June 16, 2020
Letter from the Directors
Dear UW Nursing Students & Faculty, Thank you all for a memorable academic year. This year took many unexpected turns. The COVID19 pandemic has highlighted our resilience as a school and community. It has also demonstrated the stark inequities in our community, in our region and country, as well as around the world, specifically for Black, Indigenous, and…
April 1, 2020
Graduate Certificate in International Humanitarian Response
The Population Health Initiative is accepting applications for the Graduate Certificate in International Humanitarian Response program. The certificate is intended to provide University of Washington graduate and professional students from a variety of disciplines with an integrated body of study to better support prevention, mitigation, response and recovery from crises to assist those affected by…
March 11, 2020
Student Profile: Julie Skene
Julie Skene is the first nurse to enroll in the DNP- Population Health Nursing & Global Health MPH Concurrent Degree Program (learn more here!) The Center for Global Health Nursing asked Julie a few questions about her passion for nursing and why she decided to pursue this concurrent degree program. Why did you choose nursing?…
March 2, 2020
Study Abroad Updates and Travel Resources
The Center for Global Health Nursing works closely with the UW Office of Global Affairs to track students going abroad and ensuring safe travel. We have been getting a lot of questions regarding travel while restrictions are in place. The UW has put together a very helpful FAQ page that is updated daily with new…
February 20, 2020
Deadline extended for the Global Rural Health Fellowship in Alaska!
The UW SON’s Center for Global Health Nursing and the Alaskan Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) is recruiting experienced and newly graduated FNPs to work in Alaska for 12 month period beginning July 1, 2020. These candidates will become part of the second cohort of DNPs to participate in the prestigious UW Global and…
January 30, 2020
UW CGHN launches new global internship program with Omprakash
The UW Center for Global Health Nursing (CGHN) is excited to announce a new partnership with Omprakash, a Seattle-based global education nonprofit, which will increase study abroad opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate-level UW nursing students. Omprakash works with organizations around the world to create internships where they need help the most. They created the…
January 23, 2020
Exploration Seminar: Health Services Delivery in Resource Poor Settings in Guatemala
Application Deadline: January 31, 2020 (Applications will be accepted until February 15 on a rolling basis) Dates: June 22 – August 21, 2020 (in Guatemala July 31- August 15) This intensive service-learning course, conducted in partnership with a community-based organization, Guatemala Village Health, is designed to expose students to the policy contexts in which health…
Exploration Seminar: La Dolce Vita – Comparative Food Systems in Italy
Application Deadline: January 31, 2020 Dates: 6/25 – 7/23/2020 La Dolce Vita: Comparative Food Systems in Italy is a 4-week intensive program exploring sustainable food systems in Italy using systems thinking and a variety of perspectives to understand how factors, such as culture, policy, diet, and market structure, interact to create environmental, economic, health, and…
Exploration Seminar: Health Impacts of the Great East Japan Earthquake
Applications Due: February 15, 2020 Dates: 8/23-9/13, 2020 The 9.1 magnitude 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan, and the fourth most powerful recorded in the world. The subsequent tsunami resulted in over 15,000 deaths and 6,000 injuries. Today, over 2,500 people are still missing, and 5,000 are…
December 12, 2019
Global Month 2019
On November 14th, multiple departments came together to hear Sheila Davis speak about the growth of Partners in Health over the past 30 years. The event started with poster presentations from students engaged in global health projects over the past year. Andrea Shelton (DNP-Midwifery), Hannah Bridgeland (DNP-FNP), Nicole Bayard (DNP-FNP), Marissa Masihdas (DNP-FNP), Rikki Peck…
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