Category: Events
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Weston Roundtable: Environmental Impacts of Evolving Consumer Technology
Andrea Hicks, assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, looks at the environmental, economic and societal impacts of our evolving technology. Tools such as life-cycle assessment and agent-based modeling allow…
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The cryptic origins of Ebola in West Africa: science and narratives of spillover in Meliandou
James Fairhead is a professor of social anthropology at the University of Sussex. His research covers anthropogenic landscapes and indigenous agro-ecological knowledge. In a trio of books, he examined how the environmental…
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Livestream: Population Health Spotlight with Jonathan Patz
GHI Director Jonathan Patz presents “Confronting the Global Climate Crisis May be the Best Way to Fight Chronic Diseases” at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health. Listen live at http://drexel.edu/dornsife/news/events/population-health-spotlight/.…
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From Lost Boy to health activist
Jacob Atem will share his journey from a genocide survivor to health activist in his home village. Atem was 6 when his parents were killed, his siblings lost, and his village…
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Food Sovereignty symposium and festival
The Food Sovereignty Symposium and Festival will be held March 10-12 on the University of Wisconsin campus and surrounding sites in Madison, Wisconsin. The symposium component of event is focusing…
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AFRICaide’s 4th Annual International Women’s Day 2017: Be Bold for Change
Purpose: To bring together women of all backgrounds to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women in many places around the world and to think about ways…
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One Health Happy Hour
Featured presentations by our director, Jonathan Patz, and Jonathan Sleeman, center director of USGS National Wildlife Health Center. Discussion to follow moderated by Christopher Olsen, professor emeritus, School of Veterinary…
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Global Health Tuesday: Graduate scholars report
Two of the GHI Graduate Student Research Awards recipients report back on their work to further global health across the world. Camilla Reuterswaerd , a Ph.D., candidate in the Department…
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Gaylord Nelson Lecture Series: We have come a long way; we have a long way to go
It generates medicines, purifies water, absorbs greenhouse gases and grows our food. Yet most of us know little about soil — in fact, we treat this valuable resource like dirt.…
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PHS Monday Seminar Series: Racial Disparities in the Incidence of Breast Cancer Subtypes in ‘Black’ and ‘White’ Women: Proportions and Preconceptions
When: February 27th, 12 -1 p.m. Where: 1345 HSLC.
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Weston Roundtable Series: Climate resiliency planning and buildings: Lessons from the field
Climate resiliency is an important strategy in sustainability planning. However, today’s buildings are designed to operate in the future using weather data from the past. Research suggests that predicted energy…
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Making the Connection 2017
An environmental health conference hosted by the Wisconsin Environmental Health Network (WEHN). This two-day conference will be held in Madison, WI on February 17th and 18th, and will feature guest lecturers…
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Empowering the World’s Poor Through Savings-Based Credit Programs
How are credit unions helping to combat poverty worldwide? Dr. Branch will discuss his experience establishing credit-based savings programs throughout the world to help people living in poverty. He will…
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Affordable Care Act, Medicaid and health reform
Donna Friedsam, MPH, distinguished researcher and Health Policy Programs director, in the UW Population Health Institute, looks at the effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid, nationally and Wisconsin.…
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Zoonoses & One Health Update from the CDC
Join the Zoonoses & One Health Updates call from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention One Health Office at 1 p.m., Wednesday, February 1, in the second floor boardroom…
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Global Health Tuesday: Moving Forward
Building on the 2012 ‘Triple-Win’ Study, which showed active transportation improves human health and reduces air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, GHI researchers have continued to innovate on efforts to…
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Forward in Energy Forum: Energy and Natural Systems
NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT AS A CASE STUDY The impact of energy policy on health and wellbeing is a central issue facing the state of Wisconsin. WEI’s first Forward in Energy Forum of 2017…
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Help session for applying for UW fellowships and scholarships for service and research
Need money to bring a great idea to life? Don’t have a great idea yet but want help coming up with one? If you answered “yes” to either of those…
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Zika: Innocent until proven guilty
Leonelo Bautista, M.D., MPH, DrPH, is an associate professor in the Department of Populations Health Sciences in the School of Medicine and Public Health. Given the recent emergence and spread…
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First Ever Global Health Study Session/Study Break
The Global Health Institute is hosting a combined study session/study break. You can brush up on your SDGs and NTDs and DALYs, but you can also gossip quietly about Poldark,…
