Dr. Kris Saha works with CRISPR technology in his laboratory (Photo from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UW–Madison) By Katie Newcomb, GHI Communications Director, and Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer BUILDING BRIDGES Growing up, Dr. Krishanu Saha always knew he wanted to follow in the inspiring footsteps of his parents. Saha’s father, a civil engineer, …
Jonathan Bryan holds up the Badger ‘W’ as a first-year medical student (Photo from J. Bryan) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Winter 2023, with his Bachelor of Science in Neurobiology, Molecular and Cell Biology, and Psychology, Jonathan Bryan decided to apply for the Henry Anderson III Graduate Award …
GHI Associate Director Strategic Partnerships & Development, Calyn Ostrowski, with her two children (photo courtesy C. Ostrowski) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…For Calyn Ostrowski, Associate Director, Strategic Partnerships & Development, UW–Madison Global Health Institute (GHI), The We Give Blood Drive by Abbott and the Big Ten is deeply personal. Just last year, Ostrowski underwent a …
Photo S. Mani: Dr. Saminathan Mani at the Robert P. Hanson Biomedical Sciences Laboratories, School of Veterinary Medicine, UW–Madison
Olga Lucia Chaparro Africano, Sebastián Díaz, and Lina Paola Garzón Garzón doing fieldwork in Leticia, a city in the Colombian Amazonian region By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…Ever wondered what students do after they defend their dissertation and earn their PhD? One next step is continuing their research by pursuing a postdoctoral position. Here are three postdocs …
Leonor Hidalgo-Ciro enjoying a Madison moment by the lake with her family (Photo from L. Hidalgo-Ciro) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…Leonor Hidalgo-Ciro has felt a strong desire to help people ever since she could remember. And in her academic and occupational careers, she has done just that. Hidalgo-Ciro holds a Bachelor’s degree in law from …
Celeny Ortiz Restrepo settling into her GHI office (Photo from Celeny Ortiz Restrepo) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…On February 13, 2024, Epidemiologist for the Secretary of Health, State of Antioquia, Colombia, Celeny Ortiz Restrepo, began her journey at the University of Madison–Wisconsin as a visiting scholar. The opportunity is a partnership between UW–Madison’s Global Health …
From left to right: Jorge Osorio, Erin Barbato, Sara McKinnon, Kristin Long, Frances Vavrus, and James Conway The Global Health Institute (GHI) and the Office of Global Health (OGH) at the School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) held the 19th Annual Global Health Symposium, Moving Global Health Forward, on April 10, 2024, 4:30-8:30pm at the …
Karl Ciuoderis (left) and GHI Director Jorge Osorio conducting field research in the Amazon in Colombia. (Photo from Abbott) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…Growing up in the Colombian countryside, Karl Ciuoderis knew he wanted to help animals. His love for domestic animals grew as they delightfully surrounded him on his family’s property. “It was like …
By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…Rebecca Alcock, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is constantly working to innovate in the field of global health systems engineering. Alcock received a bachelor’s degree (2018) and a master’s degree (2020), both in Biomedical Engineering, from UW–Madison, and started …