Category: News
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Wisconsin State Journal: UW budget request seeks new outreach programs, $4M for student advising
The UW System includes funding to expand UniverCity Year, a project co-founded by GHI, in its budget request.
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U.S. – China Symposium on Family Medicine & Community Health
Setting the stage for future professional collaboration between the U.S. and China through a week-long symposium. Symposium goals: Learn about advances in the U.S. that have relevance to the practice…
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Digital Journal: Fish die-off in Wisconsin lake leads to discovery of new virus
GHI Associate Director Tony Goldberg identified a new virus in Wisconsin's largemouth bass.
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Cap Times: UW-Madison in the right spot to collaborate on Zika research
Human and veterinary medicine plus a mosquito lab and primate center make UW perfect for Zika research.
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UW’s Holloway to lead NASA Health and Air Quality Initiative
Tracey Holloway will help NASA make environmental satellite data more accessible and useful.
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New virus found during investigation into largemouth bass fish kill
GHI associate director Tony Goldberg identifies new emerging disease in Wisconsin's largemouth bass.
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Clean Lakes Alliance’s Loop the Lake bike ride
Loop the Lake is Clean Lakes Alliance’s annual bike ride around Lake Monona that highlights our community’s lakes and lakeshore bike paths. Info and tickets here.
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Watch new Zika video from UW-Madison
Watch the new UW-Madison Zika video here.
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Wisconsin State Journal: FluGen starts tests of a new influenza vaccine on humans
Breakthrough research by Yoshihiro Kawaoka, an influenza specialist in the School of Veterinary Medicine and GHI Advisory member, and UW's Gabriele Neumann is key to a new kind of influenza…
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Sun Prairie Star: Wisconsin Partnership Program awards grants
The Wisconsin Partnership Program awarded nine grants that will improve health throughout Wisconsin with better nutrition, better maternal care, alcohol reduction and more.
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Nature: Palliative care – The other opioid issue
Pain relief is a human right -- but the "war on drugs" has made it difficult to access the powerful pain killers some patients need. GHI's Jim Cleary provides insight.
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New York Times: In the face of Zika, researchers in the University of Wisconsin-Madison primate lab continue to share their results with speed and openness
In the face of Zika, researchers in the University of Wisconsin-Madison primate lab continue to share their results with speed and openness
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Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute Lecture Series
“Understanding Women’s Experiences of Domestic Violence in Kyrgyzstan: A Grounded Theory Study” by Sultanate Childress MSW, Ph.D, University of Maryland.
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Infectious Disease Interest Group (IDIG)
Topic: The 2016 Reign of Elizaberhkingia in Wisconsin. Need parking? No problem. Park in the lot with the blue lines between the SVM and the WVDL. UWVeterinary Care has donated…
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Bacteria prevents mosquitoes from spreading Zika, UW-Madison study says
A bacteria found in butterflies and bees can help prevent the spread of Zika virus, suggesting that mosquitoes could be infected with the bacteria and released into the wild to…
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Benign bacteria block mosquitoes from transmitting Zika, chikungunya viruses
UW researchers release latest advancements in Zika research
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CPCP Second Annual Retreat
The day-long program will feature a keynote lecture by Dr. Phil Bourne, the Associate Director for Data Science of the NIH, and presentations by CPCP faculty, postdocs and students. In addition to presentations,…
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Monkey study shows Zika infection prolonged in pregnancy
UW researchers have shown that Zika infection is prolonged in pregnancy
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Bike to the Library Week
It’s simple, when you bike to the library during Bike to the Library week, (between June 19 and 25; dates vary by individual library), you will receive a bookmark with…
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Member of GHI Advisory receives Japan Academy Award
Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a researcher from UW-Madison's School of Veterinary Medicine and member of the GHI Advisory, to receive Japan Academy award on June 27, 2016