The College of Public Health at the University of Georgia is celebrating the formal establishment of the Karen and Jim Holbrook Distinguished Professorship in Global Health. Dr. Karen Holbrook was Provost at UGA from 1998 to 2002. She subsequently served as president of the Ohio State University and has sustained a career-long involvement with international …
Tuberculosis is the ninth leading cause of death worldwide, and though the World Health Organization has said the average global burden of disease is on the decline, some areas of the world continue to feel its impact. Researchers at the University of Georgia have received a $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to …
Dr. Paula Davis-Olwell, an instructor in the Global Health Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, is one of nine UGA faculty members selected for a 2017-18 UGA Service-Learning Fellowship. This year-long program provides an opportunity for faculty members from a broad range of disciplines to integrate academic service-learning into their professional practice. Fellows meet regularly …
Athens, Ga. — Six collaborative, international research projects housed at the University of Georgia have received seed funding under UGA’s Global Research Collaboration Grant program. The program funds a range of early-stage projects with significant global impact. Each initiative received between $4,000 and $8,000 to cover initial project costs. “Some of the most important challenges …
Athens, Ga. – For the third time in three years, a University of Georgia professor has been honored with the Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award for teaching excellence. Dr. Christopher Whalen in the College of Public Health was one of eight professors nationwide selected for the honor. The award is given to faculty members who inspire …
CPH alumnus Dr. Leo Martinez was just awarded the Stephen Lawn HIV-TB Research Leadership Prize from the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. Martinez, who is now a post-doctoral associate at Sanford University, completed his Ph.D. in epidemiology in Spring 2017 under the mentorship of Dr. Christopher Whalen. His research focuses on identifying where …
The Center for Global Health is sponsoring a Fall Symposium, titled “Global Public Health at UGA: Croatia, Uganda, Puerto Rico and Nepal,” on Wed. Oct. 26 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM in the Wright Hall Annex on the UGA Health Sciences Campus. The conference is organized around three sessions: 1) Current Challenges in Global …
The inaugural presentation of a new Global Health lecture series takes place on Thursday, September 29, 2016, from 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. in the Wright Hall Annex on the Health Sciences Campus. Global Health Institute director and professor of epidemiology and biostatistics, Christopher Whalen, and epidemiology graduate students Leonardo Martinez-Pantoja and Maria Castellanos-Reynosa will …
Athens, Ga. – University of Georgia doctoral student María Eugenia Castellanos has been awarded a 2016-2017 Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellowship to fund her research on tuberculosis transmission in Guatemala. Castellanos, a doctoral student studying epidemiology in the UGA College of Public Health, will work to identify the risk factors associated with TB …
You may not realize it, but that Health application on your iPhone is good for a lot more than just counting the number of steps you take each day. It contains valuable information, tracking and personalized advice on health topics from nutrition and body measurements to vitals and reproductive health. There’s even an option to …