University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Education

GHI joins call for WHO Equity Task Force

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI) joins policy-makers along with medical, academic and non-profit organizations from around the world to call on the World Health Organization to form a Global Health Equity Task Force. The letter comes in light of the escalating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on vulnerable and marginalized populations across …

2020 Wisconsin Without Borders Awards recognize global health efforts

This year's Wisconsin Without Borders award winners are especially involved with global health and well-being.

Researchers at UW–Madison lead data science coalition to aid with COVID-19

GHI team members join campus-wide collaboration to understand and respond to COVID-19.

Climate change affects everything: Even the coronavirus

UW-Madison researchers weigh in on how climate change can contribute to virus transmission.

UW-Madison researchers tracking travel, social media to help contain virus

Forced to choose between staying away from others to prevent the spread of a pandemic and casting a ballot in Wisconsin’s April 7 election, crowds lined up at polling places across the state — including thousands funneled to five sites in Milwaukee. New data shows that Wisconsinites traveled more during Tuesday’s election than they did …

Know your Madisonian: UW Hospital doctor at forefront of COVID-19 pandemic response

Dr. Nasia Safdar, medical director of infection control at UW Hospital, is helping lead UW Health's response to COVID-19.

Four UW-Madison students named 2020 Goldwater scholars – the most possible for any institution

Among them is junior Elizabeth Sumiec, a global health certificate student.

Sign up for UW-Madison coronavirus newsletter

As we navigate this global pandemic together, the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites you to subscribe to the new COVID-19 Update newsletter, designed to keep you up to date on coronavirus, resources and research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. See the first newsletter here. To subscribe to the newsletter, sign up here. Find the latest plans …

2020 UW-Madison Distinguished Teaching Awards

Congratulations to Paul Block, a member of the GHI Advisory Committee, and Andrea Hicks, a Planetary Health Scholars advisor, on receiving this year's UW-Madison Distinguished Teaching Award.

Pandemic: COVID-19 documentary

Ajay Sethi, associate professor of Population Health Sciences and a GHI Advisory Committee member, was featured in the Discovery Channel's "Pandemic: COVID-19."