WHEN: April 23rd, 7:30 a.m. WHERE: Monona Terrace Communities across the country and world are finding themselves faced with opportunities that require novel approaches and collaborative problem-solving, especially as they strive to develop inclusive and sustainable environments. Creativity and innovation, supported by technology and advanced via passionate grassroots engagement, are the tools that are making a …
Professor Susan Paskewitz will be the keynote speaker for the 14th annual Global Health Symposium: Advancing Health in Uncertain Times. The symposium begins at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, 2018. Paskewitz is professor and chair of the Department of Entomology in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. She also is co-director of the Upper …
A video of the symposium speaker Susan Paskewitz can be found here, and a video of the panel discussion can be found here. WHEN: April 10th, 4:00 p.m. WHERE: Union South With “Deadly Foes: Why Mosquitoes and Ticks Matter to Global Health,” professor Susan Paskewitz will be the keynote speaker for the 14th annual Global …
WHEN: April 5th, 4:15 p.m. WHERE: Mechanical Engineering, Room 1163 Valerie Stull, a Ph.D student advised by GHI Director Jonathan Patz, will present this week’s Weston Roundtable. Check this page for updates and more information.
Michel Wattiaux, GHI Advisory Committee member, follows dairy cows’ carbon footprints from barn to field
Insects are cool, gorgeous -- and deadly. Susan Paskewitz explains why in her keynote address at the 2018 Global Health Symposium.
2016 GHI Seed Grant Recipient Peter McIntyre discusses his project on tracing the global scope of mercury contamination of inland subsistence fisheries, ecological patterns, health threats and source tracking. This project addresses an unrecognized facet of the cycle of poverty: contamination of food fish with neurotoxins. Mercury from global and local sources biomagnifies in fish, and …
Join the UW-Madison global health community Tuesday, April 10, at Union South for the Global Health Symposium: Advancing Health in Uncertain Times.
Epidemiologist Tony Goldberg investigated primate disease in Uganda – and found the common cold
School of Veterinary Medicine Professor Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a GHI Advisory Committee member, will lead a $3 million effort to produce an experimental vaccine for Ebola.