Category: One Health
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Local to global connection: Dairy project expands Wisconsin Idea to Ethiopia
Wisconsin’s reputation as a dairy capital is giving postdoctoral research fellow Heidi Busse the chance to develop unique partnerships in countries, such as Ethiopia, where milk is not as available.
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GHI Advisory Committee member Susan Paskewitz, UW Entomology department develop app to help track ticks
Researchers hope this information will help them learn more about where and when people encounter ticks, with the ultimate goal of discovering how to limit people's exposure to tick-borne illnesses…
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WNPRC Pilot Research Projects Grants Program now inviting 2018-19 applications
The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (WNPRC) is now inviting applications for its 2018-2019 Pilot Research Project Grants. The awards provide a maximum of $50,000 (direct costs) for one year.…
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GHI Advisory Committee members Anne Pringle and Lyric Bartholomay among faculty honored with Vilas professorships
GHI Advisory Committee members Anne Pringle and Lyric Bartholomay among faculty honored with Vilas professorships
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The Country Today: From farm to field, UW researcher and GHI Advisory Committee member Michel Wattiaux follows greenhouse gas footprints of cows
The Country Today: From farm to field, UW researcher and GHI Advisory Committee member Michel Wattiaux follows greenhouse gas footprints of cows
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Global Health Film: Bending the Arc
WHERE: 1335 Health Sciences Learning Center WHEN: April 23rd, 5:00 p.m. Thirty years ago, as much of the world was being ravaged by horrific diseases like HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, three remarkable…
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12th Annual Nelson Institute Earth Day Conference
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…
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2018 Global Health Symposium
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.…
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2018 Global Health Symposium
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…
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Weston Roundtable: Microlivestock, environment and health
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…
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Michel Wattiaux, GHI Advisory Committee member, follows dairy cows’ carbon footprints from barn to field
Michel Wattiaux, GHI Advisory Committee member, follows dairy cows’ carbon footprints from barn to field
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Bugged: Susan Paskewitz to share why ticks mosquitoes matter to global health
Insects are cool, gorgeous -- and deadly. Susan Paskewitz explains why in her keynote address at the 2018 Global Health Symposium.
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Global Health Tuesday: Polluted Fish and Cycles of Poverty
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…
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Susan Paskewitz keynotes annual Global Health Symposium
Join the UW-Madison global health community Tuesday, April 10, at Union South for the Global Health Symposium: Advancing Health in Uncertain Times.
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Chimpanzee deaths in Uganda pinned on human cold virus
Epidemiologist Tony Goldberg investigated primate disease in Uganda – and found the common cold
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Ebola vaccine inches toward human clinical trials
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.
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Saving our planet to save ourselves
What do you believe in? Howard Frumkin, a leading voice on environment and health, believes we must save the world to save ourselves.
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GHI Associate Director for Research Tony Goldberg’s TEDxUWMadison: Discovering Pathogens and the Pathways by Which They Emerge
GHI Associate Director of Research Tony Goldberg gives a TEDxUWMadison talk on pathogens' role in human evolution.
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An Achilles heel discovered in viruses could fuel new antiviral approaches
An Achilles heel discovered in viruses could fuel new antiviral approaches
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National Geographic: UW Professor Tony Goldberg quoted in “Bloodsucking Ticks Make Cement to Attach to Your Skin”
National Geographic: UW Professor Tony Goldberg quoted in "Bloodsucking Ticks Make Cement to Attach to Your Skin"