http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/ Welcome to IHME’s RSS feed, where you can stay current on the Institute’s news, research, educational programs, and job opportunities. Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/events/women_deliver_0610.html IHME launches a new policy report, "Building Momentum: Global progress toward reducing maternal and child mortality," at Women Deliver 2010. Washington, DC, June 7-9. Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/resources/news/2010/cash_payments_0610.html Program in India reduces newborn deaths by paying mothers to give birth in health facilities. Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Dan Wikler of the Harvard School of Public Health. Wednesday, June 9, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by George Howard of the University of Alabama. Thursday, June 3, 12:30 p.m., at IHME. Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/resources/news/2010/injuries_threaten_highlights_0510.html Injuries killed 44,000 children in 6 years; road transport injuries claimed the most lives Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/ops.html IHME has two new opportunities to join our team. Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/resources/news/2010/unexpected_decline_0510.html Deaths of children under age 5 are declining worldwide, and at rates faster than expected Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by James Kahn of University of California, San Francisco. Wednesday, May 26, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/events/maternal_child_symposium_0510.html The Lancet and IHME co-sponsor a symposium in Washington DC, May 24, 2010. Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/ops.html IHME has two new opportunities to join our team. Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/ops.html IHME has a new opportunity to join our team. Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Stephen E. Fienberg of Carnegie Mellon University. Wednesday, May 19, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/resources/news/2010/adult_mortality_trends_0410.html Women’s health improves faster than men’s worldwide; US lags behind lower income countries Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Andy Stergachis of the University of Washington on "Current and Future Directions in Global Pharmacovigilance", and Alex N. O. Dodoo of the University of Ghana Medical School on "Local Safety or Global Public Health: The Paradox of Global Treatment Recommendations in a World of Individualised Medicines". Wednesday, May 5, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/resources/news/index.html IHME provides countries a new way to calculate more accurate and timely child mortality estimates Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Sven Wilson of Brigham Young University. Wednesday, Apr. 28, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Daniel Darko of the Ministry of Health of Ghana. Wednesday, Apr. 21, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/resources/news/2010/maternal_deaths_fall_0410.html IHME research reveals surprising progress by many countries in reducing maternal mortality Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/resources/news/2010/developing_countries_worldwide_0410.html Low-income countries double health budgets in just over a decade Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Andrew Mack of Simon Fraser University. Wednesday, Apr. 14, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/ops.html IHME has new opportunities to join our team. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by John Loeser of the University of Washington School of Medicine. Wednesday, Apr. 7, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/resources/news/2010/preventable_risk_factors_highlights_0310.html Thousands of lives could be saved in the US by addressing just four risk factors. Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/what/training/fellowships/pgfs/profiles.html IHME’s Post-Graduate Fellows develop new ways to calculate the world’s health. Find out how in their new profiles. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Rand Wilcox of of the University of Southern California. Wednesday, Mar. 31, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PDT http://scidiv.bellevuecollege.edu/SAMI/Sean%20Green%20Poster.pdf Come join us for a seminar by IHME Post-Graduate Fellow Sean Green. Thursday, Mar. 11, 3:30 p.m., at Bellevue College. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Randall Chesnut of Harborview Medical Center. Wednesday, Mar. 10, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Kevin Dunbar of the University of Dundee. Wednesday, Mar. 3, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Jacqueline Sherris of PATH. Wednesday, Feb. 24, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Steve Goodreau of the University of Washington. Wednesday, Feb. 17, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Tanja Srebotnjak of the Ecologic Institute. Wednesday, Feb. 10, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Theo Vos of the University of Queensland. Wednesday, Feb. 3, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Aisha Jumaan of PATH. Wednesday, Jan. 27, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/resources/news/newsletters.html The Institute launches its first quarterly newsletter, highlighting research, publications, programs and recent successes. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Abraham Flaxman of IHME. Tuesday, Jan. 19, 4 p.m., on UW main campus. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Yujiang Jia of Vanderbilt University. Wednesday, Jan. 20, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Peter Hoff of the University of Washington. Wednesday, Jan. 13, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/resources/news/2010/without_key_elements_0110.html IHME’s Christopher Murray and Julio Frenk outline critical next steps for effective US health care reform in the latest issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Sylvia Mathews Burwell of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Wednesday, Jan. 6, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/ops.html IHME has an opportunity to join our team. