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January 23, 2014

Global Medicines Program Welcomes Dr. Joseph Babigumira as New Faculty

The Global Medicines Program is pleased to welcome Dr. Joseph Babigumira, MBChB, MS, PhD, as Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Health, University of Washington.  Originally from Uganda where he received his medical training, Dr. Babigumira received a M.S. in Health Services Research in 2006 from Case Western Reserve University as a Fogarty International…


Poster at the 27th ICPE: International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management

Andy Stergachis and Jude Nwokike are authors of a poster entitled: Actions of the National Regulatory Authorities in Developing Countries following US FDA and EMA Safety Alerts on Rosiglitazone at the upcoming 27th ICPE: International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management, to be held August 14-17, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago in Chicago, IL. More…


Global Medicines Program affiliated trainees at IAS 2011, Rome Italy, July 2011

The following two abstracts were included at the 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2011) in Rome Italy in July 2011.  Catherine Corbell, PhD, is a 2011 PhD graduate of the UW Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program and Barrot Lambdin, PhD, is a 2010 graduate of the UW Epidemiology Program….


Strengthening ART pharmacovigilance in Karnataka, India

Andy Stergachis participated in a technical assistance activity and workshop hosted by the Strengthening Pharmaceutical Management Program (SPS) of Management Sciences for Health (MSH), and Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society (KSAPS) to identify and initiate strategies for strengthening antiretroviral therapy (ART) program pharmacovigilance activities in the State of Karnataka, India. On July 15, 2011, SPS…


January 22, 2014

Workshop on Health Technology Assessment Policy Formation and Implementation—Second Generation National Health Insurance Reform in Taiwan

Lou Garrison in Taiwan as part of the Workshop on Health Technology Assessment Policy Formation and Implementation. Taiwan is in the midst of its “second generation” national health reform, having made a revolutionary shift to a single-payer system in 1995.  Despite spending only about 6.2% of GDP on health care, like all other health care systems,…



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