Quick Overview When: 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Monday, September 22, 2014 Where: Grand Hyatt, New York, New York Why: Climate change is not a far-off problem. It is happening now and is having real consequences on people’s lives. With a sense of change in the air, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited world leaders to Climate Summit 2014 to …
GHI Director Jonathan Patz is lead author on JAMA article that is a “blueprint” for public health benefits possible in climate change mitigation.
Acting Surgeon General Boris Lushniak and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy head a list of prestigious speakers, thought leaders at Civil Society Event co-hosted by UW-Madison.
WHO green leader joins GHI’s “Business, Health and Climate” during Climate Week in NYC Dr. Carlos Dora, the World Health Organization’s lead for “Health in a Green Economy,” has been added to the program for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute’s “Business, Health and Climate: Join the Conversation,” a Sept. 22 reception and panel discussion …
WHO’s Charles Dora joins GHI’s New York evening “Business, Climate and Health” with GHI Director Jonathan Patz, Gundersen Health CEO Jeff Thompson and New York climate expert Kizzy Charles-Guzman.
The Global Health Institute builds bridges between researchers, health care professionals, staff, students, fellows and communities to tackle the complex, interlinked causes of disease. Download the PDF. 2013-2014 UW-Madison Global Health Impact Report.
Dr. Jonathan Patz, director of the UW-Madison Global Health Institute, joins panelists to discuss Health Benefits of Mitigating Climate Change at WHO
GHI is among co-hosts for A Civil Society Event on Action in Climate Change and Health.
EcoHealth, like GHI, calls for addressing climate change to benefit human, animal and ecosystem health.
A Fulbright Scholar grant will take Dr. Jonathan Patz, director of the Global Health Institute (GHI) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to Ethiopia to work on issues involving livable cities, climate change and health during the spring semester of his 2014-2015 sabbatical. He will spend the fall and winter in Geneva, Switzerland