University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Education

Wisconsin Public Television: Here and Now – Vaccine Waivers

GHI Associate Director James Conway spoke with Wisconsin Public Television about vaccine waivers (start 20:41).

Photo Gallery: To serve insects — and eat them!

Students, faculty and community members whipped up and ate tasty dishes made partly of crickets, mealworms and other insects, at an April 26 Cooking with Insects workshop. Check out some photos from the workshop.

UW–Madison’s Institute For Research On Poverty joins the National Academy Of Medicine in countering the opioid epidemic

In response to the opioid epidemic, the UW-Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty is among more than 100 organizations across the U.S. that have joined the National Academy of Medicine in declaring their commitment to reversing national trends in opioid misuse and overdose.

H3N2 viruses mutate during vaccine production but new tech could fix it

New technology developed by UW Global Health Institute Advisory Committee member Yoshihiro Kawaoka may make H3N2 vaccine development a bit easier.

Work with GHI: Apply to be the Director of Advancement

The Director of Advancement will report to the Director of the Global Health Institute and will have lead responsibility for directing GHI fundraising activities. Apply by May 20.

WPR: Chef Joseph Yoon advocates for eating insects

Listen to Chef Joseph Yoon speak with WPR host Rob Ferrett about the benefits of eating edible insects. Yoon is in Madison for the Swarm-to-Table event series.

Tupesis calls for collaboration to improve global emergency care, takes on new leadership roles

APRIL 30: Janis Tupesis explores expanding emergency medicine in Global Health Tuesday seminar.

UW to open Wisconsin’s first Prevention Research Center

The center will aim to improve the health of low-income women, infants and families in Wisconsin.

Search for new antibiotics gets major funding boost

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than two million drug-resistant infections a year are reported.

The Badger Herald: Experts say vaccines central to public health, while fallacies must be dispelled

The Center for Child and Family Well-Being and University Communications hosted a panel, including GHI Associate Director James Conway, on vaccination which discussed how physicians, scientists and journalists can “promote public health."