunity entitled, “Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research.
Deadline: April 1, 2015
23rd Annual Principles of STD/HIV Research Course Scholarship
A limited number of scholarships for the 23rd Annual Course on Principles of STD and HIV Research will be awarded help cover the costs of course tuition, travel and accommodations for highly qualified students. The Principles of STD/HIV Research Course is a two week intensive cross-disciplinary course on STD and HIV research fundamentals held July 20 - July 30, 2015 at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Deadline: April 1, 2015
Global WACh & W.H. Coulter Foundation Pilot Grants
Global WACh and W.H. Coulter Foundation are pleased to announce the Request for Applications for the third round of Global WACh and W.H. Coulter Foundation Pilot Grants, “Medical solutions to improve the health of women, children, and adolescents.” Awards are up to US$30,000 for one year and projects must involve an active collaboration between a UW engineering faculty member and a clinical researcher with a UW faculty appointment.
Deadline: April 28, 2015
For questions regarding fellowships or to add an event to the Department of Global Health calendar, email Cole Bazemore, Events and Programs Coordinator at colebaze@uw.edu.
For more information on News, Events, and Funding Opportunities, please go to This Week in Global Health.
The Global Health Resource Center is the University’s hub for global health-related activities. We offer a variety of recurring events throughout the year and all are welcome unless otherwise noted. The resource center also manages the Department of Global Health's funding and fieldwork opportunities, provides career advice and information referral, and develops tools to disseminate information about global health activities both here and abroad.
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