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EVENT DATE: May 19, 2026 9-10am (CST) Join Calyn Ostrowski, Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships & Development, GHI, as she leads the discussion with panelists Dr. Silvia Martins, Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; Dr. Traci Toomey, Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota; Prof. Abimbola Adepeju Sowemimo, Professor, Natural Product Research, FAculty of Pharmacy, University of Lagos, Nigeria; and Dr. Heather Barkholtz, Assistant Director of Forensic Toxicology, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, UW–Madison and Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene.
EVENT DATE: March 24, 9-10am (CST). Join Dr. Katherine (Trina) McMahon, Professor of Bacteriology; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UW–Madison, as she moderates a timely conversation on Clean Water’s Role in Global Health Outcomes. Dr. McMahon leads the discussion with panelists Dr. Heather Murphy, Tier II Canada Research Chair in One Health, Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph; Nicole Weber, MPH, Affiliate Faculty, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University; and Dr. Matthew Freeman, Professor, Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health; Huber Department of Global Health, Emory University.
EVENT DATE: February 24, 9-10am (CST). Join Dr. Carol D. Ryff, Director, Institute on Aging, & MIDUS Principal Investigator, UW–Madison, as she moderates a timely conversation on High Youth Death Rates – An Emerging Global Health Crisis. She is joined by panelists Dr. Eve Puffer, Founding Director, Duke Center for Global Mental Health; Dr. Prakash Tyagi, Founder-Director, GRAVIS Hospital; Professor, University of Washington; and Dr. Githinji Gitahi, MBS, Group Chief Executive Officer, Amref Health Africa.
EVENT DATE: January 27, 2026, 9-10am (CST). Join Dr. Daniel Shirley, Associate Professor (CHS), Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), as he moderates a timely conversation on Local to Global Rise in Antimicrobial Resistance with panelists Laurel Legenza, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, UW–Madison; François Franceschi, Head of Asset Evaluation and Development and Serious Bacterial Infections Project Leader, Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP); and Dr. Erta Kalanxhi, Director of Partnerships, One Health Trust.
EVENT DATE: April 8, 2026, 4-8pm CST. UW–Madison’s Global Health Institute (GHI), Office of Global Health in the School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), and the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS), host the 2026 Global Health Symposium: Establishing Trust for Emergency Preparedness: The Role of Universities & Alliances. In the Discovery Building. Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Ryan Westergaard, Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
EVENT DATE: December 9, 2025, 9-10am (CST). Join Calyn Ostrowski, GHI Associate Director, Strategic Partnerships & Development as she moderates a discussion about the UW-Madison Microneurosurgery Initiative’s global reach. She is joined by panelists Dr. Abdullah Keles, Scientist, and Dr. Mutafa Baskaya, both from UW–Madison’s Microneurosurgery Initiative and SMPH; and Dr. Yannick Canton Kessely, Specialist Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery,Hôpital La Renaissance de N’Djamena, Chad.
EVENT DATE: November 18, 2025, 9-10am (CST), Join panelists Matthew Conway, Director of Revenue & Strategy, Hala Systems and Senior Program Consultant, International Organization for Migration, United Nations; Milind Tambe, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University and Principal Scientist & Director for “AI for Social Good,” Google Deepmind; and Beth Tellman, Assistant Professor, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, UW–Madison and Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer, Floodbase, for this engaging discussion.