Category: Profiles

Henry Anderson III Graduate Award Empowers Medical Student Jonathan Bryan to Explore Social Determinants of Health in Medellín, Colombia

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 …

Leonor Hidalgo-Ciro’s Journey Through Passions: Law, Communications, and Global Health

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 …

Augmenting Microgrid Systems in Colombia: GHI Partners with Rebecca Alcock (ISyE)

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 …