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 is a leading contributor to the burden of disease and has large societal and economic costs. Although the effects of air pollution on health are …
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. The International Pain Policy Fellowship identifies champions in low- and middle-income countries and offers a stipend and mentorship to those individuals to help them work …
The International Internship Program, Global Health Institute and Letters & Science Career Services host the hour long session.
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 to world culture for centuries. This artisanal tradition is presented through historic carpets from private collections, objects from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection, and …
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 the ins and outs of the UW–Madison recycling program. The program includes a panel presentation and time for questions.
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 are dedicated to furthering the Global Health Institute’s mission of fostering a deeper understanding of the complex determinants of health and disease for people, animals …
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 Without Borders- Marketplace booth. Unique, hand-made quality gifts that preserve cultural heritage and support families and communities. Artisan Partners in: Mexico, Ecuador, Kenya Proceeds go …
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, even in nomadic families. “As long as polio remains anywhere in the world, all the world’s children are at risk,” says Gammino, who is leading …
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 lives affected by AIDS.UW Professor Ryan Westergaard will be there to talk about his research combating HIV/AIDS and providing care to patients in Dane County. …
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 co-sponsored by the Global Health Institute. He began his career in international development as a Peace Corps volunteer in Lesotho in 1987, working as an …