March 30: GHI Associate Director Lori DiPrete Brown leads an international panel discussion for Global Health Tuesday: “Holistic Healing Within Community: Global Mental Health Perspectives during COVID-19.” Panelists will consider a biopsychosocial model of holistic healing used to promote psychological well-being in general and especially during the pandemic.
Events
Global Health Tuesdays begin October 27
December 1: Researcher Peter Halfmann from the Influenza Research Institute discusses virus research in the age of Ebola and COVID-19 in this Global Health Tuesday webinar.
Global Health Institute hosts webinar series on health equity in the wake of COVID-19
AUGUST 20: Bringing together diverse voices from across the health spectrum, including researchers, care providers, population health experts and policy makers, GHI’s COVID & Equity webinar series continues with “Lessons from Abroad: From Ebola to COVID.”
Share your perspective on climate change strategies with the Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change
You are encouraged to share your perspectives on climate change strategies for the state with the Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change.
New Health-Oriented Transportation (HOT) Topic Seminar Series launches
JULY 20, 4:00 p.m.: HOT Topic Seminar with Robert Schneider, associate professor of Urban Planning, UW-Milwaukee, presenting “How to Increase Walking and Bicycling: Mode Shift Theory and Supporting Studies,” on WebEx.
Global Health Tuesday: Exploring What Makes Healthy Streams
January 28, 2020: Emma Lundberg discusses her work with healthy streams in a Global Health Tuesday seminar.
Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance Through Partnership: The Wisconsin-India Connection
DECEMBER 3: Nasia Safdar, M.D., looks at reducing antimicrobial resistance through a Wisconsin-India partnership.
Bartholomay brings Mosquitos Y Yo to Global Health Tuesday
October 29: Join us for a Global Health Tuesday seminar with Lyric Bartholomay and Mosquitos Y Yo at 5:00 p.m. in Room 1010 at the Medical Sciences Center.
Global Health Tuesday: Global Diagnostic Challenges and Needs for Curbing the HIV Epidemic
Sept. 24: Global Health Tuesday with WHO’s Lara Vojnov who will discuss diagnosing and monitoring HIV in limited-resource settings
Midwest Universities for Global Health coming to UW-Madison
SEPTEMBER 13 and 14: Hosted by the Global Health Institute, the Midwest Universities for Global Health (MUGH) conference convenes for the first time at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Bicycling links Madison and Sister City of Bahir Dar
Rahel Desalegne, an Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UW-Madison, is working on a project to make Bahir Dar, Ethiopia – a Sister City of Madison – more bicycle friendly.
2019 Mandela Washington Update: Week Four Update
The 2019 Mandela Washington Fellowship is in its fourth week of programming. Every day of the program has been chock full of site visits, networking, leadership and education sessions, public speaking events, and more.
Sharing solutions, facing the challenges of global mental health
JUNE 27-28. An interdisciplinary group of experts from Nigeria, Uganda, Ethiopia, Milwaukee and Madison gather for two Global Mental Health public lectures.
Young African Leaders Speak Out: 2019 YALI Tuesdays
JULY 2, 9, 16 and 23: Fourteen of the 25 Mandela Washington Fellows at UW-Madison this summer are deeply involved in ensuring health for their countries and communities. Attend a series of four YALI Global Health Seminars in July to listen to the scholars discuss global health issues.
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.
Surgical Field of Dreams
March 26: Kristin Long, M.D. and assistant professor in the Department of General Surgery, Section of Endocrine Surgery at the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health will explore the role of surgical care in treating the global burden of disease.
A Human Right to Health: From Public Health to Constitutional Litigation
Feb. 26: UW law professor Heinz Klug will discuss the impacts of health as a human right.
Six-legged livestock? Edible insects for global health
NEW DATE: Feb. 12–Six-legged livestock? GHI’s Valerie Stull explores the nutrition and environmental benefits of edible insects.
2019 Global Health Symposium tackles “Health in the Balance”
Infectious disease expert Mary Wilson keynotes the 15th annual Global Health Symposium with “Bugs and Drugs: A Shifting Landscape.”
Building Community 2018: A Global Health Celebration
October 18: GHI invites you to Building Community 2018, an annual event that brings together the greater global health community and looks toward new opportunities to ensure health and well-being for all.