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Ultrasound advances research and education in Uganda
New Health-Oriented Transportation (HOT) Topic Seminar Series launches
FEBRUARY 24, 4:00 p.m.: Chris McCahill, deputy director of the state’s Smart Street Initiative presents the inaugural Health-Oriented Transportation (HOT) Topic seminar in Room 1010 of the Medical Sciences Center. This new series invites experts on transportation to speak about their work and its implications for health.
Coal shipping in Twin Ports drops to lowest level in decades while wind cargo surges
UW-Madison researchers lead efforts to understand, thwart new coronavirus
MADISON – Back in 2016, when Zika virus first began to cause infections in the Americas, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers pulled together a coalition of scientists to study the virus and openly share their data …
How the World Health Organization Responds to Disease Outbreaks
Ambassador John Lange, a member of the GHI Board of Visitors, discusses The Who response to disease outbreaks.
WSJ: Scientists study, prepare for Chinese coronavirus in Wisconsin
Students see opportunity to make a difference at high school global health day
What is a global citizen? “We’re people trying to make the world a better place,” says a high school student at “Opening Doors to the World,” the annual High School Global Public Health Day at …
Conservationist reminds us: Aldo Leopold still relevant today
UW-Madison professor Stanley Temple remains hopeful despite rising threats to biodiversity because of Aldo Leopold’s life and writings.
Preparing medical students to practice in rural areas
Wisconsin follows national decline in cancer death rates
UW-Madison UniverCity Year program seeks faculty to partner with counties
Finding practical solutions to community-based challenges is at the heart of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s UniverCity Year. Launched in 2016 with the Wisconsin Idea in mind, the program has traditionally partnered with a single community on …
A freshwater mussel apocalypse is underway–and no one knows why
GHI Associate Director Tony Goldberg discusses the importance of mussels with National Geographic.
2019 is the wettest year ever recorded for Wisconsin and the Midwest
The year’s not over, but 2019 will already go down as the wettest year ever across the Midwest and Wisconsin since record-keeping began in 1895. More than 43 inches of rain and snow — 43.48 inches …
Clinical trial for Ebola vaccine developed at UW-Madison underway in Japan
As of this week, a phase one clinical trial to test a potential new Ebola vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is underway in Japan.
Wisconsin Without Borders Awards
Applications are due March 1, 2020.
GHI, Nelson support Global Climate and Health Summit at COP 25
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI) and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies are key supporters of the Global Climate and Health Summit taking place Saturday, December 7, at United Nations COP 25 climate change …
Three UW-Madison students named 2020 Rhodes finalists
Three University of Wisconsin–Madison students reached the final stage of competition this year for Rhodes Scholarships, the oldest and most celebrated college awards for international study. Among them, a Global Health Certificate alumna.
New flu drug drives drug resistance in influenza viruses
On January 31, 2019, an 11-year old boy in Japan went to a medical clinic with a fever. The providers there diagnosed him with influenza, a strain called H3N2, and sent him home with a …
Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts revived under Governor’s task force
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts will contribute climate data informing the work of a state task force charged with advising Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on climate change adaptation and mitigation.