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CDC’s Selected Zoonotic Diseases Conference Call

Get Smart Week Nicole Coffin, Health Communication Specialist Office of Director Division of Healthcare Quality and Promotion Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ndc3@cdc.gov Barbara Mahon Associate Director for Antimicrobial Resistance DFWED/NCEZID/CDC bdm3@cdc.gov Q Fever Outbreak Among Travelers to Germany Who Received Live Cell Therapy – United States and Canada, 2014 Misha Robyn, DVM, MPH, …

Embrace the chaos: Predictable ecosystems may be more fragile

Embrace the chaos: Predictable ecosystems may be more fragile. GHI Advisory member Steve Carpenter finds risk in pursuing the status quo.

UW alum’s Nobel Prize work improves global health

UW alum’s Nobel Prize work improves the health and well-being of millions.

World Sight Day

Combat Blindness International’s World Sight Day Gala is an annual day of awareness to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment. This year’s event is at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery in Madison where guests will experience a time of wonder and discovery at the institute while enjoying delicious food from around the world. Our …

Weston Roundtable: Our Urban Nature

Urbanization is one of the most prevalent trends in recent history, and the coming century will be the “most urban” we’ve ever seen. Jason Vargo, an assistant scientist with the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment and the Global Health Institute, will describe the global projections for urbanization and explore the expectations for cities …

Effectively Applying Mobile Health Approaches to Improve Outcomes

Corby Martin from Louisiana State University’s Ingestive Behavior Laboratory is a leader in the use of mobile apps and other novel technologies that measure energy expenditure and efforts to control weight. Although he works in the areas of nutrition and obesity, the techniques Martin will discuss have broad application in other areas of public health …

Structural Inequalities and Poverty: Organizing for Economic Rights in India

Jhabvala, who has been extensively involved in policy issues regarding poor women and the informal economy in India, will discuss “Structural Inequalities and Poverty: Organizing for Economic Rights in India,” on September 30, at 4 p.m. in the AT&T Lounge at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., on the UW–Madison campus. The lecture, free and …

Heat waves hit heat islands hardest

Heat waves hit heat islands hardest

From Iowa to Timor-Leste: Sharing a life’s passion for global health care and basketball

Daniel Murphy received his medical degree from the University of Iowa and spent six years working with Caesar Chavez at a clinic for farm workers where he was involved in initiating legislation against pesticide abuse. Early in his career he trained doctors in Mozambique and worked in Laos and Nicaragua. Murphy started working in Timor-Leste, …

The world will be 6 degrees warmer by 2100: 6 scary effects that’ll have on our health

Yahoo! Health asks GHI Director Jonathan Patz about how climate change will affect all of our health.