University of Wisconsin–Madison

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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 human health. Patz, the John P. Holton Chair of Health and the Environment with faculty appointments in the Nelson Institute …

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 undergraduate and graduate students and to advance health across disciplines and the world. The Global Health Institute (GHI) at University …

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