University of Wisconsin–Madison

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2018 Global Health Symposium

The Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to welcome Professor Susan Paskewitz as the keynote speaker for the 14th annual Global Health Symposium: Advancing Health in Uncertain Times. The symposium begins at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, 2018. Paskewitz is professor and chair of the Department of Entomology in the College …

Apply now for 2018 global health grants

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI) is pleased to announce the application period is open for its 2018 grants and awards. This competitive grant program is designed to support global health efforts of faculty, staff and graduate students across campus, fostering the Wisconsin Idea locally and globally. This year, the Institute will offer …

Director Jonathan Patz to speak at TEDxOshkosh: Climate Change is Affecting Our Health. Is There a Cure?

GHI Director Jonathan Patz has been selected to speak at the 2017 TEDxOshkosh event. Here he will discuss climate change and its connection to public health problems – from alterations in infectious disease transmission to water-source compromise, malnutrition, air pollution, and other factors. Patz will draw from the latest research to show the health and …

Undergraduate Global Health Field Course Fair

Interested in learning about how to improve the health of people, all life and the environment without necessarily practicing medicine? Would you like to know what makes people healthy in different communities—and learn from different cultures and experts around the world about the determinants of health? Are you wondering how to complete the field course …

Strength in Connection: GHI Director’s Report October 2017

Strength In Connection, the October 2017 Global Health Institute Director’s Report is now available online. Learn about GHI’s education program and our future leaders. Check in with virus sleuth Tony Goldberg See how GHI grants fuel research across campus Discover how the GHI Quality Improvement Leadership Institute connected with the Dalai Lama Understand how GHI …

Building Community 2017: A Global Health Celebration

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute is a community builder and catalyst that pulls together colleagues from across campus and communities across the world to tackle today’s health challenges. We also help educate tomorrow’s global health leaders and scholars. More than 1,000 students have earned global health certificates and hundreds have participated in field …