Building Successful Global Research Teams
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Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM.
CFAR Seminar with Dr. Marco Pravetoni and Dr. Thomas Fitzpatrick
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3:30pm - 4:00pm
IN PERSON
New Faces Speaker: Thomas Fitzpatrick, MD
Acting Instructor, Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Talk Title: Perspectives of People Who Use Drugs on the Risks and Benefits of Anti-Fentanyl Immunotherapies and Clinical Trial Participation, Bio: Thomas (Tom) Fitzpatrick, MD, MPH, is a board-certified internal medicine and infectious disease physician and Acting Instructor in the UW Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. His overarching goal as a clinician and researcher is to improve the health of communities disproportionately affected by infectious diseases and substance use disorders by developing new interventions that reduce harms from higher-risk behaviors. He has two decades of experience implementing and evaluating public health programs in partnership with people who use drugs (PWUD) in…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Hans Rosling Center for Population Health (HRC). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/JeKyeA5wTWuN34fxcSzHdw. Campus room: Room 101. Accessibility Contact: g0201@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, October 1, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Guoyue Xu - Pathobiology PhD Dissertation Defense
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Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/96985164868. Campus room: Pelton Auditorium, 1st Floor Weintraub Building (FHCC). Accessibility Contact: The University of Washington is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: 206.543.6450/Voice, 206.543.6452/TTY, 206.685.7264 (FAX), or e-mail at dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, October 2, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.
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Breakfast with WACh with Dr. Hyun (Seohyun) Lee
Join Global WACh for coffee and an engaging lecture. Register to receive a calendar invitation with event details and a Zoom meeting link.
"Community Dialogue for Maternal and Newborn Health: Lessons from Official Development Assistance (ODA) Programs in Kenya and Bangladesh" Dr. Hyun (Seohyun) Lee, PhD
Visiting Scholar
Department of Global Health
University of Washington
Associate Professor
Department of Global Public Administration
Yonsei University
Dr. Seohyun Lee received her PhD in Public Health, focusing on management and policy sciences from the University of Texas in Houston. She has been involved in the implementation and evaluation of official development assistance (ODA) programs for health in low-and middle-income countries, including Laos, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Kenya, and Tanzania. Dr. Lee’s work centers around the cross-section of maternal/child health and mobile/digital health, with a recent focus on the implementation and scale-up of behavior change communication and health management…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Hans Rosling Center for Population Health (HRC). Campus room: 101. Accessibility Contact: Disability Services Office (DSO), dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
CFAR Health Access SWG Webinar with Dr. Russell Brewer
Speaker: Russell Brewer
Talk Title: Building Responsive Academic-Community Partnerships for Integrated HIV Service Delivery: Lessons from Chicago’s STRIVE Initiative
Bio: Russell Brewer, DrPH, is a Research Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago (UC) and Director of Community-Engaged Research, Capacity Building, and Southern Initiatives at the Chicago Center for HIV Elimination (CCHE). He also serves as Co-Director of the Behavioral, Social, and Implementation Sciences Core of the Third Coast Center for AIDS Research (TC-CFAR). For more than two decades, Dr. Brewer has led public health research and practice initiatives across academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, governmental public health agencies, and philanthropy. His expertise spans community-engaged and implementation research, organizational capacity building, program development and implementation, and mixed-methods evaluation. Since 2022, Dr. Brewer has worked closely with frontline community-based…
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Wednesday, October 7, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
SPH MPH Practicum Site & Faculty Convening
The MPH Practicum is a field-based experience that allows MPH students to tackle real-world public health challenges. The monthly convening of current and prospective faculty and site supervisors provide a dedicated space for mentors to connect and share lessons learned. '
You can RSVP in advance to share topics or questions you’d like addressed—or simply join!
Event interval: Ongoing event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97069535215. Campus room: Zoom. Accessibility Contact: Janice North, jlnorth@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions. Meetings. Special Events. Workshops. Target Audience: Faculty, Community Partner, Agency/Company/Organization Leaders.
Thursday, October 8, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
Zoom.
For more info visit sph.washington.edu.
CFAR Health Access SWG: Language Justice
Register here! Talk Title: Increasing Participation of Spanish Speakers with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) in HIV Clinical Research in the U.S.
