Student Competition December Newsletter

The deadline for the Global Health Nexus Student Competition has been extended to January 13! However, if you submit your application by the original deadline of December 15, 2011 you will be entered to win a $100 iTunes gift...

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Student Competition Newsletter – Bonus Edition

In 2000, most of the countries in the world came together to sign a declaration promising to improve the wellbeing of people around the world. Known as the Millennium Declaration, it had eight main goals, which are known...

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Student Competition November Newsletter

Download the November Student Competition newsletter which features tips and tactics for developing your own solution to a global health challenge....

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New York Times Article: Fighting Cervical Cancer With Vinegar and Ingenuity

On 9/26/2011, the New York Times published an article on low-cost innovations that are saving lives in the fight against cervical cancer. Read about these remarkable procedures in the article online....

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Global Health Scene in Seattle: Malaria Gene Knockouts, Mojitos against Mosquitoes

  (From Weber Shandwick Seattle Blog, July 28, 2011) When it comes to malaria, a disease that kills one child every 45 seconds, our city is buzzing with ideas as thick as the swarm of mosquitoes inside our local...

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Student Competition: Be the Change

Form a Team. Brainstorm an idea. Design a project. Inspire Others. Win a prize.

Global Health Nexus Student Competition is a contest for high school, community college, and undergraduate university students in Washington state to advance solutions, awareness and innovation in global health....

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Stopping Cancer Before It Starts

From the Weber Shandwick Seattle Blog, June 2, 2011. Did you know that cancer kills more people than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined and is responsible for 5.5 million deaths each year in the developing world?  Now, infectious diseases are emerging...

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Welcome Letter from our Board Chairs

Over the past year, Global Health Nexus, Seattle – an initiative of the Washington Global Health Alliance in partnership with Prosperity Partnership and the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association – has been working to bring the Seattle region’s...

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A Year of Momentum – Nexus 2010 Video

Watch the momentum of Global Health Nexus, Seattle over the year 2010 with highlights from 8 global webcasts illustrating the excitement for the growing global health sector in Seattle. ...

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Nexus in the Puget Sound Business Journal

Written by Lisa Cohen, Global Health Nexus, Seattle was featured in the Puget Sound Business Journal on Friday January 14th. Here is an excerpt: "It is all too rare in these polarized times that a broad cross-section of citizens with...

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