Training technology developers and users
This unit of the GHDx Center, led by the University of Washington Departments of Global Health, Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases), and Laboratory Medicine, offers a four-tier progressive training program to engage individuals with varied experience and backgrounds from the fields of assay and device development, clinical laboratories, and disease specialties.
The Global Health Diagnostic (GHDx) courses create a networked group of POC test developers and POC test users from low-resource settings for training in state-of-the-art technology and challenges for global health in low-resource settings. Networking and collaboration among individuals with this unique skill set is more likely to result in the development of technologies appropriate for use in low-resource settings, thus expediting the transition from research to meaningful clinical use.
The GHDx Center training program is implemented in four progressive courses. Key UW professors and staff manage curriculum content with significant input from PATH’s diagnostics development team. Courses are taught by UW professors and PATH researchers, including those who are recognized leaders in the fields of infectious diseases, laboratory diagnostics, point-of-care test development, and needs assessment in low-resource settings.
Interactive course material online
Interactive course material related to Course 1 is available to everyone online at http://pocidea.mrooms.org/.
Course 1: Point-of-care diagnostics for global health
Dates: June 28–July 2, 2010
Location: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Application Deadline: Closed April 15, 2010
Application Deadline for UW Graduate Students: June 1, 2010
A description of the third annual GHDx Course 1 to be offered in 2010, an application form, and the syllabus from 2009 are available for download here. An updated syllabus for the 2010 course will be posted in June, 2010.
- Course description (43 KB PDF)
- Application form (211 KB DOC)
- 2010 Syllabus and Faculty [Revised June 21, 2010] (108 KB PDF)
Course 2: Advanced didactic and laboratory training for global health
Dates:
- Laboratory class only: August 2–6, 2010.
- Complete course: July 19–August 6, 2010
(Includes laboratory class, STD and HIV research class, and operations research class)
Location: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Application Deadline: April 1, 2010
This course is for graduates of Course 1. A description of the course is available for download below. Note that in 2010, course participants will have the option of taking only the laboratory training class (August 2– 6, 2010) or the full course which also includes an extensive STD and HIV research course and an operations research class, along with the laboratory training class. Dates for this complete course are July 19–August 6, 2010.
Tuition, travel, and housing costs for GHDx Courses 1 and 2
Once a candidate is accepted into the course, the GHDx Center will pay expenses necessary for that person to attend, including:
- Coach class airfare to Seattle.
- Round trip transportation between Sea-Tac airport and the University of Washington (UW).
- Lodging for one person at the UW dormitories.
- Meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) at the UW cafeteria.
- Course tuition.
- Transportation to course-related activities.
For inquires about Courses 1 and 2, their application process, or cancellations, please contact:
Christine Makela
cem3@u.washington.edu
Phone: 206.744.3785
Fax: 206-744-3693 (attention: Christine Makela)
Course 3: Field-based clinical and user training for assay developers
Application Deadline: July 19, 2010
Course Date: October 4-8, 2010
Location: Nicaragua
GHDx Center staff will take a group of three to six participants from our previous Courses 1 and/or 2 to Nicaragua for a 5-day introduction to the medical settings, study sites, and patients that are typical for that country. We plan to give participants insights to be used within their organizations, and tools to advocate for effective development of diagnostics for low-resource settings.
This course is for prior GHDx Center course participants who are diagnostics developers, scientists, and engineers in companies, non-profits, or universities, and who are involved in developing assays, are eligible. Individuals who are actively working on assays intended for widespread use and/or commercialization are especially encouraged to apply.
For more details, and instructions on how to apply, download the
Course 4: Fellowship for laboratory scientists in low-resource settings
Application Deadline: April 15, 2010
Eligability: Open to individuals from low-resource settings who have completed Course 1 of the GHDx Center training program series.
We invite eligable individuals to apply as a trainee in a fully funded fellowship. This fellowship will consist of six months of training in Seattle followed by a three-month period of continued, but distant, mentorship upon return to your country. The fellowships focus on diagnostic assay development and implementation. This GHDx Center Fellowship, Level 4 in our training program series, is offered to individuals from low-resource settings who completed GHDx Center Training Course 1 (in the GHDx Center training program series) in 2008 or 2009. If you are interested in participating in this fellowship, please read further details in the announcement and fellowship descriptions below. To apply, please use the application form also available below.
- Announcement and details (47 KB PDF)
- Fellowship project descriptions (43 KB PDF)
- Application form (64 KB DOC)
- Application form (35 KB PDF)
Course 4: Opportunity for investigators to mentor fellows in
diagnostic laboratory assays for global health
Application Deadline: February 26, 2010. Now closed.
We invite you to register as a potential mentor for an international laboratory scientist fellow. You would mentor a fellow from a low-resource setting who has completed the GHDx Center Training Course 1. The fellowships focus on diagnostic assay development and implementation. Mentors will train the fellow for six months in Seattle and follow with a three-month period of continued, but distant, mentorship after the fellow returns to his or her country. Fellows are selected and fully funded by the GHDx Center under Level 4 in our training program series. For more on how to apply, download the announcement below. The application deadline has been extended to February 26, 2010.
