This talk will focus on the opportunities and challenges in using satellite data for health exposure assessment and understanding air pollution. For over 10 years, satellites have been used to characterize spatial and temporal patterns in air quality on a global basis, and planned programs over the coming few years will greatly expand satellite capability. …
In the spring of 2017, the Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host the 14th Midwest International Economic Development Conference on Friday, April 21, and Saturday, April 22, 2017, at the Pyle Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The keynote speaker will be Pascaline Dupas, Associate Professor of Economics …
Mona Hanna-Attisha, M.D., MPH, is an assistant professor of pediatrics at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and director of the pediatric residency program at Hurley Children’s Hospital in Flint, Michigan. She was recently heralded internationally for her study that exposed elevated lead blood levels in Flint children. Hanna-Attisha now directs the Michigan State University and …
Join two courageous human rights advocates as they explore the role of women in peacebuilding, development, and conflict resolution. Jolly Okot will speak on “The Role of Women in Developing Africa,” and Jestina Mukoko will discuss “The Dichotomy of Human Rights in Zimbabwe.” Jolly Okot Jolly Okot has dedicated her life to improving the lives …
Join the UW-MBA Net Impact chapter for an afternoon with food industry experts where we discuss how business, consumer desire, and innovation drive the evolving global food system. Registration.
This year’s symposium is titled: “Queering Bioethics: Ethical Issues in LGBTQ Health Care.” The planning committee, led by Dr. Robert Streiffer, has attracted some of the best people in the country to provide discussion on the historic and current ethical issues around LGBTQ health care including: surrogacy and assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), health care for …
Post-apocalyptic films and books are more popular than ever, with recent titles like The Hunger Games, The Passage, Snowpiercer and The Walking Dead joining a rapidly growing list. What drives our fascination with the end of the world? Can this pop-culture phenomenon help us understand today’s environmental challenges and stimulate ideas to build a just, …
This seminar will consider some conceptual and empirical aspects of the time patients spend in contact with healthcare providers. Under different circumstances, non-contact with providers may or may not be desirable. For instance, some measures of healthcare quality are based on understanding how much patient time is dedicated to the receipt of healthcare, how much …
Mindy Habecker from UW Extension will share her experiences working with 65 farmers in rural southeastern Ghana near Ada. The two week project through Farmer to Farmer, US AID was to assist members of the Afiadenyigba tribe form a farmer’s cooperative. These farmers grow cassava, watermelon, tomatoes, okra, and raise a variety of livestock. The project …
This conference will be a lively interrogation of an uncommon theme in the scholarly study of Africa and the African diaspora: pleasure. The uncommonness is not surprising, given the constituent elements of the modern history of the African world in the last five centuries: slavery, colonialism, and the continuing challenges of postemancipation, civil rights and …