University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Advisory Committee

In the heart of devastating outbreak, research team unlocks secrets of Ebola

In a comprehensive and complex molecular study of blood samples from Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, published in Cell Host & Microbe, a scientific team led by the UW–Madison has identified signatures of Ebola virus disease that may aid in future treatment efforts.

Strength in Connection: GHI Director’s Report October 2017

Strength In Connection, the October 2017 Global Health Institute Director’s Report is now available online. Learn about GHI’s education program and our future leaders. Check in with virus sleuth Tony Goldberg See how GHI grants fuel research across campus Discover how the GHI Quality Improvement Leadership Institute connected with the Dalai Lama Understand how GHI …

GHI Advisory Committee member leads new study on Autism Spectrum Disorder and socioeconomic status

GHI Advisory Committee member leads new study on Autism Spectrum Disorder and socioeconomic status

WIZM: Study shows monkeys contracted CWD from infected deer meat, shows possibility to humans

CWD could affect humans; get your deer tested, says Keith Poulsen, a GHI Advisory Committee member with the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.

Importance of solar energy underestimated three-fold

Importance of solar energy underestimated three-fold, GHI Advisory Committee member finds

New York Times: Fungi Physics — How Those Spores Launch Just Right

GHI Advisory member Anne Pringle contributes to a new paper about how mushrooms send spores in the right direction. Story from the NY Times.

One Health idea gives Young African fellows new ways to promote health

The idea of One Health – that the health of humans, animals and ecosystems are interconnected—gave the Mandela Washington Fellows from Africa new ways to address health challenges.

WPR Interview with Susan Paskewitz This Summer Promises To Be A Big One For Ticks

Entomology professor and GHI Advisory Committee member, Susan Paskewitz forecasts the coming tick season on WPR.

Karen Solheim, GHI Advisory Committee member, among those honored by UW for excellence in teaching

Karen Solheim, GHI Advisory Committee member, among those honored by UW for excellence.

Distinguished Teaching Awards 2017

GHI Advisory member Clare Wendland and Office of Sustainability Director Cathy Middlecamp are among this year’s recipients of Distinguished Teaching Awards.