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Three Seattle projects receive Gates grants

May 15, 2012

Each of the 100 recipients in the recent round of Gates Foundation grants for bold ideas in global health, including the three projects from Seattle, gets $100,000 to figure out if their proposal has a chance of flying. A lucky few may go on to win $1 million in follow-up funding.

PATH Launches Sure Start Website

May 14, 2012

Every year, about 78,000 women don't survive giving birth, and a million babies die in their first month.But thanks to ordinary people called to action by PATH, mothers and babies in thousands of rural villages and urban slums are safer.

SonoSite Establishes Ultrasound Training Program in Kenya at Great Lakes University in Collaboration with the African Institute of Innovation and Tech

May 01, 2012

SonoSite, Inc. has announced a partnership with the African Institute of Innovation and Technology (AIIT), a Kenyan education trust, to establish the first ultrasound education program at Great Lakes University of Kisumu-a technology hub of East Africa.

Puget Sound area still in search of 3rd economic cluster

April 23, 2012

The Puget Sound region enjoys indisputably two of the world's leading clusters: aerospace and software. They disproportionately power the region's economic health, resilience and affluence. Could life Sciences and global health becoming the third economic cluster in Puget Sound?

PNDRI names John Wecker as new President and CEO

April 20, 2012

Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute (PNDRI) announced today that John Wecker, PhD has been appointed president and CEO, concluding an international search for that position. Dr. Wecker was most recently Global Program Leader, Vaccine Access and Delivery at PATH. He will begin his role at PNDRI on April 23rd.

Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association Announces Dates for Life Science Innovation Northwest 2012

April 20, 2012

Our region is flush with advancing medical technologies, diagnostics, and therapeutic innovations, as well as cutting-edge scientific and educational developments in global health. Participation of investment and partnering life science delegations for 2011 included attendees from China, Japan, Korea, the United Kingdom, France, India and Germany. We’re hoping this year’s conference will be more global in scope than ever before!

Seattle scientists testing first black-fever vaccine

April 20, 2012

Seattle researchers have turned to volunteers in Tacoma for a safety test of the first vaccine against the deadliest form of black fever, a disease that's rare in the U.S. but infects more than 12 million people worldwide.

Girls born in 2009 will live shorter lives than their mothers in hundreds of US counties

April 20, 2012

A recent report from IHME shows that the lifespan gap between counties has grown, and life expectancies for black Americans have improved greatly. IHME has also created several interesting visualizations of health statistics that explore trends in life expectancy in the United States.

Hutchinson Center President Larry Corey Elected to American Academy of Art and Sciences 2012 Class of Fellows

April 18, 2012

Larry Corey, M.D., president and director of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, has been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and independent policy-research centers.

The Seattle nonprofit PATH picks a new leader

March 27, 2012

The Seattle nonprofit PATH has named Steve Davis, best-known for helping run the digital-media company Corbis, as its new president and CEO.
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