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Our People. Our Projects.
Director’s Report December 2016
The UW-Madison Global Health Institute invites you to share its stories from the past year.
“Tech will take over,” giving rural Africans access to health care
“Tech will take over,” say YALI scholars who visited UW-Madison and use mobile apps to deliver better health care and information in rural Africa.
GHI Seed Grant improves emergency care
A GHI Seed Grant led to a new mobile app that gives emergency physicians the information they need when they need it.
“What does global health mean to you?”
GHI welcomed 40 students from seven area high schools for High School Global Health Day.
World shrinks as UW, African colleagues find common ground in HIV/AIDS
Differences faded when young African scholars and the UW-Madison counterparts sat down to talk about HIV/AIDS.
New virus found during investigation into largemouth bass fish kill
GHI associate director Tony Goldberg identifies new emerging disease in Wisconsin’s largemouth bass.
Fish, floods and diabetes under scrutiny with four new GHI Seed Grants
Fish, floods and diabetes under scrutiny with four new GHI Seed Grants.
Dealing with epidemics
GHI Assistant Scientist and Grant Writer Sarah Paige founded the Ebola Survivor Corps to empower survivors.
Donna Shalala, Tererai Trent keynote 4W global summit for women
Donna Shalala, president of the Clinton Foundation and former University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor and Zimbabwe humanitarian Tererai Trent headline a public slate of speakers for the 2016 Summit on Women, Gender and Well-being, now …
UNESCO Chair provides international stage for global work on gender, well-being and peace
UW-Madison has been awarded a UNESCO Chair on Gender, Well-being and a Culture of Peace, a first for the university in any area and a global platform for the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies and for the campus-wide 4W Initiative.
Global Health Institute supports graduate students, visiting scholars and traveling faculty to study human, animal, environmental health
Girls’ health, open spaces, West Nile virus and cardiac care are among the topics University of Wisconsin-Madison investigators will explore with awards announced March 28, 2016, by the Global Health Institute (GHI). The Institute awarded …
2016 Global Health Symposium: War leads to life lessons, apps to improve health care
Doctors Without Borders veteran and app developer is keynote speaker for 2016 Global Health Symposium.
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.
Army of students mobilized to work with Monona on first UniverCity Year project
UniverCity Year mobilizes an army of students to boost urban sustainability with its first partner, the city of Monona, Wisconsin.
High School students explore global health
High School students explore global health
Global health leader, Chris Olsen, retires
As he retires, Christopher Olsen leaves behind a legacy of global health leadership and education.
Patz receives APHA award for environmental leadership
The American Public Health Association (APHA) will recognize University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Jonathan Patz’s pioneering work in climate change and health when he receives the Homer Calver Award on Monday, November 2, at the association’s …
Ethiopians look to Madison, Wis., to reclaim bicycle friendly culture
When the city of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, looked for a way to reclaim its bicycling culture, it looked to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an institution located in the midst of a bike friendly city and …
Project will bring light to Ethiopian villages
UW-Madison and Bahir Dar University work together to develop small-scale electrical grids to bring light to remote villages.