Dr. Saminathan Mani: A Journey From India to GHI as ICMR-DHR Fellow
Photo S. Mani: Dr. Saminathan Mani at the Robert P. Hanson Biomedical Sciences Laboratories, School of Veterinary Medicine, UW–Madison
Photo S. Mani: Dr. Saminathan Mani at the Robert P. Hanson Biomedical Sciences Laboratories, School of Veterinary Medicine, UW–Madison
Daniel Oswaldo Maldonado (far left) poses with GHI One Health Center-Colombia team (Photo from GHI archives) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…Biological engineer Daniel Oswaldo Maldonado has always believed the best way to understand biological phenomena is by integrating different disciplines of knowledge. That’s why he earned a bachelor’s degree in biological engineering and a master’s …
Olga Lucia Chaparro Africano, Sebastián Díaz, and Lina Paola Garzón Garzón doing fieldwork in Leticia, a city in the Colombian Amazonian region By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…Ever wondered what students do after they defend their dissertation and earn their PhD? One next step is continuing their research by pursuing a postdoctoral position. Here are three postdocs …
Leonor Hidalgo-Ciro enjoying a Madison moment by the lake with her family (Photo from L. Hidalgo-Ciro) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…Leonor Hidalgo-Ciro has felt a strong desire to help people ever since she could remember. And in her academic and occupational careers, she has done just that. Hidalgo-Ciro holds a Bachelor’s degree in law from …
Celeny Ortiz Restrepo settling into her GHI office (Photo from Celeny Ortiz Restrepo) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…On February 13, 2024, Epidemiologist for the Secretary of Health, State of Antioquia, Colombia, Celeny Ortiz Restrepo, began her journey at the University of Madison–Wisconsin as a visiting scholar. The opportunity is a partnership between UW–Madison’s Global Health …
Sara McKinnon in Necoclí, Colombia, learning about the important work of the Interagency Group for Mixed Migration (GIFMM in Spanish) and their #gifmmcontigo information campaign, providing people with access to information to keep them safe in transit. (Photo from Migration in the Americas Project) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…Ever since UW-Madison Professor Sara McKinnon started …
Karl Ciuoderis (left) and GHI Director Jorge Osorio conducting field research in the Amazon in Colombia. (Photo from Abbott) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…Growing up in the Colombian countryside, Karl Ciuoderis knew he wanted to help animals. His love for domestic animals grew as they delightfully surrounded him on his family’s property. “It was like …
GHI is pleased to share the opening of the GHI-One Health Center Sierra Leone, led by Alhaji N’jai with support from Project 1808, Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition, University of Sierra Leone, and the Ministry of Health.
Watch the full recording of our recent Global Health Tuesday: Global Health and Migration here on our YouTube channel. Join the UW-Madison Global Health Institute on March 28, 4:30-5:30 p.m. on for this month’s Global Health Tuesday: Global Health and Migration. Refugees are fleeing from war and violence across the world. UW experts from the …
The Global Health Institute (GHI) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison works at the intersection of health, equity and sustainability. Our work is grounded in a global health ethic and the One Health principle that recognizes the well-being of humans, animals, and the planet’s ecosystems are inextricably linked. GHI is establishing three One Health Centers across …