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Dr. Janis P. Tupesis joining GHI leadership

Dr. Janis P. Tupesis, emergency medicine physician and current chair of the Graduate Medical Education (GME) Global Health Oversight Committee for UW Hospitals and Clinics, will be serving as the GHI-GME Liaison.

Ebola whole virus vaccine shown effective, safe in primates

GHI Advisory member Yoshihiro Kawaoka leads group that shows Ebola whole virus vaccine is effective, safe in primates.

Six student projects awarded Wisconsin Idea Fellowships for 2015-2016

Global health students/projects among Wisconsin Idea Fellowship winners for 2015-16.

For UW-Madison scientists, Northern Wisconsin serves as a lab and a classroom

For UW-Madison scientists, Northern Wisconsin serves as lab to measure greenhouse gases, and a classroom for local students.

New World Voices: Jonathan Patz on climate change and health; UW alumna Carybeth Reddy on why she loves the world

New in World Voices: Jonathan Patz at the University of Geneva; Global health certificate alumna and Peace Corps volunteer Carybeth Reddy on why she loves the world.

Carybeth Reddy, Peace Corps volunteer, answers why she loves the world

Carybeth Reddy, a former Global Health Institute intern and field course participant, wrote the following post on her blog, Ode to the Road. The UW–Madison 2012 graduate from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences says her international experience while at UW–Madison motivated her to join the Peace Corps. She’s in Cameroon as a Peace …

Patz discusses health benefits of addressing climate change

GHI Director Jonathan Patz gave the University of Geneva semester-opening lecture on the health benefits of addressing climate change.

Monona, Wis., introduces Year of the Bike

GHI researcher Maggie Grabow sows seeds for Monona, Wis., Year of the Bike.

Professor Alta Charo: Education is best remedy for anti-vaccine movement

UW bioethics professor Alta Charo: Education is best remedy for anti-vaccine movement.

UW-Madison partners with communities, nonprofits to address urban food insecurity

UW-Madison researchers helping boost availability and consumption of healthy food in urban communities, including Milwaukee.