University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Leadership

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.

WPR: Why are people still not getting their flu shots?

GHI Associate Director Jim Conway joined WPR to discuss flu shots and all the nuanced feelings people have about them.

CNN: As global temperatures rise, so will mental health issues, study says

GHI Director Jonathan Patz said the study is consistent with recent work by other scientists, including his own recent research on heat waves and hospital admissions in Milwaukee, Wisconsin over a 17-year period.