The University of Wisconsin-Madison has again been selected as an Institute Partner for the 2020 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. Beginning in mid-June, UW-Madison will host 25 of Africa’s bright, emerging Public Management …
Planetary Health
Health officials confirm second child flu death in Wisconsin
New UW-Madison Planetary Health Scholars Program Creates Synergy for a Healthier Future
The new Planetary Health Graduate Scholarship programs encourages students and their advisors to work across disciplines, discovering new insights into their work and new paths toward a sustainable, healthy tomorrow for humans and the planet.
New Health-Oriented Transportation (HOT) Topic Seminar Series launches
FEBRUARY 24, 4:00 p.m.: Chris McCahill, deputy director of the state’s Smart Street Initiative presents the inaugural Health-Oriented Transportation (HOT) Topic seminar in Room 1010 of the Medical Sciences Center. This new series invites experts on transportation to speak about their work and its implications for health.
Coal shipping in Twin Ports drops to lowest level in decades while wind cargo surges
UW-Madison researchers lead efforts to understand, thwart new coronavirus
MADISON – Back in 2016, when Zika virus first began to cause infections in the Americas, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers pulled together a coalition of scientists to study the virus and openly share their data …
How the World Health Organization Responds to Disease Outbreaks
Ambassador John Lange, a member of the GHI Board of Visitors, discusses The Who response to disease outbreaks.
WSJ: Scientists study, prepare for Chinese coronavirus in Wisconsin
UW-Madison UniverCity Year program seeks faculty to partner with counties
Finding practical solutions to community-based challenges is at the heart of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s UniverCity Year. Launched in 2016 with the Wisconsin Idea in mind, the program has traditionally partnered with a single community on …
2019 is the wettest year ever recorded for Wisconsin and the Midwest
The year’s not over, but 2019 will already go down as the wettest year ever across the Midwest and Wisconsin since record-keeping began in 1895. More than 43 inches of rain and snow — 43.48 inches …
Global Health Tuesday: Exploring What Makes Healthy Streams
January 28, 2020: Emma Lundberg discusses her work with healthy streams in a Global Health Tuesday seminar.
Wisconsin Without Borders Awards
Applications are due March 1, 2020.
GHI, Nelson support Global Climate and Health Summit at COP 25
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI) and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies are key supporters of the Global Climate and Health Summit taking place Saturday, December 7, at United Nations COP 25 climate change …
Stull, Valerie
Patz, Jonathan
Jonathan Patz, MD, M.P.H., (@jonathanpatz) is director of the Global Health Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a professor and the John P. Holton Chair in Health and the Environment with appointments in …