University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Climate & Land Use Change

Nine projects selected for UW/WARF COVID-19 Accelerator Challenge

$100K fund to accelerate solutions being developed by UW–Madison researchers

From tick-born disease and indigenous food to diabetes and cervical cancer, Global Health Institute grants fund projects across campus

University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty, staff and graduate students plan to tackle challenges as diverse as indigenous philosophies for resilient food systems, cervical cancer screening, vitamins for children and tick-borne diseases with 25 new grants and awards from the UW-Madison Global Health Institute.

Preparing for the second coming of the coronavirus?

Now that the statewide stay-at-home order is over, Wisconsin is reopening. But now that restrictions have been lifted, medical professionals worry a second wave of COVID-19 could overwhelm hospitals.

Emerging infectious diseases on the rise

Mary Wilson, M.D., a GHI Board of Visitors member, sees more diseases arising because of changes in the landscape and human populations.

Schauer leads COVID-19 testing efforts at hygiene lab

Jamie Schauer is a member of the GHI Advisory Committee.

Beware This COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Study’ From an 80s Teen Tech Titan and a Carnivorous Plant Smuggler

GHI Associate Director Jim Conway and GHI Advisory Committee Member Ajay Sethi are quoted in the Daily Beast.

Anxiety, hope, trust and slowing the spread of COVID-19 conspiracy theories

A conversation with UW-Madison professor and GHI Advisory Committee member Ajay Sethi about making sense of the coronavirus crisis in a sea of misinformation

Are states coordinating or going rogue in COVID-19 attack? Wisconsin shows a mix of both

GHI Associate Director James Conway discusses with the Journal Times.

How India can be a world leader in making a Covid vaccine and keeping it cheap too

Krishna Ella, a member of the GHI Board of Visitors, discusses with The Print.

What Wisconsin’s shifting COVID-19 numbers show as testing broadens