Category: News
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Vandana Shiva keynotes 2017 4W Summit
Vandana Shiva keynotes 2017 4W Summit.
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Assessing geographic access to primary care across the urban-rural spectrum in Wisconsin: A space-time geography approvach
Access to primary care providers is a central component of health and preventive health care, and is associated with health indicators such as hospitalizations, mortality and morbidity. Geographic access—availability of…
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Zika and pregnancy: The latest insights
Katy Antony, M.D., a UW Health maternal-fetal medicine specialist, will discuss the latest facts about Zika virus and how it can affect pregnancy. Learn how Zika is spreading, where outbreaks…
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Water and refugees in the spotlight at Global Health Symposium
Check out photos from the 2017 Global Health Symposium.
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U.S. Development Aid in the New Nation of Timor Leste – a Grizzled Development Officer Is Surprised by Optimism
As the first representative of the US AID effort in Timor Leste, at the birth of its sovereignty, Rick Scott will discuss the programs he instituted. With a blank slate…
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The Arctic in Rapid Transition
Abstract: Observations in 2016 showed a continuation of long-term Arctic warming trends which revealed the interdependency of physical and biological Arctic systems, contributing to a growing recognition that the Arctic…
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Tupesis helps design global health course for health care learners
UW Emergency Physician Janis Tupesis helps create online global health course for medical students/residents.
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Neighborhood Disadvantage: Informing New Approaches to Medicare Policy and Health Delivery for Vulnerable Older Adults
Living in a socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhood is associated with education, health behaviors, stress, mortality and disease. These associations have been recognized for decades, yet applications of these concepts have been…
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Webcast: Protecting the health and wellbeing of communities in a changing climate
The Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research and Medicine, and the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement are hosting the joint workshop on Protecting the Health and Wellbeing of Communities in…
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Expanding local food access to consumers, schools and businesses
Helen Sarakinos, executive director of the REAP Food Group, is part of the Caring for Creation Series at Bethel Lutheran Church. Sarakinos is a seasoned advocate and organizer for issues…
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Weston Roundtable: Environmental Impacts of Evolving Consumer Technology
Andrea Hicks, assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, looks at the environmental, economic and societal impacts of our evolving technology. Tools such as life-cycle assessment and agent-based modeling allow…
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The cryptic origins of Ebola in West Africa: science and narratives of spillover in Meliandou
James Fairhead is a professor of social anthropology at the University of Sussex. His research covers anthropogenic landscapes and indigenous agro-ecological knowledge. In a trio of books, he examined how the environmental…
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Livestream: Population Health Spotlight with Jonathan Patz
GHI Director Jonathan Patz presents “Confronting the Global Climate Crisis May be the Best Way to Fight Chronic Diseases” at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health. Listen live at http://drexel.edu/dornsife/news/events/population-health-spotlight/.…
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From Lost Boy to health activist
Jacob Atem will share his journey from a genocide survivor to health activist in his home village. Atem was 6 when his parents were killed, his siblings lost, and his village…
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Food Sovereignty symposium and festival
The Food Sovereignty Symposium and Festival will be held March 10-12 on the University of Wisconsin campus and surrounding sites in Madison, Wisconsin. The symposium component of event is focusing…
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AFRICaide’s 4th Annual International Women’s Day 2017: Be Bold for Change
Purpose: To bring together women of all backgrounds to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women in many places around the world and to think about ways…
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One Health Happy Hour
Featured presentations by our director, Jonathan Patz, and Jonathan Sleeman, center director of USGS National Wildlife Health Center. Discussion to follow moderated by Christopher Olsen, professor emeritus, School of Veterinary…
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Global Health Tuesday: Graduate scholars report
Two of the GHI Graduate Student Research Awards recipients report back on their work to further global health across the world. Camilla Reuterswaerd , a Ph.D., candidate in the Department…
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Gaylord Nelson Lecture Series: We have come a long way; we have a long way to go
It generates medicines, purifies water, absorbs greenhouse gases and grows our food. Yet most of us know little about soil — in fact, we treat this valuable resource like dirt.…
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PHS Monday Seminar Series: Racial Disparities in the Incidence of Breast Cancer Subtypes in ‘Black’ and ‘White’ Women: Proportions and Preconceptions
When: February 27th, 12 -1 p.m. Where: 1345 HSLC.