University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Inaugural UniverCity Year final presentation

The public is invited to an event focusing on the entire UniverCity Year (UCY) and all its projects. The presentation will be Wednesday August 16th, 7 PM in the Monona Public Library – Municipal Room. UCY program director Jason Vargo, assistant scientist with the Nelson Institute and the Global Health Institute UW-Madison, will lead the …

NPR: Why U.S.-Trained Surgeons Often Aren’t Ready For Humanitarian Work Abroad

GHI Advisory Member Girma Tefera directs program to address discrepancy in surgeon training.

QI Institute brings together world health leaders to work on everyday challenges

UW-Madison’s QI Institute brings together health leaders from nine countries and Wisconsin to work on everyday challenges.

The President of Botswana Visits the Washington Mandela Fellows on Campus and Sparks Conservation Discussion

The President of Botswana Visits the Washington Mandela Fellows on Campus and Sparks Conservation Discussion

UW Hmong: American Nurse Brings her Community to the Doctor’s Office

UW Hmong: American Nurse Brings her Community to the Doctor’s Office

The 4W Initiative is hiring an Assistant Director

The 4W Initiative is hiring an Assistant Director

Director Jonathan Patz Interviewed in Vice Article on Climate Change

Director Jonathan Patz Interviewed in Vice Article on Climate Change

CDC Call – Zoonoses and OneHealth Updates

This call is meant to provide a progress report of ongoing investigations into zoonotic diseases in relation to overall global health. This report is brought to you by CDC’s One Health Office and includes topics of: Chronic Wasting Disease. A team of researchers from Canada and Germany presented new scientific findings on Chronic Wasting Disease …

Mosquito-spread encephalitis found in Wisconsin horses

Mosquito-spread encephalitis found in Wisconsin horses

Undocumented immigration doesn’t worsen drug, alcohol problems in U.S., study indicates

Undocumented immigration doesn’t worsen drug, alcohol problems in U.S., study indicates