Category: Events
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2015 Global Health Symposium: “Advancing Health in an Interconnected World”
Dr. Keith Martin, executive director of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health and former member of Parliament in Canada’s House of Commons, will be keynote speaker for the 2015…
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MOOC: Changing Weather and Climate in the Great Lakes Region
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s MOOC program, short for Massive Open Online Courses, is enrolling students for the “Changing Weather and Climate in the Great Lakes Region” course until March 30. This…
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Global Health Symposium 2016–“Global Crises: Today’s Response, Tomorrow’s Hope”
The Global Health Institute hosts the 12th annual Global Health Symposium on March 30, 2016 in the Health Sciences Learning Center. The annual event is an opportunity for faculty, staff…
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Zoonotic Tuberculosis: Improving Diagnostics in Animals and Humans
Professor of Veterinary Population Medicine and director of the VMED Graduate program at the College of Veterinary Medicine in St. Paul, Minn., Srinand Sreevatsan will discuss zoonotic tuberculosis and improving…
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Global Health Seminar Series: E-learning and sustainable health: Lessons from Zambia
UW-Madison alumnus Dr. Craig Wilson (BS ’74, MD ’82) was named director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Sparkman Center for Global Health in 2007. He has…
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Small Dreams and Magic Bullets: From Infrastructure to Humanitarian Design
A leading expert on medical humanitarianism and author of “Life in Crisis: The Ethical Journey of Doctors Without Borders” (University of California Press, 2013), Peter Redfield will discuss recent efforts…
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Africa at Noon: Human Dimensions of Zoonotic Disease Transmission in Western Uganda
Emerging infections don’t just happen. Some phenomena come together to trigger emergence and transmission. Sarah Paige, a post-doctoral research associate in the lab of Dr. Tony Goldberg in the School…
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Global Health Seminar Series: Education, Ebola and Empowering Girls in The Gambia
When 20 Gambian girls learned about teaching female reproductive health, they planned to share their knowledge in their communities as peer health educators. Faced with an Ebola outbreak, they realized…
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EVENT CANCELLED: Homophobia in Africa: Perspectives from Uganda
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED: Frank Mugisha, executive director of Sexual Minorities Uganda presents the 2015 Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture on the struggles of sexual minorities in…
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2015 Slesinger Lecture: Dr. Seth Holmes
Dr. Seth M. Holmes, a cultural and medical anthropologist and physician at the University of California, Berkeley. His work focuses broadly on social hierarchies and health inequalities. His recent book, Fresh…
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Global Health Nursing Seminar: “Negotiating Female Reproductive Health as an Adolescent Girl in The Gambia”
Mam-Yassin Sarr founded Starfish International with the goal of providing education for Gambian girls from pre-school through graduate school. She will present: “Negotiating Female Reproductive Health as an Adolescent Girl…
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Chemistry in Service to Humanity and Earth
The world is facing significant problems that must be solved to secure a sustainable future, and many of those challenges are, in essence, chemical, says Leiv K. Sydnes, professor of…
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Flipping the Script: Tribal Nations Driving Research Agendas
Tribal nations are using research and data to advance tribal sovereignty, and Jacqueline Pata, executive director of the National Congress of American Indians, argues that when tribes are in the…
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Celebrating International Women’s Day with 4W
To celebrate international women’s day, UW-Madison engaged scholars will present flash talks about initiatives to empower women across the world. A reception follows. The event is hosted by the 4W…
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Birth Support for Incarcerated Mothers
UW-Madison alumna Rebecca Shlafer, assistant professor in the University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics, is particularly interested in the developmental outcomes of children with parents in prison, as well as…
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Making the Connection: Environmental Health in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Environmental Health Network presents an afternoon conference for health care providers, public health professionals, environmental activists, staff of environmental organizations, scientists and students. The event, especially, will give…
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The Indirect Costs of Partnership
Johanna Crane, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Washington-Bothell, presents “The Indirect Costs of Partnership: Administrative Labor and African Invisibility in Global Health Science” as part of the…
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2015 Sustainability Forum
At the 2015 Sustainability Forum, academic, industry, and nonprofit leaders will examine the reasons for and impacts of our everyday consumption habits, focusing on our use of food, clothing, shelter,…
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20th Anniversary Wetland Science Conference
Join the Wisconsin Wetlands Association to share and discuss wetland science, management, restoration, and protection issues at Telling Our Stories, Wisconsin Wetlands Association’s annual Wetland Science Conference. The Nelson Institute is proud…
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Climate Change Symposium
The Center for Climatic Research in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies hosts the UW-Madison Climate Change Symposium March 5 and 6 in the Genetics-Biotech Auditorium. Steve Long, director of…