Department of Global Health Information
The Schools of Public Health and Medicine are in the process of establishing a new, jointly run Department of Global Health. The new department will focus on interdisciplinary solutions to global medical needs.
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DGH Website Launched
Thomas Francis Jr Endowed Fellowship
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DGH Website Launched
The Schools have launched the Department of Global Health website.
Thomas Francis Jr Endowed Fellowship
“Epidemiology must constantly seek imaginative and ingenious teachers and
scholars to create a new genre of medical ecologists who—with the fine
sensitivity of the scientific artist and the broad perception of the
community sculptor—can interpret the interplay of forces that result in
disease.”
--Thomas Francis
The story of the School’s new Francis Fellowship actually begins back in 1955, when Dr. Thomas Francis designed and led an unprecedented vaccine study on 1.8 million schoolchildren.
As polio outbreaks beset the country—there were 35,000 new cases in 1955—Francis’ study found Jonas Salk’s new polio vaccine to be both safe and effective. Within two years, polio cases in the US would drop to 6,500; today, “wild” polio is unknown in the US.
Fast forward to 2006, when an anonymous gift in honor of Thomas Francis was combined with matching gifts from the Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Casey Foundation, and the UW Matching Pool. The result? The Francis Fellowship—the first for the new Department of Global Health—for support of graduate students as they gain practical global health experience and work to improve health in developing countries.
To learn more about what the UW School of Public Health is doing to make the world a healthier place—and how you can help—please contact Development Director Leslee Shanahan (206-616-7197 or leslees@u.washington.edu). The UW School of Public Health and Community Medicine: developing and delivering preventive health strategies—around the block and around the globe.
More Information About The Department
Global Health Advisory Report (PDF)
Department of Global Health website
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