Please join us for the June Research Seminar Series! 
There will be a Q&A and discussion following the presentations.

• "Measuring Oral Cholera Vaccine Effectiveness and Coverage in Low-Resource Settings"
  Presenter:  David Mukasa, BVM, M.Sc., PhD - Assistant Teaching Professor, UW Department of Global Health
  
  Presentation Description: Dr. Mukasa will provide an overview of observational study designs commonly used for the measurement of vaccine effectiveness and coverage, and will focus on the design and implementation of research programs aimed at assessing the effectiveness of oral cholera vaccines in low-resource settings.
  
  Presenter Bio: David Mukasa, BVM, M.Sc., PhD, is an Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Washington's (UW) Department of Global Health in the School of Public Health. Dr. Mukasa has collaborated on infectious disease research involving conducting interventional and observational studies, including vaccine effectiveness studies in low- and middle-income countries, such as research programs in Madagascar, Ghana, Malawi, Nepal, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, and Ethiopia (full bio). 
   
• “What is the Effectiveness of Regional Quality Improvement Collaboratives to Strengthen HIV Services in Tanzania?”
  Presenter: Katya Wilson, PhD, MPH - Research Scientist, I-TECH; Epidemiologist
  
  Presentation Description: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death among people with HIV in Tanzania, and routine quality improvement processes can optimize coverage of TB diagnosis. Dr. Wilson will present an evaluation of quality improvement collaboratives (QIC) implemented by I-TECH  to improve coverage of HIV and TB care services in three regions of Tanzania. This project was part of the Afya Hatua program evaluation funded by Tanzania Health Promotion Support through a five-year Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cooperative agreement. The presentation will describe the QIC model, evaluation design, and results, focusing on methods used to measure project effectiveness with routine data and the process for disseminating results, as well as key results and recommendations tailored toward decision makers in Tanzania.
  
  Presenter Bio: Katya Wilson, PhD, MPH is an Epidemiologist and Research Scientist at the International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH). Her scientific work focuses on evaluating coverage, quality, and effectiveness of a range of public health programs, drawing from methods in implementation science, epidemiology, and community-based participatory research. Dr. Wilson leads evaluations on HIV and CQI initiatives programs in Tanzania, and of initiatives to strengthen public health surveillance systems and communities of practice as part of the INISGHT project. She co-leads the Program Science Learning Lab focused on promoting the exchange of scientific methods across the I-TECH network. She has a PhD in epidemiology from UW, a Masters in Global Health from Yale, and a Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology from Brown University.  (full bio).