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Advancement of Health Disparities Research Center

CAHDR participates in and provides leadership to research-based innovations that will
reduce health disparities among and within population groups. The Center is a
collaborative partnership between the University of Washington (UW) and the University
of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) Schools of Nursing that are fostering sustainable
mechanisms for scholarship development in health disparities. The Center is mentoring
nurse researchers through learning institutes, guided research studies, and dissemination
of new knowledge. These mentored nurse researchers are beginning to develop a
knowledge base for innovation in health disparities research.

AIDS and STD Center (Fogarty)

CFAS collaborates with several other institutions throughout the world to provide patient
care, research, training and education as well as technical assistance for HIV/AIDS and
STD. It has also designed a WHO Collaborating Center for AIDS and STD.
Geographic Areas: Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Caribbean

APEC Emerging Infections Network

EINet uses “collaborative tools, such as e-mail and the World Wide Web” to “bridge the
broad geographic expanse and diversity of APEC economies, permitting scientists and
policy makers to share information and more effectively combat emerging infectious
disease through surveillance, prevention, research, and control measures.”
Geographic Areas: APEC Member Countries and Pacific Rim

Biomedical & Health Informatics

BHI is a research and training program that uses “the interdisciplinary and inter-
professional aspects of the field” to advance “basic and applied informatics”. Geographic
Areas: China

Citizen of the World Program

COWP “encourages and assists students currently enrolled in a degree program at the
University of Washington School of Nursing to seek experiences of immersion in health
care and society in a culture very different from their own.”

Ecogenetics and Environmental Health Center

CEEH endeavors to “foster collaborations” and “catalyze development of multi-
investigator grants” in order to “understand and communicate how genetic factors
influence human susceptibility to environmental health risks.”

Global Health and Justice Project

GHJ promotes discussion of “cutting edge issues presenting ongoing challenges to global
health and justice” amongst “leading medical, public health and legal academics and
professionals” that will eventually “lead to identifying future areas of research and foster
continued multidisciplinary collaboration.”
Geographic Areas: South Asia and Southeast Asia
Global Health Department
The Department of Global Health is a joint venture of the University of Washington
Schools of Medicine and Public Health and Community Medicine. The Department is the
first joint global health department in the nation and will serve as a new paradigm for
focusing inter-professional educational programs, collaborative research, professional
service in public health policy and practice and medical care on the goal of establishing
sustainable improvements in global health.

Global Health Resource Center

GHRC is committed to “[coordinating] activities and information about global health
education, training, research, funding, employment opportunities and events;
[connecting] undergraduate, graduate/professional students, faculty, staff, individuals,
communities and organizations; and [catalyzing] opportunities for international, inter-
professional collaboration and exchange.”

Health and Education Research Center

CHER employs multidisciplinary partnerships to “[enhance the] health and quality of life
for individuals and communities through education, training and research.”

Institute for International Indigenous Health & Child Welfare Research

IIIHCWR endeavors to “develop culturally relevant theory and models for research and
then translate and test these models through community-based and indigenous programs”
through research “education, training, and workforce development of practitioners
working in indigenous communities” and “indigenous health and child welfare services.”

Institute for Public Health Genetics

IPHG “[provides] broad, multidisciplinary training for future public health professionals,
[facilitates] research in public health genetics, and [serves] as a resource for continuing
professional education.”

International AIDS/HIV Research & Training Program

International Health Group

University of Washington School of Medicine's IHG promotes medical student research
and clinical experiences to benefit underserved populations worldwide. IHG aims to
accomplish this through educational activities and the development of international
research and clinical opportunities.

International Health Program

IHP “focuses on community health and primary health care systems of the developing
world” in teaching “basic principles of public health and to identify social, political, and
economic determinants of illness.”

International Medical Education (Department of Medical Education and Biomedical

Informatics)
IME “provides training, research, and service in education and informatics across the
breadth of health sciences and health care” in an effort to “facilitate the development and
implementation of international medical education” the IME offers various international
research and training programs for UW students as well as visiting faculty and graduate
students with a focus on developing countries.
Geographic Areas: Africa, Easter Europe, Southeast Asia, China, South America and the
Middle East

International Research and Training in Health Informatics

This program's “goal is to train core professionals for representative regions in health
informatics; link health informatics professionals in a nationwide collaborative network
in Peru and to strengthen the library and information resource capabilities and
accessibility at UCPH partner university”

International Scholars in Occupational & Environmental Health

ISOEH “[provides] training in occupational and environmental health to scientists and
professionals in collaborating countries” and “[maintains] and [reinforces] the strong
existing collaborative inter-institutional relationships through training and research.”
Geographic Areas: Costa Rica, Thailand, Vietnam, and Nicaragua

Multidisciplinary International Research Training Program

MIRT “provides support for undergraduate and graduate students to do health-related
population-based research and training in developing countries.”

Multinational Collaboration and Challenges to Environment / IGERT

Funds the University of Washington-Sichuan University Program on Scientific,
Engineering and Social Challenges to the Environment, a collaboration between the
University of Washington and Sichuan University in Chengdu, China that “[focuses] on
five research areas: biodiversity, water resources, forest ecology, environmentally-
friendly eco- materials, and human-environment interaction.”
Geographic Areas: South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, China, Japan, New Zealand, and
Vietnam

Northwest Center for Particulate Matter and Health

PM Center conducts research in order to “provide information crucial to understanding
and preventing [particulate matter] associated health effects.” Although this research
focuses on the Pacific Northwest it can, “together with that of other groups around the
world…..contribute to decisions about air quality standards and to the understanding of
how we are affected by the air we breathe.”

Northwest Center for Public Health Practice

NWCPHP links academia with the community in the Pacific Northwest by “[providing]
support and training in the areas of environmental health, clinical laboratories,
pharmaceuticals, and public health informatics.”
Occupational Safety & Environmental Health Program (Fogarty)

Peace Corps Master’s International Program International Health (PCMI)

Population Leadership Program

PLP “brings together professionals from developing countries to expand their leadership
skills, and partners with them to create systemic improvements in population issues,
family planning, and reproductive health at the local, national, and international levels.”
Geographic Areas: subsaharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America

Program on Environment
POE “[promotes] interdisciplinary environmental education at the University of
Washington (UW). PoE offers an undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies, a
Minor in Environmental Studies, and two graduate certificate programs. PoE merges the
fields of natural sciences; social sciences; law, policy and management; and ethics values
and culture through rigorous coursework and hands-on learning within the community to
provide a unique opportunity for students and faculty to explore complex environmental
issues from multiple perspectives.
Geographic Areas: Australia and New Zealand

Study of Ethnic Conflict & Conflict Resolution Center

The Center studies the causes and effects of ethnic tension and warfare across the world
in order better understand ways of bringing about peace.

Urban Ecology Research Laboratory

UERL “works to understand and improve the conditions of human-dominated ecosystems
by conducting interdisciplinary research, integrating analytical and participatory
approaches to problem-solving, and engaging policy makers and the public in the
generation and use of scientific knowledge.”

Women’s Health and Gender Research Center

CWHGR investigates culturally diverse populations in order to “enhance understanding
of the relationship between socio-cultural environments, women's health and gender” as
well as “investigators' capacity to study diverse populations of women in culturally
competent ways.”