Category: News
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National Science Foundation: Documentary “The Rules of Life” features GHI leader Tony Goldberg
National Science Foundation's documentary "The Rules of Life" features GHI leader Tony Goldberg.
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UW School of Medicine and Public Health Aims to Keep OB/GYNs in Rural America
UW School of Medicine and Public Health Aims to Keep OB/GYNs in Rural America
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Inaugural UniverCity Year final presentation
The public is invited to an event focusing on the entire UniverCity Year (UCY) and all its projects. The presentation will be Wednesday August 16th, 7 PM in the Monona…
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NPR: Why U.S.-Trained Surgeons Often Aren’t Ready For Humanitarian Work Abroad
GHI Advisory Member Girma Tefera directs program to address discrepancy in surgeon training.
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QI Institute brings together world health leaders to work on everyday challenges
UW-Madison's QI Institute brings together health leaders from nine countries and Wisconsin to work on everyday challenges.
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The President of Botswana Visits the Washington Mandela Fellows on Campus and Sparks Conservation Discussion
The President of Botswana Visits the Washington Mandela Fellows on Campus and Sparks Conservation Discussion
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UW Hmong: American Nurse Brings her Community to the Doctor’s Office
UW Hmong: American Nurse Brings her Community to the Doctor's Office
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The 4W Initiative is hiring an Assistant Director
The 4W Initiative is hiring an Assistant Director
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Director Jonathan Patz Interviewed in Vice Article on Climate Change
Director Jonathan Patz Interviewed in Vice Article on Climate Change
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CDC Call – Zoonoses and OneHealth Updates
This call is meant to provide a progress report of ongoing investigations into zoonotic diseases in relation to overall global health. This report is brought to you by CDC’s One…
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Mosquito-spread encephalitis found in Wisconsin horses
Mosquito-spread encephalitis found in Wisconsin horses
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Undocumented immigration doesn’t worsen drug, alcohol problems in U.S., study indicates
Undocumented immigration doesn’t worsen drug, alcohol problems in U.S., study indicates
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Taking Quality Home: 2017 Quality Improvement Leadership Symposium
Thirty students and health leaders from a dozen countries present their take-home projects from 2017 Quality Improvement Leadership Institute. After a week of working with UW faculty, staff, students, and…
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New York Times: Fungi Physics — How Those Spores Launch Just Right
GHI Advisory member Anne Pringle contributes to a new paper about how mushrooms send spores in the right direction. Story from the NY Times.
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PHYS.ORG: Study suggests investment pays off in safety for walkers, bikers
GHI's Jason Vargo contributes to a new study of walking and bicycling that suggests investing in infrastructure to encourage both correlates with fewer pedestrian and bicyclist deaths.
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One Health idea gives Young African fellows new ways to promote health
The idea of One Health – that the health of humans, animals and ecosystems are interconnected—gave the Mandela Washington Fellows from Africa new ways to address health challenges.
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Global Health Tuesday: Non-Communicable Diseases, Climate Change and Development in Africa
Alexis Nizigiyimana, a medical doctor in Burundi, founded the Burundi chapter of the Young Professional Chronic Diseases Network. He will discuss the burden of the four top non-communicable diseases in…
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Communications intern position open at GHI
GHI is looking for a social media savvy communications intern who is also ready to help with other projects.
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2017 Quality Improvement Leadership Institute
The annual Quality Improvement Leadership Institute brings together participants from Wisconsin and across the world who work with UW-Madison faculty, staff and students, and each other, to implement small changes…