Allen School for Global Health

The Nairobi program, offered for the first time this summer, is meant to enhance students’ technical expertise while supporting ongoing studies by WSU’s Global Health Kenya program.

Dr. Matt Peck is a new assistant professor in the Paul G. Allen School for Global Health at WSU.

The Office of Undergraduate Research announced awards to support mentored research, scholarship, and creative activity for students in 31 majors across four campuses for the 2023–24 academic year.

Engineering Professor Susmita Bose and emeritus Veterinary Medicine Professor Terry McElwain were elected to the WSAS board of directors. Doug Call, professor of molecular epidemiology, was chosen as secretary.

Kenyan patients who spend more than three days in the nation’s hospitals are more likely to harbor a form of bacteria resistant to one of the most widely used antibiotic classes, according to a WSU-led study.

The study abroad opportunity, made possible by U.S. State Department scholarship, is part of WSU’s Research Immersion in Nairobi program.

The university is in the early stages of a $1.36 million project to upgrade its biosafety level 3 laboratory and enhance its infectious disease research and pandemic response capacity.

In collaboration with the PiP My Pet Technologies based in Vancouver, Canada, WSU is developing a facial recognition cellphone application to be used to identify dogs that have been vaccinated for rabies to assess vaccination coverage in rural areas in Tanzania.

We are delighted to report that Amanda Yager, Research Services Manager with the Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, is a Crimson Spirit Award recipient.

This spring break, the Murrow College of Communication 2023 Backpack Journalism expedition travels to Nairobi, Kenya where students will report on research from the Paul G. Allen School for Global Health and related topics.