University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Advisory Committee

Science is Global: Building Bridges with Dr. Kris Saha

Dr. Kris Saha works with CRISPR technology in his laboratory (Photo from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UW–Madison) By Katie Newcomb, GHI Communications Director, and Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer BUILDING BRIDGES Growing up, Dr. Krishanu Saha always knew he wanted to follow in the inspiring footsteps of his parents. Saha’s father, a civil engineer, …

GHI HOLDS 2024 ADVISORY COMMITTEE RETREAT

GHI Advisory members, staff, and invited speakers at the Usona Institute for the 2024 UW-Madison GHI Advisory Committee Retreat

Global Health Tuesday: Climate Change Impacts on Global Health

EVENT DATE: May 21, 2024, 9-10am (CST), featuring Ambassador John E. Lange with panelists Sumudu Atapattu, Dominique Brossard, and Jonathan Patz.

Sara McKinnon: Illuminating Migration in the Americas

Sara McKinnon in Necoclí, Colombia, learning about the important work of the Interagency Group for Mixed Migration (GIFMM in Spanish) and their #gifmmcontigo information campaign, providing people with access to information to keep them safe in transit. (Photo from Migration in the Americas Project) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…Ever since UW-Madison Professor Sara McKinnon started …

UW–Madison professor shapes UN report on climate change

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report urges immediate action to limit greenhouse gas emissions in all sectors of the economy, including energy, transportation, construction, manufacturing and agriculture. GHI Advisory Committee member, Greg Nemet, is one of the report’s lead authors.

UW–Madison Faculty Post Strong Showing on Global Highly Cited Researchers List

GHI Advisory Committee Member Kevin Eliceiri one of several UW-Madison researchers on this year’s Institute for Scientific Information list of Highly Cited Researchers.

Badger Talks – Does omicron change our pandemic future?

GHI Advisory Committee Member Ajay Sethi discusses research on new variant, importance of patience and more.

What’s known about COVID-19 in deer

GHI Advisory Committee Member Tony Goldberg discusses ongoing research into deer as a reservoir for the SARS-CoV-2 virus and more.

ProPublica’s Caroline Chen is UW–Madison’s fall Science Journalist in Residence

Chen to headline a Crossroads of Ideas lecture with GHI Advisory Committee Members Dominique Brossard and Ajay Sethi.

COVID-19 booster shot plan raises hope and questions, UW experts say

GHI Associate Director James Conway, Advisory Committee Member Ajay Sethi and Nasia Safdar of the School of Medicine and Public Health weigh in on COVID-19 vaccine boosters amid recent spike in cases.