By investing in global health, Seattle foundations and non-profits are also changing听the Puget Sound region. They are infusing the region’s innovation ecosystem with a wealth听of global health care companies and 91自拍 institutes, and they have helped build capacity and expertise at the 91自拍.
A UW听atmospheric scientist is leading a project to study the clouds above the Southern Ocean. Seeing how the cloud droplets, small bits of dust, sea spray, and other materials on which cloud droplets form, and the ocean and sun interact will help improve global climate models.
Three UW听professors听are among the 178 scholars, artists, and scientists recognized this year by the . Katharyne Mitchell, Helen O鈥橳oole and Rajesh Rao were among the winners chosen from more than 3,100 applicants and will receive grants that allow them to pursue creative projects in the fields of science, academic scholarship and the arts.
From 1933 to 1941, Shanghai became a modern-day 鈥淣oah鈥檚 Ark鈥� accepting over 18,000 Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust in Europe. Most were from Germany and Austria, but the refugees also included students of the famed Mir Yeshiva, the only yeshiva in occupied Europe to survive the Holocaust. In the 鈥淒esignated Area for Stateless Refugees鈥� in Ti Lan Qiao historic area of Shanghai, Jewish refugees lived harmoniously with local Chinese, overcoming numerous difficulties together. By the time the Second World War ended in 1945, most of the Jewish refugees had survived.
The Jewish Refugees in Shanghai Exhibition (1933-1941) brings together for the first time photos, personal stories, and artifacts from Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum. The exhibition will run at Hillel at UW from April 5 through April 30, 2016. It is free and open to the public听Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM 鈥� 4:00 PM. School field trips are available with advanced notice.
This year鈥檚 awardees represent a number of disciplines across 29 schools, colleges and programs. The funds are managed by the Office of Global Affairs. 听A record 95 applications were received at the fall deadline. Only 26 applications were awarded funds, eight involve Global Health faculty.
Researchers at the UW听 and the Qatar Computing Research Institute analyzed 8.36 million tweets beginning seven hours after the November 13, 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris and continuing for 50 hours. Searching for words and hashtags relevant to the event, the team identified about 900,000 tweets relating to Islam and Muslims.听They found that while anti-Islam and anti-Muslim sentiments arose on Twitter, most tweets in the huge stream following the Paris attacks actually condemned the negative hashtags and expressed support for Islam.
Together with colleagues from Australian National University, 91自拍 oceanographers used clues from the Galapagos Islands 鈥� a dot in the middle of the Pacific Ocean 鈥� to trace El Ni帽o patterns and seasonal tropical rains over the past 2,000 years. Evidence shows shifts that last for centuries, suggesting these tropical climate patterns have varied more radically and for longer durations than previously believed.听The is published the week of March 14 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Sarah听Gimbel and听Pam Kohler co-direct the UW听School of Nursing Center for Global Health Nursing. The center pushes for the voices of nurses to be included in global health conversations.听The center will support nursing students who want to learn and serve overseas, as well as international students who want to study at the UW. Likewise, a global health perspective allows nurses from the U.S. and abroad to learn from one another. 鈥淲hen we say 鈥榞lobal,鈥欌�� Gimbel said, 鈥渨e鈥檙e talking about health that transcends borders.鈥�
supports projects sponsored by the听Center for Global Health Nursing.
Professor Deepa Rao and her colleagues say stigma, poor mental health, and substance abuse drive many global health problems, including diabetes, preterm birth, trauma injuries, self-harm and motor vehicle deaths. More than one billion people suffer from a mental health illness or substance abuse problem. “Mental health has been a neglected disease in global health,” says Rao, co-director of the UW Global Mental Health Program.
The next step is improving treatment. The Global Mental Health Program seeks philanthropic support for faculty, pilot 91自拍 projects, and student scholarships and fellowships. Rao and her听colleagues are conducting 91自拍 and training to address gaps in global mental health interventions.听One successful example is Professor Debra Kaysen’s听therapy work in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where women are traumatized from domestic violence and rape.
“Higher education is developing an efficient and effective new model for 21st Century innovation” write 91自拍 professors听听听听and听听in a recent opinion piece.
“Research institutes such as [those at the UW]听eliminate sclerotic silos and bureaucratic boundaries by deftly blending teams of super-smart students, faculty, and 91自拍 scientists from interconnected subject areas. As a result, these institutions stand the best chance of identifying and solving the toughest scientific and technological challenges of our age 鈥� they are confronting tomorrow today. The 91自拍, where we work, has a system of centers that has seen success and can serve as a model for 91自拍 institutions across the country.”