Category: News
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Isthmus: Dealing with epidemics–The Ebola Survivor Corps presents a workable model
GHI Assistant Scientist and Grant Writer Sarah Paige founded the Ebola Survivor Corps to empower survivors.
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Poverty, Race, and Disparities in Health
Join WUD Society & Politics for an important talk about poverty, health equity, and racial disparities in health in the United States given by Dr. Cindy Haq and Christina Fok.…
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Fish-Harnack Lecture: Buergenthal to talk about Auschwitz, human rights
Thomas Buergenthal spent the first 11 years of his life under the cloud of Nazi Germany, growing up in the Jewish ghetto of Kielce, Poland, and later in concentration camps…
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WKOW: Dr. David Gaus, a member of the GHI Advisory, is preparing to head to Ecuador after earthquakes
Dr. David Gaus, a member of the GHI Advisory, is preparing to head to Ecuador after earthquakes
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UW-Madison students awarded summer fellowships for community-based projects
Coming to a Wisconsin community near you this summer: New sustainability initiatives. Or perhaps, Shakespeare. All part of the second-annual Wisconsin Open Education Community Fellowships.
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Scientists describe new model to enhance Zika virus research
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) have developed one of the first mouse models for the study of Zika virus.
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“Experimental Approaches to Disparities: Manipulations of Neighborhood Disadvantage in a Virtual Environment”
Neighborhood disadvantage is an independent predictor of health and development. However, the breadth of causal inferences that can be drawn regarding neighborhood effects is limited due to the conceptual and…
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Donna Shalala: “Women, Well-being, Wisconsin, the World”
Donna E. Shalala is the president of the Clinton Foundation. Previously, she served as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1987 to 1993, and as president of the University…
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Social Transformations to End Exploitation and Trafficking for Sex (STREETS)
Jean M. Geran and Araceli Alonso, co directors of the UW-STREETS initiative, lead the session to introduce UW-Madison’s new anti-trafficking initiative that seeks to support local and global work to end…
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Tererai Trent: “Dreams from Adversity: Championing a New Future for Women and Girls”
Dr. Tererai Trent is an internationally recognized voice for quality education and women’s empowerment. Oprah called Trent her favorite guest and invested $1.5 million to help build a school in…
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BIG STORIES + CLOSE (UP) RESEARCH: Health and Science in the African World
The African Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites you to BIG STORIES + CLOSE (UP) RESEARCH: Health and Science in the African World on April 15-16, 2016. Bringing together a…
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“Nuestra Historia: Stories of Strength and Struggle Across Generations”
Dr. Maria Cotera, Dr. Andrea “Tess” Arenas and filmmaker Linda Garcia Merchant will discuss their efforts to recover the histories of Chicana and Latina activists through an innovative mix of…
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The Transformation of Women’s Health
To Change the Future of Women is a call to women and men, world leaders, influencers and individuals to commit to the Power of 1 action of change for the…
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Human Trafficking: What’s the Real Story?
Most of what we know about human trafficking comes from the media. We develop our own opinions of how trafficking takes place, who the victims are and what the bad…
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Weston Roundtable: Can Engineering be Sustainable?
We have always engineered solutions to make our lives easier. Some have stood the test of time, while others have been cast aside. Our speaker argues that today’s sustainability problems…
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Huff Post: 2016 Women and Wellbeing Summit – Join Us via livestream April 14-16
Researchers, practitioners, students, and activists are gathering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to be part of a conversation about leadership and the global agenda for the wellbeing of women, girls,…
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Global Climate Change: Health Risks and Opportunities
On behalf of St. Mary’s Preservation of the Earth Committee, we invite you to attend a very important program on global climate change. Dr. Jonathan Patz is the Nobel Peace Prize winning…
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Carbone Cancer Center: Dr. Howard Bailey: Oncologists should promote the cancer-preventing HPV vaccine
Carbone Cancer Center: Dr. Howard Bailey: Oncologists should promote the cancer-preventing HPV vaccine
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GROW: Ecuador: Better Health through Messaging
Some communities in Ecuador face high incidences of water-borne illness because of contaminated water or poor hygiene and sanitation. It’s a multipronged problem calling for an interdisciplinary approach combining natural,…
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2016 Wisconsin Without Borders Awards honor eight outstanding projects
This story was first published on the Morgridge Center for Community Service website site.Eight UW-Madison projects are being honored for their community-engaged focus on global malnutrition, waterborne illness, Wisconsin Native public health, Latina women’s…
