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Category: Jonathan Patz

Cutting air pollution emissions would save 50,000 U.S. lives, $600 billion each year

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 …

Actions on Climate Crisis Offer Major Public Health Gains

GHI Director Jonathan Patz discusses how actions on climate crisis benefit health.

Patz stepping down at Global Health Institute to concentrate on climate and health

Deadline extended: Applications for new director due January 20. See information below. Jonathan Patz, M.D., MPH, has announced his plan to step down as director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI) in July 2022 to focus more on climate change and planetary health during his sabbatical next year and beyond. Patz, the …

The Climate Emergency is Now

GHI Director Jonathan Patz speaks with WORT 89.9 FM on what the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report means and the importance of taking action.

Global Warming Is Happening More Rapidly. Wisconsin Is Already Feeling It.

GHI Director Jonathan Patz discusses extreme heat and global warming trends, predictions amid release of IPCC report on climate change.

Work With GHI: Apply to be a Planetary Health Postdoctoral Research Associate

The UW-Madison Global Health Institute is hiring a postdoctoral research associate who will work with GHI Director Jonathan Patz and faculty from The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. Applications are due August 9. Requirements: Ideal candidates should have a doctoral degree in any of the following fields: Environmental Sciences, Environmental Studies, Sustainability Science, Environmental Epidemiology, …

Study blames climate change for 37% of global heat deaths

GHI Director Jonathan Patz shares insight on new research linking climate change to global heat deaths.

GHI Director Jonathan Patz receives WARF Named Professorship

Professor and Global Health Institute Director Jonathan Patz, M.D., MPH, was well along in his research linking climate change to health when he arrived at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004—then everything took off. “My research and science accelerated when I hit UW-Madison,” says Patz, who has faculty appointments in the Nelson Institute for Environmental …

The Costs of Inaction: The Economic Burden of Fossil Fuels and Climate Change on Health in the United States

New report on economic burden of fossil fuels and climate change co-authored by UW alumnus Vijay S. Limaye, advised by GHI Director Jonathan Patz and designed by GHI Outreach Specialist and Executive Director of the Wisconsin Health Professionals for Climate Action Abby Lois.

Work With GHI: Apply to be a Planetary Health Postdoctoral Research Associate

The UW-Madison Global Health Institute is hiring a postdoctoral research associate who will work with GHI Director Jonathan Patz and faculty from The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. Applications are due May 14. Requirements: Ideal candidates should have a doctoral degree in any of the following fields: Environmental Sciences, Environmental Studies, Sustainability Science, Environmental Epidemiology, …