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/what/training/fellowships/pbfs/faq.html Get answers quickly and easily about IHME’s Post-Bachelor Fellowship Program. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/what/training/fellowships/pbfs/2009.html Which population health challenges are IHME’s Post-Bachelor Fellows tackling? Find out in their new profiles. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/what/areas/evaluations/malaria.html New grant funds IHME study on anti-malaria efforts in two countries and the impact on child mortality. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/ops.html IHME has outstanding opportunities to join our team. Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Richard Zerbe of the University of Washington. Wednesday, Dec. 16, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Julio Frenk of the Harvard School of Public Health. Wednesday, Dec. 9, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/what/areas/country/unitedstates.html IHME was awarded two new grants to monitor health disparities and effective delivery of services in the US, using Washington state as a model. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/resources/news/2009/ihme_postbachelor_fellows_media_advisory_1109.html Nov. 19, 2009—Post-Bachelor Fellows at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) have planted their flag in the global health landscape in a forceful "Comment" published in The Lancet that invites a new generation of "skeptical optimists" to change the way health problems are measured. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Lisa Cohen of the Washington Global Health Alliance. Wednesday, Dec. 2, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. There will be no seminar Nov. 25 due to Thanksgiving. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by David Bishai of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Wednesday, Nov. 18, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.gatesfoundation.org/livingproofproject/Pages/default.aspx IHME data highlighted in Bill and Melinda Gates speech to US policymakers on benefits of global health aid. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Majid Ezzati of Harvard School of Public Health. Wednesday, Nov. 4, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/what/training/programs/masters.html The UW's new MPH program in Health Metrics and Evaluation trains students in how best to analyze global health problems. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/what/areas/outcomes/mexico.html As part of the Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges in Global Health, the Population Health Metrics Research Consortium (PHMRC) Mexico Study strives to develop better instruments and methods for measuring population health, particularly in resource-poor settings. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/resources/what/training/courses.html IHME’s director introduces the principal health problems of the world’s populations and the major challenges to improving health worldwide in this interdisciplinary course at the University of Washington. The lectures explore the physiological, economic, social, and political factors that shape the global health landscape. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Maxine Hayes of the Washington State Department of Health. Wednesday, Oct. 28, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/resources/news/2009/ihme_harvard_study_media_advisory_1009.html Oct. 20, 2009—A study by researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and Harvard University has been named the best open-access medical paper of the past five years by the journal PLoS Medicine. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/resources/news/2009/public_health_research_highlights_1009.html Oct. 14, 2009—Public health research in India, while having grown in the past decade, continues to be inadequate in scope and quality considering the country’s daunting disease burden, according to new research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Come join us for a seminar by Christina Woods, a Consultant in Health Informatics and GIS. Wednesday, Oct. 21, 4:15 p.m., at IHME. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/seminars.html Omics refers to the biological field of study that ends in -omics, such as genomics. Come join us for a seminar by Eugene Kolker, Chief Data Officer for Seattle Children's Hospital. Wednesday, Oct. 14, 4 p.m., at IHME. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/ops.html IHME has an outstanding opportunity for a Data Development Manager to join our team to develop access to health-related data for IHME researchers. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/resources/news/2009/diabetes_dodges_diagnosis_highlights_0909.html Sept. 25, 2009—The rate of diabetes in the US varies widely state to state, as does the rate of diagnosis, depending in part on which state a person lives in, race, and whether the person has insurance, according to new research from the Harvard School of Public Health and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/ops.html IHME has an outstanding opportunity for a Project Officer. The Project Officer will help to manage and facilitate implementation of global health research projects, and may work on one or multiple projects. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/you/ops.html IHME has outstanding opportunities for Research Scientists/ Senior Research Scientists in mathematical modeling, health economics, global health finance, and impact evaluations. Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/resources/news/2009/surveys_may_muddle_highlights_0809.html Aug. 1, 2009—Researchers hoping to find out whether US citizens are becoming healthier or getting sicker over time should take care when relying on self-reported surveys, according to new research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/resources/news/2009/hearing_loss_rate_0709.html July 6, 2009—Americans are hearing better today than they were 30 years ago, but progress on reducing hearing loss has slowed, according to a new study by IHME. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT