University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: News

Deadlines approaching for faculty, staff and students to apply for grants to further global health

Deadlines near for new round of Global Health Institute grants to faculty, staff and students.

Social media for social good: Researchers estimate air pollution from online posts

UW-Madison computer science researchers develop a method to use social media posts to estimate air pollution levels.

Searching a Nigerian forest for answers to emerging health challenges

Sagan Friant, a doctoral student in Environment and Resources, discovers eating infected crabs causes lung fluke in in monkeys and people.

Geran discusses a child abandonment and trafficking

UW-Madison alumna and 4W leader Jean Geran discusses child abandonment, trafficking and the right to identification documents in Soffa lecture.

GHI offers grants for faculty, staff, students and visiting scholars

The Global Health Institute will award grants to faculty, staff and graduate students for work that advances global health research toward equitable and sustainable health for the world. Application information available now.

Tackling Ebola on many fronts

Tackling Ebola on many fronts: GHI community confronts deadly disease in the lab, on the radio, in story and through relationships

Tanumihardjo Links Orange Maize to Vitamin A in Children

GHI Special Advisor Sherry Tanumihardjo publishes new research showing orange maize improves vitamin A in children.

UW-Madison scientist Kawaoka on front lines in fight against Ebola

Yoshi Kawaoka, a UW-Madison virologist and GHi Advisory member, talks to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about his Ebola research.

Goldberg joins Wis. group discussion Ebola

GHI Associate Director Tony Goldberg joined more than 200 health care and government officials in Milwaukee to discuss how Wisconsin would handle an Ebola outbreak.

New nonprofit supports women in science

Earth Science Women’s Network grows into nonprofit organization, is part of 4W initiative.