Category: Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Dr. Saminathan Mani: A Journey From India to GHI as ICMR-DHR Fellow
Photo S. Mani: Dr. Saminathan Mani at the Robert P. Hanson Biomedical Sciences Laboratories, School of Veterinary Medicine, UW–Madison
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Graduate Student Daniel Oswaldo Maldonado Bridges Industry Experience with Biomedical Sciences
Daniel Oswaldo Maldonado (far left) poses with GHI One Health Center-Colombia team (Photo from GHI archives) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…Biological engineer Daniel Oswaldo Maldonado has always believed the best…
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Meet Celeny Ortiz Restrepo, GHI Visiting Scholar, Dedicated to Epidemiological Surveillance
Celeny Ortiz Restrepo settling into her GHI office (Photo from Celeny Ortiz Restrepo) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…On February 13, 2024, Epidemiologist for the Secretary of Health, State of Antioquia,…
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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…
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From Treating to Preventing: Meet UW’s Global Virus Network Scholar, Karl Ciuoderis
Karl Ciuoderis (left) and GHI Director Jorge Osorio conducting field research in the Amazon in Colombia. (Photo from Abbott) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…Growing up in the Colombian countryside, Karl…
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GHI-One Health Center-West Africa in Sierra Leone to expand One Health collaboration efforts locally and globally
GHI is pleased to share the opening of the GHI-One Health Center Sierra Leone, led by Alhaji N'jai with support from Project 1808, Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition, University of Sierra…
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GHI One Health Center-India
The UW-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI) joined campus partners in India for a Badger Utsav Sunday, February 5, 2023, to celebrate Badgers Building a Better World. GHI was joined by…
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Climate Hazards Worsen More Than Half of Infectious Diseases
Former GHI Director Jonathan Patz discusses new study highlighting links between climate change and human disease.
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Fall Global Health Tuesdays explore infectious diseases, vaccines and migration
DECEMBER 6: Global Health Tuesday: Take a look at GHI's One Health Centers across the world and learn how international collaboration advances research, health equity and more.
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New Polio Cases Highlight the Urgency of Eradication
GHI Board of Visitors member John Lange writes in Think Global Health that it's time to finish the job of ending polio.
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From The Guardian: Newly identified Langya virus tracked after China reports dozens of cases
Dozens in China have contracted the virus that can cause fever, fatigue, cough, loss of appetite and muscle aches. It is believed to have spread from animals to humans.
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July global health webinar to discuss U.S. blacklegged tick population
Watch the video from the July 26 Global Health Tuesday on blacklegged ticks in the U.S.
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2022 GHI grants address the complexity of global health challenges
Establishing a cohort of girls in Zimbabwe to examine how well the HPV vaccine works over time Assessing the health of sanctuary chimpanzees in Uganda and Republic of Congo by…
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From STAT: U.S. monkeypox case reported, as Spain, Portugal report infections in growing outbreak
With a case discovered in the U.S., concern grows about the spread of the monkeypox infection.
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Colombia-UW agreement opens new doors for global health training and research
A new agreement between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Colombian government opens opportunities for research and bilateral exchanges for students and researchers, says Jorge Osorio, the new director of…
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University of Wisconsin News: Understanding the human-animal interplay of COVID-19 and other diseases
Tony Goldberg, a member of the GHI Advisory Committee, knows that most human diseases, like COVID-19, don’t start — or end — with our species. These diseases are really a…
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The history of Lyme disease has a Wisconsin chapter. It’s still being written.
GHi Advisory Committee member Susan Paskewitz has watched the advance of ticks in Wisconsin.
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Current anti-COVID pills work well against omicron, but antibody drugs are less effective
The drugs behind the new pills to treat COVID-19 remain very effective against the omicron variant of the virus in lab tests, according to a new study. However, lab tests…
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Badger Talks – Does omicron change our pandemic future?
GHI Advisory Committee Member Ajay Sethi discusses research on new variant, importance of patience and more.