Seed Grants

Real world efficacy of school-based HPV vaccination campaigns and bivalent HPV vaccination in rural Zimbabwe

PI: Megan Fitzpatrick, M.D., Department of Pathology, SMPH. Key personnel: Racheal Dube, Moffit/University of Zimbabwe; Bothwell Guzha, University of Zimbabwe; Oscar Tapera, UNICEF-Zimbabwe

Food insecurity and child health in India’s urban slums

P.I.: Priya Mukherjee, Ph.D., M.A., M.Sc., Agricultural and Applied Economics, CALS

Participatory systems modeling to improve food and nutrition security under climate change

P.I. Charles Nicholson, Ph.D., M.S., Agricultural and Applied Economics, CALS

Improving perioperative anesthesia care and training (IPACT) in Lusaka, Zambia

P.I. Deborah Rusy, M.S., MBA, FASA, Anesthesiology, SMPH

Combating antimicrobial resistance: A complex systems approach

PI: Jessica L. Hite, Ph.D., Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, with Dorte Dopfer, Food Animal Production; Jingyi Huang, Soil Sciences; Johanna Elfenbein, Pathobiological Sciences at UW-Madison; and Eric Fevre, University of Liverpool

Health, climate, and agriculture: A case study of Brazil’s Amazon and Cerrado biomes

PI: Holly Gibbs, Ph.D., Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, with Marin Skidmore, Nelson Instittue, and Kaitlyn Sims, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at UW-Madison

Traditional health knowledge and COVID-19: Health narratives of a migrant Salasaka Indigenous community in the Galapagos

PI: Diego Román, Ph.D., M.A., M.S., Department of Curriculum and Instruction, School of Education, with Gioconda Coello, Department of Curriculum and Instruction; Luiz Gonzalez, School of Medicine and Public Health; and Gabriella Gaus-Hinoja, Department of Counseling Psychology

Community-based chronic disease screening and management in low-resource settings

P.I. Justin Boutilier, Ph.D., Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, College of Engineering with Sarang Deo, Indian School of Business

Valuing Life and Limb: An Intellectual History of Discord Within Environmental Economics

P.I.: James Kelleher, Ph.D., Department of Medical History and Bioethics, School of Medicine and Public Health

Improving risk assessment of emerging tick-borne diseases in North America by considering tick population biology

P.I.: Sean Schoville, Ph.D., Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences with Susan Paskewitz, UW-Madison, and Jean Tsao, Michigan State University

Sustainable Partnership for Cervical Cancer Screening in San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala

P.I.: Sean Duffy, M.D., MPH, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health with Kevin Wyne and Taryn Valley, UW-Madison, Dana Benden, Gundersen Health System, and Alli Foreman, San Lucas

Tick-borne disease in South America: casting light on neglected vector-borne diseases

P.I.: Susan Paskewitz, Ph.D., Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences with Gebbiena Bron and Jorge Osorio, UW-Madison; Maria del Pilar Fernandex, Columbia Universit, Brian Leydet, SUNY ESF, Yamila Romer, Emory University, and Rachel Sippy, University of Florida/ SUNY Upstate Medical University

Vitamin A status of children dying from multiple causes

P.I.: Sherry Tanumihardjo, Ph.D., Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences with Parminder Suchdev, Emory University

Living Well: Indigenous Philosophies for Global Resilient Food Systems

Mariaelena Huambachano, Ph.D., Department of Civil Society and Community Studies, School of Human Ecology

A global estimate of the numbers of children with incarcerated parents and their well-being

P.I.: Julie Poehlmann-Tynan, Ph.D., Department of Human Development and Family Studies, School of Human Ecology

Biology of Mansonellosis Infecting Indigenous Populations in Amazonia

Mostafa Zamanian, Ph.D., Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, with Jorge Osorio, UW-Madison, Juan Pablo Hernandiz-Ortiz, and Karl Ciuoderis Aponte, Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Colombia-Wisconsin One Health Consortium

FERTILITY DECISION-MAKING AND RAINFALL VARIATION IN RURAL MALAWI

Principal Investigator: Monica Grant, Department of Sociology, College of Letters & Science

GENDER ANALYSIS AND GLOBAL LEARNING FOR SAFE AND HEALTHY STREETS: IMPLEMENTING A COMPLETE STREETS POLICY IN MILWAUKEE, WIS.

Principal Investigator: Carolyn McAndrews, Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture, College of Letters & Science

MICROBIOME ANALYSIS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN COLOMBIA, SOUTH AMERICA

Principal Investigator: Jorge Osorio, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine

MADISON TO MBALE: BRINGING CARDIOPULMONARY ULTRASOUND TO UGANDAN CHILDREN

Principal Investigator: Jessica Schmidt, Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health

ACCIDENT, DISASTER AND EMERGENCY CARE ACTION IN HAWASSA, ETHIOPIA

Principal Investigator: Girma Tefera, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine and Public Health

THE BREAK (BUILDING RESPITE EVIDENCE AND KNOWLEDGE) EXCHANGE

Principal Investigator: Kim E. Whitmore, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing

MOSQUITOS Y YO: STUDENT SCIENTISTS IN ECUADOR

Principal Investigator: Lyric Bartholomay, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine

TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE EDUCATION: A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN & ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY SIMULATION CENTERS

