January 29: Six-legged livestock? GHI’s Valerie Still explores the nutrition and environmental benefits of edible insects.
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Work with GHI: Apply now for a communications intern position
GHI is seeking a well-rounded communications intern who can take the lead on social media platforms. The deadline to apply is December 14.
UW High School Global Health Day opens doors to the world for Wisconsin students
The Sixth Annual High School Global Public Health Day, co-hosted by GHI, opens doors to new career possibilities and new awareness of all the factors that determine health in Wisconsin and the world.
New faces join GHI
This fall semester, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI) has welcomed seven new team members who are committed to ensuring health for all and helping spread the institute’s mission.
Apply now for global health grants, awards
Apply now for 2019 global health grants for faculty, staff, clinicians and graduate students. New categories this year. All disciplines are welcome.
Elders-in-Residence Program will bring Native community leaders to campus for mentoring, support
The initiative will seek to improve the experience of American Indian and Alaskan Native students by hosting Native elders on campus for extended visits and educational exchanges.
2019 Global Health Symposium tackles “Health in the Balance”
April 16, 2019: With its 15th annual Global Health Symposium, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute explores “Health in the Balance: Acting Now for a Healthy Tomorrow.”
Building Community 2018: A Global Health Celebration
October 18: GHI invites you to Building Community 2018, an annual event that brings together the greater global health community and looks toward new opportunities to ensure health and well-being for all.
GHI Associate Director Lori DiPrete Brown shares her global experience in new book, a webinar and a seminar
October 30: GHI Associate Director Lori DiPrete Brown will give a Global Health Tuesday talk about the future directors of global health education and UW-Madison’s role.
Strength in Community: GHI issues its 2017-2018 annual report
“Across campus and the planet, we work together to tackle health challenges,” GHI Director Jonathan Patz writes in the report’s introduction. “Together, we are working toward a more just, sustainable, and healthy world.”
UW-Madison alumnus reflects on lasting impacts of the global health certificate
Both the certificate and working at GHI left lasting impacts on Eric Obscherning, including how to think entrepreneurially and how to build partnerships between different companies and governments.
UW–Madison, Green County launch UniverCity partnership with Aug. 21 event
The event will be held at Monroe High School Performing Arts Center. The evening will begin with a work session for community leaders directly involved in UniverCity Year projects. There will also be a networking session, a special appearance from Bucky Badger and an opportunity to share innovative solutions to local issues.
GHI Visiting Scholar Emmanuel Makasa determined to help make surgery accessible for all
The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery reported in 2015 that about five billion worldwide — or 70 percent of the global population — lack access to safe and affordable surgery.
Eating crickets can be good for your gut, according to new clinical trial
Valerie Stull, a recent doctoral graduate of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, is the lead author of a new pilot clinical trial that looks at what eating crickets does to the human microbiome. Stull will be joining GHI in the fall.
Henry Anderson award inspires confidence, buoys work in One Health
Grad student Laurel Myers bridges human-animal health with help from the new Henry Anderson research award.
The story of milk: Strategies and policy implications for ensuring safe milk production in Ethiopia
September 6: Join GHI visiting scholar Mestawet Taye as she discusses recommendations to inform Ethiopia-specific milk quality standards to ensure safe milk production, processing and consumption.
Thinking ahead: GHI Advisory Committee member Paul Block works to develop proactive disaster early warning system
Building off of a 2016 GHI Seed Grant, Block is using a new UW2020 grant to develop an online flood and health risk management system in an attempt to give relief organizations months — not hours or days — to prepare for disasters.
GHI funds 16 unique projects dedicated to improving health for all
The grant recipients come from seven different schools on campus, including the Schools of Education, Veterinary Medicine and Medicine and Public Health. For the first time, GHI also awarded the Henry Anderson III Graduate Research Award.
New study finds increased use of air conditioning might further degrade air quality, compound toll of air pollution on human health
GHI Director Jonathan Patz and Advisory Committee member Tracey Holloway are senior authors of the Public Library of Science (PLOS) Medicine report.
New book explores link between social, environmental challenges
GHI Grant Writer Daegan Miller’s book “This Radical Land: A Natural History of American Dissent” explores ideas of freedom, justice and progress through four interlocked essays.