Donna Shalala, president of the Clinton Foundation and former University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor and Zimbabwe humanitarian Tererai Trent headline a public slate of speakers for the 2016 Summit on Women, Gender and Well-being, now in its 39th year. The conference happens over three days with breakout sessions considering the junction of women, gender and …
Girls’ health, open spaces, West Nile virus and cardiac care are among the topics University of Wisconsin-Madison investigators will explore with awards announced March 28, 2016, by the Global Health Institute (GHI). The Institute awarded eight Graduate Student Research Awards, one Faculty-Staff Travel Award and three Visiting Scholar Awards in amounts from $2,500 to $8,000. …
University of Wisconsin medical students are placed in medically undeserved communities outside of Madison to address health challenges. The TRIUMPH program works in Milwaukee’s south side where obesity is a rising issue.
High School students explore global health
As he retires, Christopher Olsen leaves behind a legacy of global health leadership and education.
GHI Director Jonathan Patz leads a November MOOC on climate change policy and public health.
Global health ethic echoes calls from Aldo Leopold, Pope Francis to care for people and the planet.
4-H key to improving young lives in Ghana
To many of us, flying into Liberia at the height of the Ebola epidemic would spell only danger. For Dr. Hannah Kirking, a Badger twice over and an epidemic intelligence service officer with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a month among villagers in Grand Cape Mount County was a chance to embody the …
Workshop introduces rural Wisconsin high school students to global citizenship.