Category: Events
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Global Health Seminar Series: Ebola in West Africa: How epidemiology informs an internation response
Dr. Hannah Kirking, who earned her bachelor’s and medical degrees at the UW-Madison, is an epidemic intelligence service officer at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She…
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Disability, Healing and Justice Workshop and Poetry Performance
3 p.m. Workshop, Multicultural Student Center Classroom Participants will write under-told, boundary-pushing, life saving stories from their bodies’ fierce wisdom and resilience, to create the deeply necessary stories we need to share the…
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Retrospective Evaluation and Household Recombination: Evidence from the Matlab (Bangladesh) Health and Family Planning Program
Andrew Foster, director of the Brown University Population Studies and Training Center, discusses a 40-year panel data set in Matlab, Bangladesh. He will look at the implications of living arrangement…
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2015 Global Health Institute Research Colloquium
Previously funded faculty, staff and students will present their findings for advancing health for humans, animals and the ecosystem in Wisconsin and across the world. The Colloquium will feature recipients…
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UW Global Infectious Disease Working Group presents two talks on Ebola, virology
The UW Global Infectious Disease Working Group welcomes two national researchers to present their work at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, at the AIDS Vaccine Research Lab,…
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International Design Community: Transforming Poverty into Opportunity
Learn how Afghan rug-weaving and other fair trade initiatives alleviate poverty and empower women. The event is part of the Woven Gardens of Hope Exhibition: Afghan Women’s Carpets sponsored by…
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Climate Quest Finale
The Climate Quest finalists present their prototypes for climate change solutions in their bid for the grand prize during the Climate Quest Finale. Each team will give a 30-minute presentation…
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Weston Roundtable: Air Pollution and Sustainable Cities
James Schauer, professor in the College of Engineering and a GHI Advisory member, presents “Air Pollution and Sustainable Cities: Implications for Transportation, Energy, Buildings and Industry.” Throughout the world, air pollution…
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PPSG International Pain Policy Fellowship: Success in South and Southeast Asia
S. Asra Husain, a policy and legal analyst with the UW Pain and Policy Studies Group, presents a noon lecture in the Center for South Asia 2015 Spring Lecture Series.…
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Global Health Internship Workshop
The International Internship Program, Global Health Institute and Letters & Science Career Services host the hour long session.
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Woven Gardens of Hope: Afghan Women’s Carpets Opening Reception
Contemporary views of Afghanistan are dominated by images of strife and social breakdown. In contrast,“Woven Gardens of Hope: Afghan Women’s Carpets” celebrates the area’s rich textile traditions that have contributed…
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Taking on Possibilities in Campus Sustainability
The Office of Sustainability hosts TOPICs, Taking on Possibilities in Campus Sustainability, from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23, in The Marquee at Union South. The student-faculty-staff forum discusses…
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GHI Award & Grant Proposals Due
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute is pleased to announce four funding opportunities for innovative research in global health. These Global Health Institute awards and grants…
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Fair Trade Holiday Sale
Stop by the Health Sciences Learning Center at UW-Hospital Friday for a Fair Trade Holiday Sale. Work from the UW Student/Global artisans collaboration will be on sale at the Wisconsin…
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Every Last Child: Operational Challenges to Polio Eradication
Victoria Gammino, an epidemiologist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), pursues polio across rural Africa, using geospatial data to ensure that polio vaccine reaches every child,…
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World AIDS Day Memorial Quilt Reception
Please join the Peace Corps at UW-Madison, Division of International Studies, and the Global Health Institute for a viewing of an AIDS Memorial Quilt, a 12’ x 12’ quilt created to memorialize…
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The CRS Approach to Agricultural Development and Food Security: Combating global hunger through agriculture
Bruce White works as policy advisor for food security and hunger for Catholic Relief Services. He will discuss the agency’s approach to combating global hunger through agriculture in the event…
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Peace Corps Application Writing Workshops
Learn about the new streamlined Peace Corps application and timeline. We’ll cover the nuts and bolts of the application, talk application strategy, learn how to craft your resume specifically for…
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Re-integrating medicine and meaning: Lessons from cross-cultural health care
Dr. Gregory Plotnikoff from the Penny George Institute for Health in Healing in Minneapolis is a clinician/researcher who has received international acclaim for his work on cross-cultural and integrative medicine,…
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Peace Corps “Speed Networking” Info Session
At this “speed-dating” style event, you’ll have the opportunity to talk to a host of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and learn about their diverse Peace Corps experience. This is a…