University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Daily Cardinal: Campus wide women’s rights initiative looks to partner with ASM

Several academic departments and the Associated Students of Madison come together to help engage the 4W’s.

Wisconsin State Journal: UW-Madison, Monona to collaborate on city project

Assistant Scientist Jason Vargo leads new effort to connect city needs with university classes, putting Wisconsin Idea into action.

DiscoverMagazine.com: What lessons will we learn from Zika?

GHI Advisory Member Jorge Osorio, GHI Director Jonathan Patz and UW researcher Matthew Aliota discuss Zika in Discover magazine.

Higher temperatures make Zika mosquito spread disease more

Experts are saying that increased temperatures are leading to a likely increase of the Zika virus.

Global access to medical opioids for severe pain still lacking

GHI Special Advisor James Cleary writes in “The Lancet” that worldwide access to medical opioids for pain is still lacking.

A Legacy of Mistrust: Colonial Medicine in the Global Present

Communities in India, Pakistan, and Nigeria rejecting vaccinations for their children; assaults on medical teams fighting Ebola in West Africa; attacks on aid workers in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria: what is the source of such animosity? This lecture seeks the origins of contemporary mistrust of global health campaigns in the history of colonialism. Medicine was …

Washington Post: The hidden environmental factors behind the spread of Zika and other devastating diseases

The Washington Post explores the hidden environmental factors behind the spread of Zika and other devastating diseases.

Canada & COP 21: A Conversation with Canadian Consul General Roy Norton

Following recent climate talks, students are eager to participate in conversation about the subject. A student organized event, we invite you to join the Global Connections Committee and Society and Politics Committee with Canadian Consul General Roy Norton in a conversation about COP 21.  

GHI supports SVM researcher to help find Zika virus in Colombia, look for ways to stop it

GHI helped fund the doctoral student whose work was key to finding the Zika virus in Columbia.

Wisc.edu: Medical Students Work in Milwaukee to ‘TRIUMPH’ Over Health Problems

University of Wisconsin medical students are placed in medically undeserved communities outside of Madison to address health challenges. The TRIUMPH program works in Milwaukee’s south side where obesity is a rising issue.