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Global Health Tuesday: Cities, Climate Change, & Health

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EVENT DATE: May 20, 2025, 9-10am (CST), featuring moderator Linda Vakunta, Deputy Mayor, City of Madison, and panelists Eduardo Santana Castellón, Director, Museum of Environmental Sciences, and Emeritus Professor, University of Guadalajara; Marta Rofin Serrà, Founder & CEO, Health Cities, and Director, "Urban Planning & Health," Polytechnic University of Catalonia; and Carlos Moreno, Professor, IAE Paris Sorbonne, University of Paris, and Author, "The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time & Our Planet."

Global Health Tuesday: Connecting Health Through Impactful Storytelling

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EVENT DATE: March 11, 2025, 10-11am (CST), featuring moderator Sara McKinnon, Professor of Rhetoric, Politics & Culture, Communication Arts, & Faculty Director, LACIS, UW–Madison, and panelists Riley Ray Griffin, Technology Reporter, Bloomberg News; Apoorva Mandavilli, Science & Global Health Reporter, New York Times; and Jamie Hansen, Communications Manager, Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health.

Global Health Tuesday: Women in Science

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EVENT DATE: February 25, 2025, 9-10am (CST), featuring moderator Kristin Long, Associate Professor of Surgery, UW–Madison, and panelists Caroline Zellmer, Senior Program Manager, Foresite Labs, and Zuzana Burivalova, Assistant Professor, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, UW–Madison.

Henry Anderson III Graduate Award Empowers Medical Student Jonathan Bryan to Explore Social Determinants of Health in Medellín, Colombia

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Jonathan Bryan holds up the Badger ‘W’ as a first-year medical student (Photo from J. Bryan) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Winter 2023, with his Bachelor of Science in Neurobiology, Molecular and Cell Biology, and Psychology, Jonathan Bryan decided to apply for the Henry Anderson III Graduate Award …

Global Health Tuesday: Building Indigenous Trust & Partnerships for Health

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EVENT DATE: January 28, 2025, 9-10am (CST), featuring moderator Carla Vigue, Director of Tribal Relations, UW–Madison, and panelists Caleb McGeshick, Councilman II, Sokaogon Chippewa Community; Jason Neilitz, CIO, Sokaogon Chippewa Community; Kurt Zimmerman, Senior Director, Biohealth Industry Partnerships, and Director, Master of Science in Biotechnology Program, SMPH; and Lauren W. Yowelunh McLester-Davis, Director of Indigenous Science Advocacy, Native American Center for Health Professions (NACHP)

The Big Ten and Abbott’s WE GIVE BLOOD DRIVE Campaign Hits Home

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GHI Associate Director Strategic Partnerships & Development, Calyn Ostrowski, with her two children (photo courtesy C. Ostrowski) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…For Calyn Ostrowski, Associate Director, Strategic Partnerships & Development, UW–Madison Global Health Institute (GHI), The We Give Blood Drive by Abbott and the Big Ten is deeply personal. Just last year, Ostrowski underwent a …

Blood Drive at GHI: December 4, 2024

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Blood Drive at GHI: December 4, 2024, 10-2:30pm Location: MSC 1010

Global Health Webinar: Supporting Sustainable Global Health

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EVENT DATE: December 11, 2024, 9-10am (CST), featuring moderator Richard Gordon, Director, International Business Development, South African Medical Research Council, and panelists Karlee Silver, CEO Grand Challenges Canada, and Ramanan Laxminarayan, Founder & President, One Health Trust.

Global Health Tuesday: Exploring Global Health Networks with Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition (APDC)

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EVENT DATE: November 19, 2024, 9-10am (CST), featuring GHI Director Jorge Osorio as moderator with panelist Mary Rodgers, Juan Pablo Hernandez Ortiz, and Sunil Solomon.

Dr. Saminathan Mani: A Journey From India to GHI as ICMR-DHR Fellow

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Photo S. Mani: Dr. Saminathan Mani at the Robert P. Hanson Biomedical Sciences Laboratories, School of Veterinary Medicine, UW–Madison