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Global Health Tuesday Webinar: Urban Health in Africa

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EVENT DATE: December 1, 2026, 9-10am (CST). Join Elaine O. Nsoesie, Associate Professor, Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, as she leads the discussion with panelists Dakmilola Odekunle, Lecture, Department of Urban and Reginal Planning, Faculty of Environmental Science, University of Lagos; Marylene Wamukoya, PhD Fellow, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh; and Meggie Mwoka, Innovations Manager, Amref Health Africa; and Fellow, Boston University-Rockefeller Foundation 3-D Commission.

Global Health Tuesday Webinar: Climate Change & Global Displacement

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EVENT DATE: October 27, 2026, 9-10am (CDT). Join Sumudu Atapattu, Teaching Professor & Director, Global Legal Studies Center, University of Wisconsin Law School as she leads the discussion with panelists Kayly Ober, Visiting Scholar, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Elizabeth G. Ferris, Senior Fellow, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University; and David Cantor, Director & Professor of Refugee Law, Refugee Law Initiative, School of Advanced Study, University of London.

Global Health Tuesday Webinar: Trust, Information, and Outbreak Response: Lessons from Ebola

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EVENT DATE: September 29, 2026, 9-10am (CDT). Join Dr. James Conway, Professor, Divisions of Infectious Diseases & Global Pediatrics; Director, Office of Global Health; Program Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship, UW School of Medicine and Public Health as he leads the discussion with panelists Apoorva Mandavilli, Science and Global Health Reporter, The New York Times; Dr. Peter Halfmann, Professor, Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine; Halfmann Laboratory, Influenza Research Institute, UW–Madison; and Dr. Craig Spencer, Emergency Medicine Physician; Associate Professor of the Practice, Brown University, School of Public Health.

Global Health Tuesday Webinar – Cannabis and One Health: Connecting People, Planet, and Policy

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EVENT DATE: May 19, 2026 9-10am (CST) Join Calyn Ostrowski, Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships & Development, GHI, as she leads the discussion with panelists Dr. Silvia Martins, Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; Dr. Traci Toomey, Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota; Prof. Abimbola Adepeju Sowemimo, Professor, Natural Product Research, FAculty of Pharmacy, University of Lagos, Nigeria; and Dr. Heather Barkholtz, Assistant Director of Forensic Toxicology, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, UW–Madison and Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene.

Global Health Tuesday: Clean Water’s Role in Global Health Outcomes

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EVENT DATE: March 24, 9-10am (CST). Join Dr. Katherine (Trina) McMahon, Professor of Bacteriology; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UW–Madison, as she moderates a timely conversation on Clean Water's Role in Global Health Outcomes. Dr. McMahon leads the discussion with panelists Dr. Heather Murphy, Tier II Canada Research Chair in One Health, Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph; Nicole Weber, MPH, Affiliate Faculty, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University; and Dr. Matthew Freeman, Professor, Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health; Huber Department of Global Health, Emory University.

Global Health Tuesday: High Youth Death Rates – An Emerging Global Health Crisis

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EVENT DATE: February 24, 9-10am (CST). Join Dr. Carol D. Ryff, Director, Institute on Aging, & MIDUS Principal Investigator, UW–Madison, as she moderates a timely conversation on High Youth Death Rates - An Emerging Global Health Crisis. She is joined by panelists Dr. Eve Puffer, Founding Director, Duke Center for Global Mental Health; Dr. Prakash Tyagi, Founder-Director, GRAVIS Hospital; Professor, University of Washington; and Dr. Githinji Gitahi, MBS, Group Chief Executive Officer, Amref Health Africa.

Global Health Tuesday: Local to Global Rise in Antimicrobial Resistance

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EVENT DATE: January 27, 2026, 9-10am (CST). Join Dr. Daniel Shirley, Associate Professor (CHS), Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), as he moderates a timely conversation on Local to Global Rise in Antimicrobial Resistance with panelists Laurel Legenza, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, UW–Madison; François Franceschi, Head of Asset Evaluation and Development and Serious Bacterial Infections Project Leader, Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP); and Dr. Erta Kalanxhi, Director of Partnerships, One Health Trust.

UW–Madison Laryngeal Dissection Course Offers a Global Voice

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By Katie Newcomb, GHI Communications Director…Dr. Seth Dailey believes in The Wisconsin Idea, sharing innovations to improve health, inclusion, and the power of homemade chili to bring a community together. For the last 21 years, Dr. Dailey has made UW–Madison his home. As chief of the Division of Laryngology, and director of the Laryngology Fellowship …

Global Health Tuesday: UW–Madison Microneurosurgery Initiative to Improve Global Health

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EVENT DATE: December 9, 2025, 9-10am (CST). Join Calyn Ostrowski, GHI Associate Director, Strategic Partnerships & Development as she moderates a discussion about the UW-Madison Microneurosurgery Initiative's global reach. She is joined by panelists Dr. Abdullah Keles, Scientist, and Dr. Mutafa Baskaya, both from UW–Madison's Microneurosurgery Initiative and SMPH; and Dr. Yannick Canton Kessely, Specialist Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery,Hôpital La Renaissance de N’Djamena, Chad.

Global Health Tuesday: AI’s Potential to Address Global One Health Crises

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EVENT DATE: November 18, 2025, 9-10am (CST), Join panelists Matthew Conway, Director of Revenue & Strategy, Hala Systems and Senior Program Consultant, International Organization for Migration, United Nations; Milind Tambe, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University and Principal Scientist & Director for “AI for Social Good,” Google Deepmind; and Beth Tellman, Assistant Professor, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, UW–Madison and Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer, Floodbase, for this engaging discussion.