Principal Investigator: Krystle Campbell, UW Health Clinical Simulation Program, School of Medicine and Public Health

Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Tools for Latin America

Principal Investigator: Leonelo Bautista, Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health

Analyzing the Domestic and Sexual Violence Impacts of Dodd-Frank Mining Legislation in Eastern Democratic Republic of CongoGrant Two Title

Principal Investigator: Jeremy Foltz, Department of Ag and Applied Economics, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Identification of Neglected and Novel Human Viruses in Sierra Leone

Principal Investigator: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine

Impacts of the Introduction of Livestock on Crop Yield in a Rural Agricultural Resource Demonstration Center in Lweza, Uganda

Principal Investigators: James Ntambi, Department of Biochemistry, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS); John Ferrick, CALS International Programs

Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance Through a Global Perspective

Principal Investigator: Nasia Safdar, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health

School Enrichment and Livelihoods Accelerated Through Milk Project

Principal Investigators: Michel Wattiaux, Department of Dairy Science, CALS; Heidi Busse, Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies, School of Human Ecology

FLOOD PREDICTION TO SUPPORT ADVANCED DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS: UNDERSTANDING, DEVELOPMENT, AND APPLICATION

Principal Investigator: Paul Block, assistant professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

WATER, WOMEN, AND FISHERIES: ADDRESSING TWO ECOLOGICAL REALITIES IMPACTING HUMAN HEALTH AT LAKE VICTORIA

Principal Investigator: Jessica Corman, Ph.D., postdoctoral research associate, Center for Limnology

POLLUTED FISH AND CYCLES OF POVERTY: TRACING THE GLOBAL SCOPE OF MERCURY CONTAMINATION OF FISHERIES

Principal Investigators: Peter McIntyre, Ph.D., assistant professor, Center for Limnology; James Hurley, associate professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; director, UW Aquatic Sciences Center

RURAL GUATEMALA DIABETES INITIATIVE

Principal Investigators: James Svenson, M.D., M.S., associate professor, Emergency Medicine; Kevin Wyne, PA-C, faculty associate, Family Medicine

MOBILE EMERGENCY GUIDELINES SOLUTION: SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Principal Investigators: Janis P. Tupesis, M.D., FACEP, FAAEM; Mohammed Dalwai, M.D., Ph.D. Candidate

PALLIATIVE CARE IN RWANDA

Principal Investigators: James Cleary, M.D., FRACP, FAChPM; Martha Maurer, B.S., MPH; Aaron Gilson, MSW, MSSW, Ph.D.; Barbara Hastie, Ph.D.; Mary Skemp Brown, MBA

SYSTEM STRENGTHENING AND HUMAN BUILDING TO SCALE UP LONG-ACTING REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTION IN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA

Principal Investigators: Cynthie K. Anderson, M.D., MPH; Eliza Bennett, M.D.; Cara King, D.O., M.S.; Heidi Brown, M.D.; Nicholas Schmuhl, Ph.D.; Zenebe Wolde, Millio Teshome, Jennifer Higgins, Ph.D., MPH

WOMEN IN ONE HEALTH: EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IN RURAL AGRICULTURE

Principal Investigators: Janet Shibley Hyde, Ph.D.; Mary Crave, Ph.D.; Sophia Friedson-Ridenour, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate

HYPERTENSION AWARENESS, TREATMENT, AND CONTROL IN LATIN AMERICA

Principal Investigators: Leonelo E Bautista, M.D., MPH., DrPH; Lina M Vera, M.D., M.S.; Alberto Palloni, Ph.D.; Juan P Casas, M.D., Ph.D.; Jaime Miranda, M.D., M.S., for the LASO investigators

A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROLLING BRUCELLOSIS IN THE IMBABURA AND PICHINCHA PROVINCES IN ECUADOR

Principal Investigators: Poulsen K.P.; Hutchins F.T.; Gaus D.P.; Van Kekerix M.J.; Lopez L.; Trueba G.; Czuprynski C.J.; Olsen C.W.

THE EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ON POVERTY AND HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY: THE SAHEL’S SILENT MAIZE REVOLUTION

Principal Investigators: Jeremy Foltz, Ph.D.; Sara Patterson, Ph.D.

EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES FOR EMERGING DISEASE DETECTION

Principal Investigators: Jerry Zhu, Ph.D.; Bret Shaw, Ph.D.; Lewis Gilbert, Ph.D.; Joshua Dein, VMD

MOBILE PHONE-DISSEMINATED HEALTH INFORMATION

Principal Investigators: Monica J. Grant, Ph.D.; Ajay K Sethi, Ph.D.; James H. Conway, M.D.

PATHWAYS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION IN HAITI: HEALTH AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF ORGANIC MANGO PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING

Principal Investigator: Gary P. Green, Ph.D.; Co-Investigators: Bradford L. Barham, Ph.D.; Gergens Polynice, M.S.

PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH AND PLANNING TO IMPROVE YOUNG WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH: A LEVER FOR CHANGE IN REACHING THE MDGS

Principal Investigators: Nancy Kendall, Ph.D.; Claire Wendland, M.D., Ph.D.

FERTILITY, CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN CAPITAL IN LOW INCOME COUNTRIES

Principal Investigators: Ian Coxhead; Lia Fernald; Jenna Nobles; Alberto Palloni