GHI Director of the Graduate • Professional • Capstone Certificate in Global Health Program Chris Olsen discusses the origins of the coronavirus with WSJ.
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UW-Madison’s Christopher Olsen on Wuhan Coronavirus
Chris Olsen, GHI director of the Graduate • Professional • Capstone Certificates in Global Health, spoke with WORT News about the Wuhan Coronavirus.
2020 Distinguished Teaching Award recipients announced
Among them is Paul Block, a member of the GHI Advisory Committee, and Andrea Hicks, a GHI Planetary Health Advisor. Congratulations!
Prof: Consuming insects can help combat climate change
GHI Director Jonathan Patz discussed the benefits of eating insects at a Caribbean Planetary Health Conference.
Call for Proposals: 4W faculty innovation grants and graduate student engagement grants
The 4W Initiative awards grants to faculty and graduate students who wish to develop a project related to gender and wellbeing. Projects should have a research-to-action focus aimed at enhancing gender equity locally and/or globally. These grants …
WPR: Number of severe flu cases increase this season
GHI Associate Director and Director of the SMPH Office of Global Health Jim Conway discussed the increase in flu cases this season with WPR.
NPR: How much should the public be told about research into risk viruses?
Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a member of the GHI Advisory Committee and UW-Madison researcher, shared with NPR that when it comes to research into viruses, “NIH should be transparent in announcing funding of the work, and disclosing the review process. But, that information should be balanced to ensure security measures of the work and the safety of research personnel are not compromised.”
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 …
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