University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Inaugural Human Health & Environmental Sustainability Lecture: Actions on Climate Change: Public Health Opportunity of the Century

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When: Monday April 30th, 2018, 11:30am Where: Medical College of Wisconsin Alumni Center   Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH, is professor & John P. Holton Chair in Health and the Environment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also directs the Global Health Institute. Patz co-chaired the health expert panel of the first Congressionally mandated U.S. National Assessment …

Global Health Programs: Big Successes in the Midst of Big Transitions

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When: Thursday, May 10th, 5:30-7 p.m. Where: AT&T Lounge, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St, Madison, WI, 53703   Over the last twenty years, bilateral and multilateral global health programs have greatly expanded and have saved millions of lives. Many of these are “vertical” programs focusing on a single disease or condition, such as the Global Polio …

2018 GHI Graduation Celebration

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When: Thursday May 3rd, 2018, 5:00pm Where: Mendota Room, Dejope Hall   The 2018 Global Health Certificate Graduation Celebration will honor and recognize graduating students who have earned an Undergraduate Certificate or a Graduate | Professional | Capstone Certificate in Global Health. Graduates are invited to join the UW-Madison global health community of faculty, staff, and friends …

Global Health Tuesday: Technology and Diabetic Care in Rural Guatemala

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When: April 24th, 4:30 p.m. Where: Health Sciences Learning Center, Room 1309 James Svenson, 2016 GHI Seed Grant recipient, presents on his team’s collaboration with a group from Stanford University to develop a computer-based app that can be used by village health promoters in San Lucas Tolimán, a town of 17,000, to monitor their diabetic …

Global Health Film: Bending the Arc

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WHERE: 1335 Health Sciences Learning Center WHEN: April 23rd, 5:00 p.m. Thirty years ago, as much of the world was being ravaged by horrific diseases like HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, three remarkable young people, barely out of their teens—Jim Yong Kim, Paul Farmer, Ophelia Dahl—came together in a squatter settlement in Haiti, determined to provide world-class medical …

2018 Rankin-Skatrud Memorial Lecture — The Death of Evidence: Implications for Epidemiology

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WHEN: April 23rd, 12:00 p.m. WHERE: Health Sciences Learning Center, Room 1335 Jonathan Samet, a pulmonary physician and epidemiologist, is dean of the Colorado School of Public Health. Previously, he served as Distinguished Professor and Flora L. Thornton Chair of the Keck School of Medicine of USC Department of Preventive Medicine and founding director of the …

Leading the Charge: A Local Government Summit on Energy & Resilience

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When: Monday April 23rd, 2018, 12:00pm In the third annual Local Government Summit, the Wisconsin Academy and partners will convene a two-day summit to share practical resources and explore emerging issues in local energy planning and resilience in Wisconsin communities. Local leaders and representatives from organizations actively serving as resources to these communities (research teams, …

12th Annual Nelson Institute Earth Day Conference

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WHEN: April 23rd, 7:30 a.m. WHERE: Monona Terrace Communities across the country and world are finding themselves faced with opportunities that require novel approaches and collaborative problem-solving, especially as they strive to develop inclusive and sustainable environments. Creativity and innovation, supported by technology and advanced via passionate grassroots engagement, are the tools that are making a …

Funding and Social Change

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When: Tuesday April 17th, 2018, 9:00am Where: Nancy Nicholas Hall Community and nonprofit efforts are increasingly relied upon to mitigate social problems and meet basic needs, and their educational, organizing and advocacy work has never been more important in addressing systemic problems. However, traditional giving practices have been challenged for their efficacy in creating real …

Undergraduate Symposium 2018

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The annual Undergraduate Symposium showcases undergraduate creativity, achievement, research, service-learning and community-based research from all areas of study at UW–Madison including the humanities, fine arts, biological sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences. This past year nearly 700 students presented, displayed or performed their work for members of the University, the surrounding community, family and friends.