Find out how health experts, including GHI Associate Director James Conway, decide when to mask up amid rising vaccinations.
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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 …
Mitigating the Impacts of COVID-19 on Global Child Health: a Call to Action
GHI Associate Director James Conway co-authored new paper on threat of COVID-19 to children’s health globally.
4W Grants Support Changemakers Across Campus
The 4W Initiative announces its 2021 grant program awardees.
Herd immunity: COVID-19 vaccines for kids
Interview with GHI Associate Director James Conway on COVID-19 vaccinations for children and reaching herd immunity.
Badger Talks video: Is herd immunity attainable?
GHI Advisory Committee Member Ajay Sethi discusses reaching herd immunity in latest Badger Talks video.
Reversing Vaccine Hesitancy Will Be Rural Hospitals’ ‘Toughest Work,’ Hospital Executive Says
Health experts including GHI Associate Director James Conway discuss overcoming vaccine hesitancy and complacency.
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 …
A framework to guide planetary health education
New paper published in The Lancet co-authored by GHI Director Jonathan Patz and Planetary Health Graduate Scholar Jessica LeClair.
COVID vaccines and kids: five questions as trials begin
GHI Associate Director James Conway discusses immunizations for children and how vaccine trials will work.
UW Health experts: Vaccinating children is essential part of ending pandemic
GHI Associate Director James Conway, M.D., shares the importance of vaccinating children in ending the pandemic.
As eligibility of COVID-19 vaccine widens, promising news for kids
GHI Associate Director James Conway shares insight on vaccine efficacy in children amid new Pfizer data results.
Doctor dispels concerns over COVID-19 vaccines
GHI Associate Director James Conway answers questions about the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.
‘Long overdue’: UW-Madison professors urge UW Foundation to divest from fossil fuel companies
GHI Director Jonathan Patz among faculty members urging UW Foundation to divest from fossil fuel companies.
Tupesis calls for collaboration to improve global emergency care, takes on new leadership roles
APRIL 30: Janis Tupesis explores expanding emergency medicine in Global Health Tuesday seminar.
Human respiratory viruses continue to spread in wild chimpanzees
A team led by GHI Associate Director Tony Goldberg identified two simultaneous outbreaks of respiratory illness in chimpanzees in the wild, one of which was lethal.
WPR: Why climate change is a major public health issue
GHI Director Jonathan Patz explains the connection between climate change and human health and the research he’s been doing.
EurekAlert: Greenhouse gases triggering more changes than we can handle
GHI Director Jonathan Patz was a co-author on a recently published study on the impact of increasing greenhouse gas emissions on climate hazards. This research reveals that society faces a much larger threat from climate change than previous studies have suggested.
The Badger Herald: Global Health Institute director discusses effect of climate change on health, social justice
As part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate Social Justice Series, GHI Director Jonathan Patz discussed the effect climate change will have on global health and the environment.