Category: News
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International Division, IRIS award seed grants for interdisciplinary research
Global health was well represented when the International Division and IRIS awarded new seed grants.
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UW activist works ensure women have leading voice in Wisconsin, world
UW activist works ensure women have leading voice in Wisconsin, world
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“The True Cost:” a documentary on fast fashion
The Wisconsin Without Borders Marketplace is partnering with Change Boutique, a fair trade fashion shop in Madison, Wis., to help spread the word about the true costs of the fast…
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Infectious Disease Interest Group
A collaboration of human and animal health professionals from the University of Wisconsin, State and Federal agencies and the private industry. MPH Student Projects: Caitlyn Ngam- A systems engineering approach…
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Wisconsin State Journal: Former chancellor Donna Shalala to address women’s summit at UW
Former UW-Madison chancellor Donna Shalala will be keynote speaker at a global summit for women at the university. Former UW-MaFodison Former UW chancellor Donna Shalala will be keynote speaker at…
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GHI’s Lori DiPrete Brown, SMPH Dean Robert Golden honored for advancing status of women
Since 2005, the Women’s Philanthropy Council Champion Awards have honored one man and one woman whose efforts have advanced the status of women at the University of Wisconsin—Madison. GHI's Lori…
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Donna Shalala, Tererai Trent keynote 4W global summit for women
Donna Shalala, president of the Clinton Foundation and former University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor and Zimbabwe humanitarian Tererai Trent headline a public slate of speakers for the 2016 Summit on…
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Laws, Sausages, and the Autism Diagnosis: Measuring Disability for Public Health Surveillance
Autism spectrum disorder is an important public health concern in the United States. Individuals with ASD often have lifelong impairments and are at increased risk for a variety of other…
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War, Tech and Health: How medicine under fire prompted an app to improve care
Join emergency physicians Mohammed Dalwai from South Africa and Janis Tupesis from UW-Madison as they discuss and demonstrate the opportunities for mobile technology to improve medicine, what it takes to…
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The UW Climate Change Symposium
The second annual UW Climate Change Symposium will be held March 31st through April 1st, this year with the Global Health Institute being a sponsor. The talks will showcase the…
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Biology Colloquium: Genomic Analysis of Tuberculosis Outbreaks
Dr. Woei-Fuh Wang from the Biodiversity Research Center Academia Sinica, Taiwan, will discuss his work concerning tuberculosis outbreaks. Coffee and cookies will be available at 3:10 p.m.
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Age-Old Traditions, New Media
Life sciences communication professor Patty Loew, a member of the GHI Advisory, fosters intercultural learning with workshops that help tribal teens tell their stories in a digital world.
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Global Health Symposium 2016–Global Crises: Today’s Response, Tomorrow’s Hope
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI) welcomes Dr. Mohammed Dalwai, a Médicins sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) veteran, South African emergency physician and tech innovator, as the keynote…
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UNESCO Chair provides international stage for global work on gender, well-being and peace
UW-Madison has been awarded a UNESCO Chair on Gender, Well-being and a Culture of Peace, a first for the university in any area and a global platform for the Department…
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Global Health Institute supports graduate students, visiting scholars and traveling faculty to study human, animal, environmental health
Girls’ health, open spaces, West Nile virus and cardiac care are among the topics University of Wisconsin-Madison investigators will explore with awards announced March 28, 2016, by the Global Health…
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Disparities in Neurosurgical Care Across the United States
Disparities in access to, delivery of, and outcomes following medical care have long been widely reported in the general medical literature. However, only in the more recent past have disparities…
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Future doctors are learning preventive medicine and how to take care of whole populations of patients.
Future doctors are learning preventive medicine and how to take care of whole populations of patients.