The University of Wisconsin–Madison recognizes these extraordinary contributions of delivering over4 billion vaccines to people in 123 countries by awarding Krishna the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2011 and an honorary degree in 2022.
Watch the videos from the spring slate of Global Health Tuesday webinars.
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report urges immediate action to limit greenhouse gas emissions in all sectors of the economy, including energy, transportation, construction, manufacturing and agriculture. GHI Advisory Committee member, Greg Nemet, is one of the report’s lead authors.
Solving the biggest challenges facing humanity isn’t something academia, science or industry can do alone, says Jalonne White-Newsome, Ph.D., founder and CEO of Empowering a Green Environment and Economy, LLC. “The goal of research is for discovery,” says White-Newsome, the keynote speaker for the 2022 Global Health Symposium, “Making Connections: Climate, Health & Equity.” “But …
GHi Advisory Committee member Susan Paskewitz has watched the advance of ticks in Wisconsin.
GHI Seed Grant recipient Holly Gibbs suggests “we’re going to be eating the rainforest in our burgers” and says Americans need to help save the Amazon.
GHI Director Jonathan Patz says we need to design cities for safe bicycle travel.
GHI Director Jonathan Patz looks at health opportunities from a low-carbon economy.
GHI Director Jonathan Patz joins state health professionals in looking for a shift to a clean economy to prevent disease and death.
Everyone knows walking and bicycling is good for the health of a community, but how good? And how can city planners measure those impacts to champion bicycle and walking infrastructure? At the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute, Samuel Younkin, lead researcher for the Initiative for Health-Oriented Transportation (HOT), and colleagues created a new model …