Speakers: Michele Andrasik, PhD (she/her) is a clinical health psychologist working to build and enhance partnerships with priority communities in clinical research, with a focus on ongoing vaccine trials for HIV and TB. Dr. Andrasik works to address psychosocial and structural factors associated with HIV risk and STI disparities among priority communities. At the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) she leads social, behavioral and implementation science efforts across the Network. Dr. Andrasik is an expert in Community-Based Participatory Research approaches, implicit bias, trauma-informed care, and Qualitative Research Methods. Prior to returning to graduate school, she worked as Director of AIDS services for a community-based organization with locations in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. Currently, Dr. Andrasik is the Director of…
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Thursday, October 15, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
Endowed DELV Lecture and Faculty Exchange in Global Health
Global WACh presents the 5th annual Endowed DELV Lecture and Faculty Exchange in Global Health
"How to improve health for children exposed to HIV in Botswana, Kenya, and Zimbabwe – from clinical trials to implementation and policy” KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Multiple Principal Investigators of the Researching Interventions and Strategies to Evaluate the Health and Development of Children Affected by HIV (RISE) Consortium, a multi-country research collaboration among multiple experienced research groups focused on improving outcomes of children HIV-exposed and uninfected in high HIV prevalence settings in Botswana, Kenya and Zimbabwe
Kate Powis, MD (Botswana)
Internist and Pediatrician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Research Associate, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health
Principal Investigator, Botswana Harvard Public Health Partnership
Dalton Wamalwa, MBChB, MMed, MPH, PGDip, PhD (Kenya)
Associate Professor,…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Hans Rosling Center for Population Health (HRC). Campus room: 155. Accessibility Contact: Disability Services Office (DSO), dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Special Events.
Thursday, October 15, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
23rd Annual STI & HIV Research Symposium
The Annual STI & HIV Research Symposium, co-hosted by the UW Center for AIDS & STD (CFAS) and the UW/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), is our premier showcase for featuring emerging HIV and STI research talent within our community. Scientific talks include a keynote speaker and early-stage investigators, who are customarily recipients of developmental awards from STI and HIV research and training programs at the UW. Representatives of community-based organizations and researchers at all career stages are encouraged to attend, network and contribute to symposium discussions. 23rd Annual STI & HIV Research Symposium
October 28, 2026, from 9:00am - 4:00pm PDT
Harborview Research & Training Center (R&T), 300 9th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104, This event will also be livestreamed via Zoom. If you plan to attend virtually, please be sure to register for the Zoom session.
This year's event will feature...A keynote presentation, Topical panels, Research talks by UW award recipients, Early-Stage Investigator…
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/KobM-NdmTJKtwKDWANrJIA. Accessibility Contact: Jacqueline Williamson (jwilli3@uw.edu). Event Types: Conferences. Lectures/Seminars.
Wednesday, October 28, 2026, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Harborview Research & Training Center (R&T), 300 9th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104.
CFAR & PHSKC Lunchbox Talk with Carlos Gabriel Corpuz
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: cfar@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
SPH MPH Practicum Site & Faculty Convening
The MPH Practicum is a field-based experience that allows MPH students to tackle real-world public health challenges. The monthly convening of current and prospective faculty and site supervisors provide a dedicated space for mentors to connect and share lessons learned. '
You can RSVP in advance to share topics or questions you’d like addressed—or simply join!
Event interval: Ongoing event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97069535215. Campus room: Zoom. Accessibility Contact: Janice North, jlnorth@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions. Meetings. Special Events. Workshops. Target Audience: Faculty, Community Partner, Agency/Company/Organization Leaders.
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
Zoom.
For more info visit sph.washington.edu.
SPH MPH Practicum Site & Faculty Convening
The MPH Practicum is a field-based experience that allows MPH students to tackle real-world public health challenges. The monthly convening of current and prospective faculty and site supervisors provide a dedicated space for mentors to connect and share lessons learned. '
You can RSVP in advance to share topics or questions you’d like addressed—or simply join!
Event interval: Ongoing event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97069535215. Campus room: Zoom. Accessibility Contact: Janice North, jlnorth@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions. Meetings. Special Events. Workshops. Target Audience: Faculty, Community Partner, Agency/Company/Organization Leaders.
Thursday, December 10, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
Zoom.
For more info visit sph.washington.edu.