Go Global! March 14th, 2025
Date: Friday, March 14 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Location: Health Sciences Education Building Room 101 RSVP HERE The University of Washington School of Nursing Center for Global Health Nursing invites you to join us March 14 at 12:30pm for our annual event. This year's event theme will focus on women's health and will include a catered…
Upcoming Info Sessions - Fall 2024
Center for Global Health Nursing Upcoming Events Graduate Certificate in Global Health Nursing Info Session Thursday, October 24: 12 pm - SON T661 Learn about the Graduate Certificate in Global Health Nursing, the perfect certificate for graduate students interested in mentorship, foundational knowledge, skills, and hands-on practical experience in global health fields including infectious disease,…
Nursing Experiences in Peru
The UW School of Nursing's Engagement in Iquitos, Peru: 2016 - Present The School of Nursing, has been collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of UW and Peruvian researchers in Iquitos since 2016 with support from generous donors, including the estate of Barbara Wyman. UW SON students first began coming to Iquitos as part of…
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Kaboni Whitney Gondwe
Hometown: Malawi Degrees: PhD in Nursing (2018), Doctoral Certificate in Global Health (2018), Master of Science in Nursing Education and Nursing Administration (2012), Certificate in Midwifery (2009), Bachelor of Science in Nursing (2007), Certificate in Global Health Nursing (2006) Department: Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing Research/Areas of Interest: Health equity, health disparities in…
Meet our T32 pre-doctoral trainees
The RiNGH training program, funded by the National Institute for Nursing Research (T32 NR019761) and coordinated by the CGHN and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, prepares nurse scientists with knowledge and skills to advance global health equity through team-based, interdisciplinary research. This training grant offers pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellowships of up to 2…
Meet T32 Predoc Rodney Perkins
Before post-graduate work, Rodney led the Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for Her initiative at Mary's Center in Washington, DC. PrEP for Her is a DC collaboration between the DC Department of Health and Washington AIDS Partnership (WAP), the first city-wide program exclusively for women of color. Before taking the position at Mary's Center, he was the…
Meet T32 Predoc Melissa Vera
Melissa Vera is a current PhD candidate at the University of Washington School of Nursing. She is a citizen of the Ts’msyen and Yaqui First Nations from British Columbia and Northern Mexico, respectively. Her research focuses on HIV prevention among adolescent girls and young women in Western Kenya at UW Department of Global Health. She…
Meet T32 Predoc Deepa Oja
Deepa Oja is from Ithaca, New York and has a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Hobart and William Smith colleges in Geneva, New York. She completed her ABSN (2014) and MSN (2017) degrees from Johns Hopkins University and completed my Nurse Practitioner residency from Highland Family Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Since…
Student Spotlight - Michelle Shin
Name: Michelle Shin Hometown: Los Angeles Degrees: MSN, MPH, PhD-c Department: School of Nursing Research/Areas of Interest: Cervical cancer prevention How did you get here? Why nursing? I studied international development studies at UCLA, which was then a new major that combined foundational classes in history, anthropology, economics, and sociology. I…
Frontiers of Global Health: Exploring the Ethics of Phased COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
On January 19, 2021, the Center for Global Health Nursing, with moderator and DNP Student Tyler Breier, hosted a panel of leaders engaged in the ethics of COVID-19 vaccine distribution. We welcomed four leaders from different disciplines to discuss the challenges and the ever evolving ethical discussions of vaccine distribution on a wide scale. Panelists…