New funding opportunity from the Wisconsin Partnership Program at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health will provide up to $1.6 million to support innovative approaches to addressing social, emotional health of adolescents.
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UW Health experts: Vaccinating children is essential part of ending pandemic
GHI Associate Director James Conway, M.D., shares the importance of vaccinating children in ending the pandemic.
Global Health Symposium panels welcome many voices to advance health for all
Patricia Tellez-Giron, M.D., who grew up in Mexico, knows first-hand the challenges of immigrants. As a family medicine doctor and community activist, she’s cared for the Latinx community in Madison for decades. “Almost everything I …
As eligibility of COVID-19 vaccine widens, promising news for kids
GHI Associate Director James Conway shares insight on vaccine efficacy in children amid new Pfizer data results.
Becoming a Buddhist Climate Scientist
Conservation scientist and director of faith-based, climate-change program the Loka Initiative Dekila Chungyalpa shares how Buddhist teachings sustain her work.
Doctor dispels concerns over COVID-19 vaccines
GHI Associate Director James Conway answers questions about the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.
UW atmospheric scientist bridges science, policy, public health to bring space-based data to the world
For atmospheric scientist Tracey Holloway, it’s all about connection. Connections between research and policy, connections between air quality and health, and interpersonal connections have driven Holloway, a professor in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies …
Symposium keynote will look to Indigenous philosophies as a recipe to living well
Mariaelena Huambachano has spent her life crossing cultures: Of Quechua lineage, she was born and raised in Chorillos, Peru, and, at 19, immigrated to Aotearoa New Zealand. She earned her master’s and doctoral degrees to …
Another way to prevent disease: Don’t mess with Mother Nature
Trees along the Nanay River in the Peruvian rainforest fell as the population exploded, a road was paved and fields expanded. Researchers, including Jonathan Patz, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI), …
Final Global Health Tuesday seminar April 27 explores Planetary Health
April 27: Join this year’s Planetary Health Graduate Scholars as they present 5-minute flash talks about their projects to advance health for people and the planet.
UW-Madison UniverCity Year program to partner with four communities in 2021
Faculty are encouraged to join the UniverCity Year program as it partners with Marathon County, Racine County, the Village of Waunakee, and Milwaukee to find practical solutions to community-based challenges. This mission is at the …
GOP Republicans resume efforts to end state mask mandate
GHI Associate Director James Conway says now is the time to continue strict infection control measures.
Work with GHI: Apply now for a communications or advancement intern position
GHI is seeking a well-rounded communications intern who can assist with social media, website maintenance and creating newsletters. The deadline to apply is August 9.
Analyzing The COVID Vaccine And Flu Season
A new variant of the coronavirus is showing up across the U.S., including Wisconsin. GHI Associate Director James Conway explains what we know. Plus, he shares his experience receiving the Pfizer vaccine while also detailing who will be vaccinated next and what the current flu season looks like.
Biden has vowed to put science first to beat the pandemic. That won’t be enough
Dominique Brossard, a member of GHI’s Advisory Committee, says facts alone don’t change our minds.
2021 Global Health Symposium connects indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge
April 14: GHI’s 16th Global Health Symposium will be a day-long virtual event on April 14. This year’s theme: Fostering Resilience Through Indigenous Wisdom and Scientific Knowledge explores the many ways to advance health for all.
COVID and Equity webinar series yields takeaways for moving forward
In a series of webinars hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute, experts from across campus, Wisconsin and the world convened to consider the challenges of equity and systemic racism magnified by the …
The need to improve student literacy in climate and health
The climate crisis endangers children’s health, but few students are learning about these risks. Learn more from GHI’s Jonathan Patz and Valerie Stull with Maggie Grabow and Vijay Limaye.
Developing a definition of climate and health literacy
GHI’s Jonathan Patz and Valerie Stull are co-authors of a paper to improve understanding of the complex relationship between health and climate.
Rising positivity rate signals growing community spread of COVID-19
GHI Advisory Committee member Ajay Sethi explains the positivity rates for COVID-19 and what they mean.