University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Combat Blindness International

Dr. Andrew Bastawrous of PEEK Vision is returning to Wisconsin with the rest of the PEEK team to join CBI in speaking at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in April. This event will focus on our upcoming partnership in the country of Botswana, Africa where we will pilot test the PEEK Vision system and hopefully restore …

Third Thursday Global Health Seminar: The UniverCity of Monona: Better. Places. Together

Monona Mayor Bob Miller and Jason Vargo, an assistant scientist at GHI and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, will discuss the first UniverCity Year project with Monona, Wisconsin. UniverCity Year is a program through the UniverCity Alliance, which is co-convened by the Global Health Institute. The collaboration among partners across UW-Madison aims to make the resources …

Wisconsin Without Borders Award Ceremony

Advancing Palliative Care

Two of the world’s leading medical journals recently turned to the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health’s (SMPH) palliative-care leaders to frame important end-of-life care issues.

Politico: America’s summer threat: Zika Virus

If the mosquito-borne virus hits big, it could spur new acrimony over abortion, global warming and immigration.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/zika-virus-america-threat-220983#ixzz46UH0a8iY
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Ecuador earthquake puts Wisconsin doctor’s hospitals on the front lines

David Gaus, a member of the GHI Advisory, established hospitals caring for Ecuador earthquake survivors.

Dealing with epidemics

GHI Assistant Scientist and Grant Writer Sarah Paige founded the Ebola Survivor Corps to empower survivors.

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.

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. Cindy Haq is Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She has been a …

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 at Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen. At age 17, Buergenthal immigrated to the United States, on a path to becoming one of the world’s leading international human …