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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.

Unitaid invests in better, safer and simpler treatments and preventative therapy for multidrug-resistant TB in children

The BENEFIT Kids Project will increase access to quality-assured MDR-TB medicines that are adapted for children, who have been neglected in the global response. Project Lead Tony Garcia-Pratts recently joined the UW-Madison Department of Pediatrics.

’20 Global Health Certificate student travels the world for research

Emily Perez is an Undergraduate Global Health Certificate student.

UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health: Native American Center for Health Professions receives $1M grant renewal for student recruitment, support

The UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health center will once again be the recipient of a competitive national grant to recruit American Indian and Alaska Native students into the field of medicine.

The climate crisis will profoundly affect the health of every child alive today, report says

GHI Director Jonathan Patz spoke with CNN about climate change and the newly published Lancet report.

Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance Through Partnership: The Wisconsin-India Connection

DECEMBER 3: Nasia Safdar, M.D., looks at reducing antimicrobial resistance through a Wisconsin-India partnership.

‘Making a Difference:’ Ada Deer, Champion of Women’s and Native American rights, to discuss memoir, receive 4W UNESCO Chair Award

Last year, history was made with the election of the first Native American women to Congress. Decades before, Ada Deer was busy paving the way for others to succeed. In 1957, she became the first member of the Menominee to graduate from UW-Madison, receiving her bachelor’s in social work. In 1993, she became the first …

UW–Madison signs Second Nature Resilience Commitment

Following on the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s recent STARS silver rating for campus sustainability, Chancellor Rebecca Blank has announced that UW–Madison will sign the Resilience Commitment administered by Second Nature. Chancellor Blank made her announcement at the Climate Fast Forward Conference in Madison on Nov. 8, 2019. Resilience refers to the ability of institutions, infrastructure and …

The Scientific Frontier of Vaccinating Bats Against a Deadly Fungus

Wisconsin researchers harness a raccoon virus to fight white-nose syndrome.

ACEP supports two new international emergency medicine courses at ACEP19

GHI Associate Director Janis Tupesis helps train emergency workers to improve care worldwide