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 …
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2020 Global Health Symposium explores many paths toward health and well-being
With its 16th annual Global Health Symposium, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute invites indigenous scholars and community members to help explore the many ways to advance health across the world. They will join …
Panel discusses importance of food sovereignty
The Department of Community and Environmental Sociology and the University of Wisconsin Global Health Institute hosted a panel discussion on global food sovereignty.
USAID leader’s visit focuses on UW partnership opportunities
USAID Administrator Mark Green visited the lab of GHI Associate Director Tony Goldberg in an effort to expand partnerships.
Patz elected to National Academy of Medicine
Jonathan Patz, M.D., MPH, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine in recognition of his pioneering research on the connections between climate change and …
Midwest Universities for Global Health Conference challenges colleagues to improve academic programs
In little more than 25 hours, from 3:00 p.m., Friday, September 13, to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, September 14, colleagues from over 20 Midwest universities and organizations wrestled with how to improve global health programming for …
Need for Universal Health Coverage: A Global Focus
GHI Associate Director for Health Services James Conway explains the need for achieving universal health coverage despite the challenges of doing so.
H3N2 viruses mutate during vaccine production but new tech could fix it
New technology developed by UW Global Health Institute Advisory Committee member Yoshihiro Kawaoka may make H3N2 vaccine development a bit easier.
Building Community 2018: A Global Health Celebration
October 18: GHI invites you to Building Community 2018, an annual event that brings together the greater global health community and looks toward new opportunities to ensure health and well-being for all.
Henry Anderson award inspires confidence, buoys work in One Health
Grad student Laurel Myers bridges human-animal health with help from the new Henry Anderson research award.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Want to prevent your children from getting cancer? Doctors push HPV vaccine
Since 2006, the vaccine for human papillomavirus — the leading cause of a number of cancers — has been available. But what GHI Associate Director James Conway sees, and the statistics back him up, is complacency in making sure children get the vaccine. In some parts of Wisconsin, the vaccination rate is as low as 30%.
WisContext: Discovery of CWD prions in soil adds piece to deer disease puzzle
WisContext: Discovery of CWD prions in soil adds piece to deer disease puzzle
Host a Mandela Washington Fellow for dinner
Host a Mandela Washington Fellow for dinner
New York Times: GHI Advisory Committee member James Cleary discusses government’s role in opioid epidemic
New York Times: GHI Advisory Committee member James Cleary discusses government’s role in opioid epidemic
CDC Podcasts: Tony Goldberg Talks Deadly Respiratory Disease in Wild Chimpanzees
CDC Podcasts: Tony Goldberg Talks Deadly Respiratory Disease in Wild Chimpanzees
UniverCity Partners with Green County
UniverCity Partners with Green County
Graduate•Professional•Capstone Certificates in Global Health open doors for students across campus
For Teresa Caya, who earned her Graduate•Professional Certificate in Global Health while completing her medical degree, the certificate was a way to plan and carry out an infectious disease global health project in Nicaragua. …
Bugged: Susan Paskewitz shares why ticks, mosquitoes matter to global health
For most of us, bugs are an irritation. Mosquitoes are to be swatted. Ticks avoided. Spiders … well, let’s not go there. For Susan Paskewitz, keynote speaker at the April 10 Global Health Symposium, insects …
Job posting: GHI is hiring two student interns
GHI is hiring for two student positions: a general/education intern and a communications intern.
Green spaces in cities help control floods, store carbon
Green spaces in cities help control floods, store carbon