Assistant Professor Nicholas Kassebaum, MD, will give the talk “The maternal health gap: how the United States lags in infant and maternal mortality,” at Health Journalism 2016, the Association of Health Care Journalists’ annual meeting. IHME data show that the US was one of only eight countries whose maternal death rates increased between 2003 and 2013.
2016
2015
June 9, 2015
Conference
IHME Researcher Laura Dwyer-Lindgren and Post-Bachelor Fellow Amelia Bertozzi-Villa will participate in the panel discussion “Community health assessment: Better data for better health” at the National Association of County and City Health Officia
April 23, 2015
Conference
Professor of Global Health Ali Mokdad gives an exclusive first look at new data on alcohol use for every county in the US at Health Journalism 2015, the Association of Health Care Journalists’ (AHCJ) annual conference. Dr.
2014
June 11, 2014
Conference
William Heisel, IHME’s Director of Communications, will speak at the CityAge New American City conference, an event that gathers civic and business leaders, architects, and investors to chart America’s urb
March 27, 2014
Conference
IHME aims not only to measure health but also to increase awareness of health problems and solutions. To further this goal, several staff members represented IHME at Health Journalism 2014, the annual conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists.
2013
July 10, 2013
On July 10, 2013, the first comprehensive analysis of disease burden in the United States in over 15 years will be published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). “The State of US Health, 1990-2010: the Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors,” details health challenges facing the United States and how the US fares in comparison to its economic peers.
2012
March 30, 2012
IHME is hosting an exhibit for the Paws-on-Science event, held at the Seattle Pacific Science Center from March 30-April 1, sponsored by the University of Washingt
2011
March 25, 2011
Seminar
The impact of modifiable risk factors on preventable deaths in New York City: a comparative risk assessment analysis to inform local health policy.
2010
October 7, 2010
Meeting
IHME Director Dr. Christopher Murray, along with IHME fellows and graduate students, gathered to share the Institute’s latest research with donors to UW Medicine from the Turner Society annual giving club.