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Innovative cup designed to save babies
Experts聽from the 天美影视传媒 and have invented a special low-cost cup for聽feeding special needs babies. Each year in the developing world,聽millions of babies are born聽with health challenges that impair feeding and can lead to starvation. The $1 NIFTY聽cup provides a new solution.
US-India collaboration finds molecular signatures of severe malaria
The 天美影视传媒鈥檚 International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research in South Asia 鈥� along with partners at the (CIDR) and聽Goa Medical College (GMC) of India 鈥� have discovered that specific types of parasite proteins, when combined with high parasite biomass, strongly predict severe malaria disease in adults. The discovery, published May 16 in the journal , is a significant advancement in understanding the causes of severe malaria. Quantitative characterization of disease presentations and biotechnology capabilities at the ICEMR lab at Goa Medical College combined with specialized assays for molecular host-parasite interactions and machine learning tools at the CIDR helped unlock the mysteries of what leads to the development of severe malaria disease.
New tool measures lung function over the phone, from anywhere in the world
天美影视传媒 computer science and engineering and electrical engineering researchers have developed, a new health sensing tool that can accurately measure lung function over a simple phone call.
Learn locally, speak globally: welcoming students to a world of language study
UW students can choose from聽45 different languages. Videos created by聽聽introduce students to the study of Bengali, Indonesian, Hindi and Urdu, and聽offer tips on career opportunities and scholarships available to students of these languages.
Sir? Caballero? Faculty member knighted by Spain
, professor and former chair of the 天美影视传媒鈥檚 , has been awarded one of Spain鈥檚 highest civil honors.
Myanmar goes mobile, with UW’s help
A reformist government sped up Myanmar’s transition to democracy three years ago, dramatically increasing聽access to information. In 2011, just four percent of the population had mobile phones. Now the figure is closer to eighty percent, with many people owning smartphones. But navigating the flood of online information can be problematic for new users with no experience assessing the trustworthiness of sites and sources. An initiative launched by UW faculty aims to change that.
The initiative, (ISST), is designed to build digital literacy,聽information literacy, and data literacy across Myanmar. Professors Mary Callahan and Sara Curran in the Jackson School of International Studies, Chris Coward, director of the Technology & Social Change Group in the Information School, and Michael Crandall, a principal research scientist in the Information School, lead the project in collaboration with USAID, Microsoft, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Boosting global health partnerships for Chinese universities
Supported by the 聽a聽landmark symposium hosted by the UW聽last week brought together leaders and faculty from five Chinese universities, across the UW campus and the Seattle community.聽鈥淐ollaborating with Chinese colleagues is a tremendously high priority, both personally for faculty and institutionally here at UW,鈥� said Judy Wasserheit, chair of the Department of Global Health and symposium聽co-chair.
In the Galapagos, UW researchers partner to map historic climate patterns
Together with colleagues from Australian National University, 天美影视传媒 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.聽The is published the week of March 14 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Center for Global Health Nursing promotes ‘health that transcends borders’
Sarah聽Gimbel and聽Pam Kohler co-direct the UW聽School of Nursing Center for Global Health Nursing. The center pushes for the voices of nurses to be included in global health conversations.聽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聽Center for Global Health Nursing.