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 fashion industry. “The True Cost” is a documentary about the fashion industry and it’s impact on the planet. It takes viewers to countries across the …
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 to assessing C. difficile infectior prevention Wes Robertson- Food-borne outbreaks in the last ten years in Wisconsin Warren Rose, PharmD- Mupirocin resistence in MRSA isolates, …
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 a global summit for women at the university.
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 DiPrete Brown is among this year’s honorees.
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 Women, Gender and Well-being, now in its 39th year. The conference happens over three days with breakout sessions considering the junction of women, gender and …
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 disabilities and health conditions. ASD is diagnosed through the observation of behavioral symptoms indicating impairments in social communication and the presence of repetitive behaviors or …
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 found a start-up,and the challenges of building mobile apps to improve emergency care. Faced with few resources as he tended to patients in war zone …
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 diversity of climate-related research at UW-Madison and help grow the network of the climate-change community. The event will feature a combination of student and research based …