University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: One Health

Global Health Tuesday: Exploring What Makes Healthy Streams

January 28, 2020: Emma Lundberg discusses her work with healthy streams in a Global Health Tuesday seminar.

Wisconsin Without Borders Awards

Applications are due March 1, 2020.

GHI, Nelson support Global Climate and Health Summit at COP 25

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI) and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies are key supporters of the Global Climate and Health Summit taking place Saturday, December 7, at United Nations COP 25 climate change conference in Madrid. The one-day summit, convened by the Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) in collaboration with the World …

Three UW-Madison students named 2020 Rhodes finalists

Three University of Wisconsin­­–Madison students reached the final stage of competition this year for Rhodes Scholarships, the oldest and most celebrated college awards for international study. Among them, a Global Health Certificate alumna.

Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts revived under Governor’s task force

The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts will contribute climate data informing the work of a state task force charged with advising Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Unitaid invests in better, safer and simpler treatments and preventative therapy for multidrug-resistant TB in children

The BENEFIT Kids Project will increase access to quality-assured MDR-TB medicines that are adapted for children, who have been neglected in the global response. Project Lead Tony Garcia-Pratts recently joined the UW-Madison Department of Pediatrics.

UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health: Native American Center for Health Professions receives $1M grant renewal for student recruitment, support

The UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health center will once again be the recipient of a competitive national grant to recruit American Indian and Alaska Native students into the field of medicine.

The climate crisis will profoundly affect the health of every child alive today, report says

GHI Director Jonathan Patz spoke with CNN about climate change and the newly published Lancet report.

2020 Global Health Symposium explores many paths toward health and well-being

The Symposium has been postponed in a campus-wide decision to protect everyone's safety during the coronavirus outbreak. Watch this page for further updates.

UW–Madison signs Second Nature Resilience Commitment

Following on the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s recent STARS silver rating for campus sustainability, Chancellor Rebecca Blank has announced that UW–Madison will sign the Resilience Commitment administered by Second Nature. Chancellor Blank made her announcement at the Climate Fast Forward Conference in Madison on Nov. 8, 2019. Resilience refers to the ability of institutions, infrastructure and …