The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a global health research institute at the University of Washington in Seattle, is awarding $100,000 to an individual or group using disease burden data in innovative ways to make people healthier.
The award, known as the Roux Prize, was established in 2013 and has to date been awarded to Dr. Rodrigo Guerrero, a Harvard-trained epidemiologist and the mayor of Cali, Colombia, and Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, a trained pediatrician and Minister of Health of Rwanda.
Winners could come from government agencies, charities, academic institutions, or local communities, according to IHME, and nominations are welcome from around the world — the only requirement being that the nominee has used disease burden evidence to improve health at the local, national or global level.
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