University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Events

Infectious Disease Interest Group

A collaboration of human and animal health professionals from the University of Wisconsin, State and Federal agencies and the private industry. MPH Student Projects: Caitlyn Ngam- A systems engineering approach to assessing C. difficile infectior prevention Wes Robertson- Food-borne outbreaks in the last ten years in Wisconsin Warren Rose, PharmD- Mupirocin resistence in MRSA isolates, …

Laws, Sausages, and the Autism Diagnosis: Measuring Disability for Public Health Surveillance

Autism spectrum disorder is an important public health concern in the United States.  Individuals with ASD often have lifelong impairments and are at increased risk for a variety of other disabilities and health conditions.  ASD is diagnosed through the observation of behavioral symptoms indicating impairments in social communication and the presence of repetitive behaviors or …

The UW Climate Change Symposium

The second annual UW Climate Change Symposium will be held March 31st through April 1st, this year with the Global Health Institute being a sponsor. The talks will showcase the diversity of climate-related research at UW-Madison and help grow the network of the climate-change community. The event will feature a combination of student and research based …

Global Health Symposium 2016–Global Crises: Today’s Response, Tomorrow’s Hope

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI) welcomes Dr. Mohammed Dalwai, a Médicins sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) veteran, South African emergency physician and tech innovator, as the keynote speaker for the 2016 Global Health Symposium—Global Crises: Today’s Response, Tomorrow’s Hope. The 12th annual symposium convenes at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, in the …

Disparities in Neurosurgical Care Across the United States

Disparities in access to, delivery of, and outcomes following medical care have long been widely reported in the general medical literature. However, only in the more recent past have disparities been a focus of rigorous academic work within medical subspecialties, particularly surgical subspecialties. Debraj “Raj” Mukherjee, MD, MPH, presents a susrvey of recent work within …

Third Thursday Global Health Seminar Series: Dr. Cynthie Anderson

GHI Advisory member Cynthie Anderson, medical director of the Arboretum Ob-Gyn clinic and UW-Madison assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, discusses her Seed Grant work to collaborate with in-country colleagues to expand access to long-term, reversible contraception in Ethiopia. UW OB/Gyn has spearheaded a postpartum Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) program in Dane County, bringing …