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 they were prepared, proactive and ready to serve—and used their education and cultural knowledge to fight the disease. Mam-Yassin Sarr will discuss the importance of …
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 the dangerousy hostile climate of East Africa. Mugisha, one of the few openly gay activists in Uganda, began advocating for LGBTI rights and HIV/AIDS awareness …
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 Fruit, Broken Bodies,” is an ethnographic witness to the everyday lives and suffering of Mexican migrants in the United States. Holmes is the Martin Sisters …
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 in The Gambia, West Africa: The unique health and social issues involved” during a Global Health Nursing Seminar. Sarr also presents Education, Ebola and Empowering …
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 organic chemistry at the University of Bergen (Norway). He will discuss the chemical community’s responsibility to act on behalf of society and the earth. The …
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 driver’s seat stewarding research partnerships, the outcomes are more robust and meaningful. She will discuss NCAI’s efforts to build tribal research capacity and foster tribal-university …
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 Initiative (For Women and Well-being in Wisconsin and the World), convened by the Global Health Institute, School of Human Ecology and Department of Gender and …
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 the programs and policies that impact families affected by incarceration.
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 health care professionals information about environmental factors affecting human health and how to best use that information in primary care practice. It will also build …
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 Robert F. and Jean E. Holtz Center for Science & Technology Studies Visiting Lecture Series. Crane focuses her ethnographic work on the complexities of “global …