University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Events

U.S. – China Symposium on Family Medicine & Community Health

Setting the stage for future professional collaboration between the U.S. and China through a week-long symposium. Symposium goals: Learn about advances in the U.S. that have relevance to the practice of primary care medicine and to the development of the workforce of health professionals in Community Health Services in China.   Exchange ideas among Chinese …

Infectious Disease Interest Group (IDIG)

Topic: The 2016 Reign of Elizaberhkingia in Wisconsin. Need parking?  No problem.  Park in the lot with the blue lines between the SVM and the WVDL. UWVeterinary Care has donated their slots for this meeting.  Park next to the livestock trailers. Can’t make it to the WVDL? Join the webcast.  Dial in for audio. IDIG …

CPCP Second Annual Retreat

The day-long program will feature a keynote lecture by Dr. Phil Bourne, the Associate Director for Data Science of the NIH, and presentations by CPCP faculty, postdocs and students. In addition to presentations, there will be poster sessions, and ample opportunities to connect with the speakers and other event attendees. The Center for Predictive Computational Phenotyping is developing innovative computational and …

Bike to the Library Week

It’s simple, when you bike to the library during Bike to the Library week, (between June 19 and 25; dates vary by individual library), you will receive a bookmark with a link to enter a drawing for prizes! 50+ libraries in the great state of Wisconsin one week in June bikes + kids + grown-ups + books healthy bodies …

Anesthesia and the Global Environment

Dr. Jodi Sherman, Assistant Professor and Environmental Compliance Officer at Yale University School of Medicine, will be speaking at the Grand Rounds presentation on Anesthesiology. Dr. Sherman is an internationally recognized speaker and author in the emerging field of sustainability in anesthesia. Her research interest is in life cycle assessment (LCA) of anesthetic practice, quantifying energy, greenhouse gas …

Ebola Seminar

Join us this Thursday for a seminar on Ebola hosted by the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Jens H. Kuhn, a principal at Tunnell Government Services and the lead virologist at the Integrated Research Facility in Frederick, Maryland, will discuss literature research, Soviet bioweapons, medical anthropology, and the influence of anecdotes on research trajectories. …

Zoonoses & One Health June Conference Call

An hour of discussion on ticks and tickborne diseases from accredited epidemiologists via conference call. The Veterinary Diagnostic Center is hosting a listening session for the conference call or you may call in at the number below. Tentative schedule of speakers is as follows: News from the CDC One Health Office Casey Barton Behravesh MS, DVM, …