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Helping Communities Prepare for Change
Nelson Institute scientists predict a sharp rise in annual temperatures in the coming decades, and the Institute with other agencies is helping Wisconsin communities prepare for change.
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Fulbright Award Takes Patz to Ethiopia
A Fulbright Scholar grant will take Dr. Jonathan Patz, director of the Global Health Institute (GHI) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to Ethiopia to work on issues involving livable cities,…
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Dr. Alhaji N’jai Speaks Out about the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
Dr. Alhaji N'jai, founder of the Madison, WI and Sierra Leone based nonprofit organization Project 1808 speaks out about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
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Dr. Jim Conway on the Larry Meiller Show
Listen to this interview with Dr. Jim Conway on the Larry Meiller Show to learn more about the importance of vaccinations.
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Officials, Parents Evaluate Vaccine Exemptions As Some Diseases Are Resurgent
Dr. Jim Conway, one of GHI's Associate Directors, talks about the dangers of vaccination exemptions parents are choosing for their children.
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Tony Goldberg’s work in Nature
Nature medicine news profiles Dr. Tony Goldberg’s discovery of a previously unknown tick in equatorial Africa. It rode home, unknown to him, in his right nostril.
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UW-Madison alum and Global Health Certificate recipient reaches students with an important malaria lesson in Mozambique
Check out this example of how UW's Global Health Students are getting out there and making an impact!
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After long quest, climate/public health pioneer applauds Obama’s historic emissions order
Check out this story on Dr. Patz's input on President Obama's executive order regarding climate change
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Graduate Students Take on Global Health Challenges
Read more about how GHI is assisting graduate students through our Research Awards.
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In Haiti, mango trees can benefit health, economy and communities
Mango trees are making more than just an economic difference in Haiti.
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UW-Madison students, Rachel Bergmans and Valerie Stull, finalists in Agriculture Innovation Prize
UW-Madison students propose an award winning idea for innovation in agriculture!
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DiPrete Brown revisits personal journey through novel
Check out this article about our very own, Lori Diprete Brown, and the inspiration for her latest novel.
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Symposium links human, animal, environmental health
Check out this article on the Global Health Symposium at UW-Madison!
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Introducing rural Wisconsin students to global opportunities
Read more about how GHI is helping to get high school students interested in public health.
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Public health professionals and students encouraged to submit abstracts for the 2014 Wildlife Disease Association (WDA) Conference
Learn more about the Wildlife Disease Association Conference abstract submissions.
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Award trains palliative care champions
With a new $200,000 grant from the National Cancer Center, Dr. James Cleary, director of the Pain and Policy Studies Group at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, will collaborate…
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Research partnership committed to easing migrants’ lives
Research partnership committed to easing migrants’ lives.
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African academies tap Patz to chair 20-nation joint meeting on climate change
Dr. Jonathan Patz will be chairing a meeting on climate change in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Call for Submissions: UW Global Health Photo Contest
Submit your photos now!
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Global is Local: DeMarco Bowen
"It's one thing to read about health problems in literature, but another entirely to see them on the ground."