Eliminating air pollution emissions from energy-related activities in the United States would prevent more than 50,000 premature deaths each year and provide more than $600 billion in benefits each year from avoided illness and death, according to a new study by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers. Published today in the journal GeoHealth, the study reports the …
Wisconsin alumnus Jorge Osorio, DVM, Ph.D., an international expert in epidemiology, virology and vaccines, has been named director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI). A professor of pathobiological sciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine, Osorio will replace Jonathan Patz, who returns to his faculty appointments in the Nelson Institute for Environmental …
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The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report urges immediate action to limit greenhouse gas emissions in all sectors of the economy, including energy, transportation, construction, manufacturing and agriculture. GHI Advisory Committee member, Greg Nemet, is one of the report’s lead authors.
Tony Goldberg, a member of the GHI Advisory Committee, knows that most human diseases, like COVID-19, don’t start — or end — with our species. These diseases are really a part of our whole ecosystem, and that includes the animals we interact with.
Solving the biggest challenges facing humanity isn’t something academia, science or industry can do alone, says Jalonne White-Newsome, Ph.D., founder and CEO of Empowering a Green Environment and Economy, LLC. “The goal of research is for discovery,” says White-Newsome, the keynote speaker for the 2022 Global Health Symposium, “Making Connections: Climate, Health & Equity.” “But …
GHi Advisory Committee member Susan Paskewitz has watched the advance of ticks in Wisconsin.
GHI Director Jonathan Patz says we need to design cities for safe bicycle travel.
GHI Director Jonathan Patz looks at health opportunities from a low-carbon economy.
GHI Director Jonathan Patz joins state health professionals in looking for a shift to a clean economy to prevent disease and death.