Category: Education
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Preparing for the second coming of the coronavirus?
Now that the statewide stay-at-home order is over, Wisconsin is reopening. But now that restrictions have been lifted, medical professionals worry a second wave of COVID-19 could overwhelm hospitals.
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Emerging infectious diseases on the rise
Mary Wilson, M.D., a GHI Board of Visitors member, sees more diseases arising because of changes in the landscape and human populations.
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Schauer leads COVID-19 testing efforts at hygiene lab
Jamie Schauer is a member of the GHI Advisory Committee.
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Beware This COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Study’ From an 80s Teen Tech Titan and a Carnivorous Plant Smuggler
GHI Associate Director Jim Conway and GHI Advisory Committee Member Ajay Sethi are quoted in the Daily Beast.
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Anxiety, hope, trust and slowing the spread of COVID-19 conspiracy theories
A conversation with UW-Madison professor and GHI Advisory Committee member Ajay Sethi about making sense of the coronavirus crisis in a sea of misinformation
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Beyond Summer 2020: Safety Abroad in a Recovering World
What happens to international education programs in a time of COVID-19? GHI's Christopher Olsen and James Conway and UW's Ronald Machoian look at risks, moving ahead.
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Undergraduate Certificate in Global Health
Congratulations to our global health graduates! It has been our pleasure to serve you during your time at UW-Madison and to guide you in your global health education. Best of…
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UW Planetary Health Scholars’ flash talks look toward a healthy, sustainable future
Martin Ventura uses mushrooms in his quest to turn corn stalks into a low-cost feed for crickets, an edible insect that can relieve food insecurity. Ramin Ghamkhar is finding ways…
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UW-Madison faculty, students help create a COVID-19 app for Wisconsinites
COVID-19 Wisconsin Connect, a free desktop and mobile app that provides accurate information, social support and helpful resources to Wisconsinites, launches today. The Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies (CHESS)…
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Flu ‘backbone’ headstart for COVID vaccine development: Krishna Ella
Krishna Ella, a member of the GHI Board of Visitors, is building a COVID vaccine on a flu vaccine 'backbone.'
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COVID-19: A wake-up call for the need for new antiviral weapons
Morgridge researcher says we need to understand how viruses, produce new ways to arrest their spread and potentially prevent or more quickly quell future pandemics.
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Artists find ways to help families get through coronavirus pandemic
The Giant Snorflaggle, resplendent in a fantastic top hat, wings to fly and a pointed tail, is on the job to help children understand the coronavirus pandemic. “Parents need to…
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Survey finds majority of Wisconsin residents say they practice social distancing ‘very much’
The report – funded in part by GHI and 4W – used responses given by 503 Wisconsin residents to a survey researchers at the university conducted from March 26 to…
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GHI joins call for WHO Equity Task Force
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI) joins policy-makers along with medical, academic and non-profit organizations from around the world to call on the World Health Organization to form…
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2020 Wisconsin Without Borders Awards recognize global health efforts
This year's Wisconsin Without Borders award winners are especially involved with global health and well-being.
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Researchers at UW–Madison lead data science coalition to aid with COVID-19
GHI team members join campus-wide collaboration to understand and respond to COVID-19.
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Climate change affects everything: Even the coronavirus
UW-Madison researchers weigh in on how climate change can contribute to virus transmission.
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UW-Madison researchers tracking travel, social media to help contain virus
Forced to choose between staying away from others to prevent the spread of a pandemic and casting a ballot in Wisconsin’s April 7 election, crowds lined up at polling places…
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Know your Madisonian: UW Hospital doctor at forefront of COVID-19 pandemic response
Dr. Nasia Safdar, medical director of infection control at UW Hospital, is helping lead UW Health's response to COVID-19.