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Media Relations
William Heisel
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wheisel@uw.edu
Jill Oviatt
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oviattj@uw.edu
Newsletters
Part of the Institute's mission is helping people understand why and how we gather and analyze data and what effect our work is having on health policy and population health. We hope our newsletter, IHME Impact, provides another way to engage people in our work.
IHME Impact Fall 2011
In IHME Impact Fall 2011, we share our latest research and projects that are helping to determine where we are making progress and where the gaps are in improving health around the world. Learn about how IHME researchers created a new and improved way of capturing the number of women developing and dying from breast and cervical cancer, revealing important trends in breast and cervical cancer in the developing world. Read about how our research on US county-level life expectancy has spurred policy action from health officials at the local level and our innovative work on verbal autopsy analysis. Meet our latest cohorts of Post-Bachelor Fellow and Post-Graduate Fellows in Connections and see where we’ve shared our research and won awards at global health events around the world.
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IHME Impact Winter 2011
In IHME Impact Winter 2011, we map out a new method to estimate diabetes prevalence at the US county level, a breakthrough for local decision-makers trying to address disease in their communities. Read about the painstaking work to gather education rates around the world, which helped IHME researchers link maternal education advancement to a reduction in child deaths. Meet our new Post-Bachelor and Post-Graduate Fellows in Connections. See how we are using social media and friendly competition amongst neighbors to boost participation in the Global Burden of Disease Health Measurement Survey. And learn how IHME staff used metrics to inspire giving.
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IHME Impact Summer 2010
In IHME Impact Summer 2010, read about a breakthrough method that enabled IHME researchers to complete a full assessment of worldwide child mortality levels and measure progress toward Millennium Development Goal 4. Take a closer look at a study that measured the effectiveness of a conditional cash transfer program in India for pregnant women. Meet IHME's new Post-Graduate Fellows. And keep up-to-date on IHME's latest published work.
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IHME Impact Winter 2010
In this issue, learn how IHME researchers are investigating interventions aimed at improving maternal health. Read about fellowship and degree programs creating future leaders in global health. And find out how a partnership between researchers at IHME and in Brazil is helping to identify the effects of death and disease in that country.
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