Working in Implementation Science (WISE) Working Group
Presenter: Cyrus Mugo, MBChB, MPH, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Kenyatta National Hospital, Global WACh & KRTC, University of Washington, Presentation Topic: Sieving through barriers to, and strategies for the integration of mental health care to routine care of adolescents and youth with HIV
Dr. Cyrus Mugo is a senior research scientist at Kenyatta National Hospital and affiliate faculty at the Universities of Nairobi and Washington, with training in Medicine, Global Health, Epidemiology and Implementation Science, and more than a decade's long experience in research focused on optimizing child and adolescent health. He has been involved in designing and implementing >30 research studies ranging from pediatric and adolescent HIV testing and treatment, treatment support, and mental health. Some of the projects such as the Counseling and Testing for Children at Home study (NIH R21), and the Adolescent Transition to Adult Care for HIV infected Adolescents study (NIH R01) stand out due to their impact on…
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97426645888. Accessibility Contact: Disability Services Office (DSO), dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Thursday, November 6, 2025, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM.
For more info visit depts.washington.edu. MPH in Global Health Informational Session
Information sessions are offered each month using the web-based platform Teams. In these sessions prospective students have the opportunity to speak with an MPH advisor and/or current student who will give a brief presentation and answer questions about the program.
To register for this information session, go to this page, and click on the "Register Here" link next to this date under the "Morning Sessions (PST)" list.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: ghprog@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, November 6, 2025, 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM.
Online.
For more info visit globalhealth.washington.edu. Breakfast with WACh with Dr. Anita Shet (Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health)
Join us for coffee and an engaging lecture. Please register below to receive a calendar invitation and Zoom meeting link (for remote attendance).
"From survival to selfhood: The journey of India’s millennial HIV generation"
Dr. Anita Shet MD, PhD
Professor, Department of International Health
Director, Child Health, International Vaccine Access Center
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Thursday, November 6th, 2025
9:30-10:30 AM PST
Hans Rosling Center Room 101
University of Washington
Please register here to receive a calendar invitation with Zoom meeting link. .
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Hans Rosling Center for Population Health (HRC). Accessibility Contact: Disability Services Office (DSO), dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, November 6, 2025, 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM.
MPH in Global Health Informational Session
Information sessions are offered each month using the web-based platform Teams. In these sessions prospective students have the opportunity to speak with an MPH advisor and/or current student who will give a brief presentation and answer questions about the program.
To register for this information session, go to this page, and click on the "Register Here" link next to this date under the "Afternoon Sessions (PST)" list.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: ghprog@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, November 6, 2025, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Online.
For more info visit globalhealth.washington.edu. CFAR Seminar with Dr. Rupert Kaul - November 6, 2025
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Register via this link for virtual attendance
zoom registration, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
VIRTUAL, CFAR Seminar Speaker: Rupert Kaul
Talk Title: The Genital Microbiome: Is it really an STI?Dr. Rupert Kaul completed his clinical training in Infectious Diseases at the University of Toronto, and was then a research fellow at the Universities of Nairobi and Oxford for several years. He completed an immunology PhD and returned to the University of Toronto and University Health Network, where he served as director of the division of Infectious Disease from 2013-23 and currently studies the mucosal immunology of HIV and SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis and transmission in participant cohorts from Canada, USA, Kenya and Uganda.
3:30pm - 4:00pm
VIRTUAL, New Faces Speaker: Vineet Joag
Talk Title: Primate Resident Memory T Cells Activate Stromal and Humoral Immunity
Vineet Joag is an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington, Department of Pediatrics. His long-term goal is to decode T-stromal cell interplay…
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/iOxZRSaVTzmrlnH7d0nQEQ. Accessibility Contact: cfar@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, November 6, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Zoom.
MPH in Global Health Informational Session
Information sessions are offered each month using the web-based platform Teams. In these sessions prospective students have the opportunity to speak with an MPH advisor and/or current student who will give a brief presentation and answer questions about the program.
To register for this information session, go to this page, and click on the "Register Here" link next to this date under the "Morning Sessions (PST)" list.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: ghprog@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, November 13, 2025, 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM.
Online.
For more info visit globalhealth.washington.edu. Indigenous Food Ways and Mental Health
Join the UW Consortium for Global Mental Health and the Population Health Initiative for a conversation between Dean of the School of Social Work, Michael Spencer and Dr. Emma Elliott on Indigenous Food Ways and Mental Health. They will discuss their research and what they've learned in their work and lives about the ways traditional foods and meal traditions support mental health for indigenous populations. This is a hybrid event, please register, however you plan to attend.
Register: https://bit.ly/4mXQLOv, Dr. Emma Elliott (Cowichan Tribes) is an assistant professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education at the University of Washington. She holds both a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and a Master of Social Work in Children, Youth, and Families. The interdisciplinary intersections of her research include culture, learning, and human development; land-based and Indigenous methodologies; and trauma, prevention, and recovery among Indigenous children and…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Hans Rosling Center for Population Health (HRC). Online Meeting Link: http://bit.ly/4pYOe9p. Campus room: HRC 101. Accessibility Contact: lmng@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, November 13, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
MPH in Global Health Informational Session
Information sessions are offered each month using the web-based platform Teams. In these sessions prospective students have the opportunity to speak with an MPH advisor and/or current student who will give a brief presentation and answer questions about the program.
To register for this information session, go to this page, and click on the "Register Here" link next to this date under the "Afternoon Sessions (PST)" list.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: ghprog@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, November 13, 2025, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Online.
For more info visit globalhealth.washington.edu. CFAR & PHSKC Lunchbox Talk with Maria Corcorran, Julie Dombroski, Raaka Kumbhakar, and Jimmy Ma
Talk Title: Low Barrier Care for People with and at risk for HIV in King County
Speaker Bios:
Maria Corcorran
Dr. Maria Corcorran is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the medical director for the SHE-Aurora Clinic, a status-neutral, community-embedded low barrier care clinic for persons living homeless in north Seattle. Her clinical care and research priorities focuses on infectious complications of injection drug use and on novel strategies for care delivery among marginalized populations, including people who use drugs (PWUD) and persons living unhoused.
Julie Dombrowski
Dr. Julie Dombrowski is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington and Co-Director of the UW/Fred Hutch CFAR (Centers for AIDS Research). Her clinical, research, and public health work focus on improving HIV & STI health services for medically underserved populations in the United States. She is currently the Director of the Madison (HIV) Clinic at Harborview Medical Center…
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/ttCcxy_bRDOYTwkbSVU0rQ. Accessibility Contact: cfar@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Zoom.
Working in Implementation Science (WISE) Working Group
WISE invites UW faculty, staff, fellows, and trainees with an interest in implementation science to share ideas in a supportive peer-to-peer environment. The group meets twice a month, focusing on members’ work in progress including grant proposals, manuscripts, and presentations.
Speaker information will be updated as information becomes available.
To join the meetings or subscribe to the WISE mailing list, please contact Anya Lewin at lewina@uw.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Disability Services Office (DSO), dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM.
MPH in Global Health Informational Session
Information sessions are offered each month using the web-based platform Teams. In these sessions prospective students have the opportunity to speak with an MPH advisor and/or current student who will give a brief presentation and answer questions about the program.
To register for this information session, go to this page, and click on the "Register Here" link next to this date under the "Morning Sessions (PST)" list.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: ghprog@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM.
Online.
For more info visit globalhealth.washington.edu. Crystal Chhan - Pathobiology PhD Dissertation Defense
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Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/94704861720?pwd=o3u9IbXZ29XJvRgZGiwO2MtSLFYfaG.1. Campus room: Fred Hutchison Cancer Center, Eastlake Building Room E3-160. 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.
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
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MPH in Global Health Informational Session
Information sessions are offered each month using the web-based platform Teams. In these sessions prospective students have the opportunity to speak with an MPH advisor and/or current student who will give a brief presentation and answer questions about the program.
To register for this information session, go to this page, and click on the "Register Here" link next to this date under the "Afternoon Sessions (PST)" list.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: ghprog@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Online.
For more info visit globalhealth.washington.edu. MPH in Global Health Informational Session
Information sessions are offered each month using the web-based platform Teams. In these sessions prospective students have the opportunity to speak with an MPH advisor and/or current student who will give a brief presentation and answer questions about the program.
To register for this information session, go to this page, and click on the "Register Here" link next to this date under the "Morning Sessions (PST)" list.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: ghprog@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Tuesday, November 25, 2025, 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM.
Online.
For more info visit globalhealth.washington.edu. MPH in Global Health Informational Session
Information sessions are offered each month using the web-based platform Teams. In these sessions prospective students have the opportunity to speak with an MPH advisor and/or current student who will give a brief presentation and answer questions about the program.
To register for this information session, go to this page, and click on the "Register Here" link next to this date under the "Afternoon Sessions (PST)" list.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: ghprog@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Tuesday, November 25, 2025, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Online.
For more info visit globalhealth.washington.edu. Working in Implementation Science (WISE) Working Group
WISE invites UW faculty, staff, fellows, and trainees with an interest in implementation science to share ideas in a supportive peer-to-peer environment. The group meets twice a month, focusing on members’ work in progress including grant proposals, manuscripts, and presentations.
Speaker information will be updated as information becomes available.
To join the meetings or subscribe to the WISE mailing list, please contact Anya Lewin at lewina@uw.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Disability Services Office (DSO), dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Thursday, December 4, 2025, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM.
CFAR Seminar with Dr. Lishovmwa Ndhlovu - December 4, 2025
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Register via this link for virtual attendance
zoom registration, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
VIRTUAL
CFAR Seminar Speaker: Lishovmwa Ndhlovu.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/XPfDD36QROWsB-Mk5_pEeg. Accessibility Contact: cfar@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, December 4, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Zoom.
Fall Career Panel
Biostats program alumni will share their career journeys, impressions from their time in the program, and tips about hiring at their organizations.
Panelists (subject to change): Si Cheng, Data Scientist at Netflix , Angela Zhang, Mathematical Statistician at the FDA.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: N/A, Zoom link will be sent to registered attendees. Accessibility Contact: Maggie Tarnawa. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: School of Public Health graduate students, as well as graduate students in Statistics.
Friday, December 5, 2025, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.
Zoom.
CFAR Seminar with Dr. Ank Nijhawan - January 8, 2026
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Register via this link for virtual attendance
zoom registration, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
VIRTUAL
CFAR Seminar Speaker: Ank Nijhawan.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/ehoW8b4URvuTcVeTKBjqRg. Accessibility Contact: cfar@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, January 8, 2026, 3:30 PM – Friday, January 9, 2026, 5:00 AM.
Zoom.
REDCap Workshop: REDCap Mobile
This workshop focuses on how to conduct offline data collection using the REDCap Mobile App. Please download the REDCap Mobile App to your device (phone or tablet) in advance, using your device’s app store. We will be using a test project to practice set up and collection procedures, but if you would like to use your own REDCap project, ensure you have an active REDCap account and a project created.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Hans Rosling Center for Population Health (HRC). Campus room: HRC 101. Accessibility Contact: Cfarbic@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Friday, January 16, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.