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 disasters. The 15-credit curriculum for the certificate offers admitted students a solid grounding in the fundamental skill sets needed by international humanitarian workers and is offered as an interdisciplinary program through the University of Washington Graduate School.

We encourage all nursing students interested in disaster and emergency response to apply!

Applications for this graduate certificate due April 28, 2020.

To learn more, please visit the Population Health Initiative’s website below or contact us with any questions you may have.

Global Month 2019

On November 14^th, 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 (DNP-FNP), and Haylea Hannah (PHD Candidate – Public Health) all presented about their work in Peru, Nepal, Cambodia and Japan.

Sarah Gimbel, Co-Director of the Center for Global Health Nursing had a chance to introduce the School of Nursing and its commitment to the year of the nurse and midwife as presented by Nursing Now. She was pleased to welcome Karin Huster, an alumnus of the UW School of Nursing, who now works for Médecins sans Frontiers as a site coordinator and has worked closely with our keynote speaker, Sheila Davis.

Sheila Davis, CEO of Partners in Health, took the stage to discuss Partners in Health after 30 years and how the role of the nurse is important in the organization’s mission and in the overarching goal of global health equity. Sheila took the audience on a trip through her nursing career which has led her to become the CEO, how the organization is embracing her perspective as a nurse and the steps nurses must take in the future in order to care for the world’s most vulnerable populations.

The Center for Global Health Nursing wants to thank the UW School of Nursing, the Population Health Initiative, I-TECH, and the Department of Global Health for helping sponsor this event.

CEO of Partners in Health, Sheila Davis, to Visit UW

November 14th, 2019 at HUB 250
Poster viewing 2:30 – 3 pm, Presentation 3 – 4 pm

Dr. Sheila Davis is the Chief Executive Officer at Partners In Health (PIH). Previously, she served as Chief of Clinical Operations and as Chief Nursing Officer, where she oversaw nursing efforts as well as supply chain, medical informatics, laboratory, infrastructure, and quality improvement activities. Starting in 2014, she served as the Chief of Ebola Response as she led PIH’s response efforts during the West Africa epidemic. She has been a nursing leader in the field of HIV/AIDS since the mid-1980s and served on the National Board of the Association of Nurses AIDS Care (ANAC).  She entered the global health arena in 1999 responding to the global HIV pandemic working in a number of countries. She was the co-founder of a small NGO that worked in South Africa and Boston from 2004-2010 on health projects, including a rural village nurse clinic. Dr. Davis is a frequent national speaker on global health and clinical topics including HIV/AIDS, the Ebola epidemic, leadership in public health, and the role of nursing in human rights.

Dr. Davis received her BSN degree from Northeastern University in 1988, her Masters in Nursing degree as an Adult Nurse Practitioner in 1997 and her Doctorate in Nursing Practice with a concentration in global health in 2008. Both of her graduate degrees are from the MGH Institute of Health Professions.  Dr. Davis was a faculty member at the School of Nursing at the MGH Institute of Health Professions for 4 years and an Adult Nurse Practitioner at the MGH Infectious Diseases outpatient practice for over 15 years. Currently, she is Adjunct faculty at the UCSF School of Nursing and an affiliate member of Ariadne Labs. She was inducted as Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2008 and in 2009 was inducted as a member of the inaugural class of 12 Carl Wilken’s Fellows working on anti-genocide global efforts as part of the Genocide Intervention Network.

Dr. Davis will join the Center for Global Health Nursing as part of UW Global Month, a university-wide initiative to highlight UW’s global impact, networks, and community. She will be speaking on the importance of advocating for nursing in global health with real-life cases from her work with PIH and will talk about the evolution of the organization. The event will also highlight student nurses and the global impact they have made while at the UW.

This is an event you don’t want to miss!

A huge thank you to our partners who supported the Center for Global Health Nursing for this event: I-TECH, UW Population Health Initiative and the UW Department of Global Health.

Two SoN Students Part of Population Health Initiative’s 2019 Applied Research Fellowship

Two School of Nursing students were part of the Population Health Initiative’s 2019 Applied Research Fellowship. Jane Kim (DNP Student) and Michelle Shin (PhD Student) spent 10 weeks during the summer to analyze the maternity and infant wraparound services provided by First Steps to low-income individuals. To learn more about their findings and more about the fellowship offered by the Population Health Initiative,

please see link

New Graduate Certificate for International Humanitarian Response

The Center for Global Health Nursing is excited to share that the Population Health Initiative has launched a new 15-credit Graduate Certificate in International Humanitarian Response. Beginning this fall, the certificate is an interdisciplinary program through the UW Graduate School, and connects professionals from Public Health, Law, Public Policy, Engineering, Nursing, Pharmacy, Built Environment, and more. This certificate program is intended for graduates and professionals to study prevention, mitigation, response, and recovery from crises.

To read the full announcement from the Population Health Initiative and application details, please visit the link.

The application period for the initial cohort of certificate students closes 11:59 p.m. (Pacific) on Wednesday, August 14, 2019.

November 14th, 2019 at HUB 250 Poster viewing 2:30 – 3 pm, Presentation 3 – 4 pm

November 14th, 2019 at HUB 250
Poster viewing 2:30 – 3 pm, Presentation 3 – 4 pm