Global health and international collaboration have never been more important, and the COVID-19 pandemic has showed us the power of technology to connect people across the world. To recognize our changing circumstances, GHI will support both in-person Visiting Scholar and Virtual Visiting Scholar Awards. The Virtual Visiting Scholar Awards will support virtual visits to the UW-Madison campus by individuals who substantially enhance global activities on campus in collaboration with a sponsoring faculty member or faculty team. GHI will award grants in amounts of up to $2,500, which may be used for honoraria. The Visiting Scholar Awards bring individuals to campus in collaboration with UW-Madison faculty. GHI will award grants for in-person visits of up to $5,000.
Applications for Virtual Visiting Scholar Awards are closed.
2022 Awards
Study of filariasis transmitted by insects in the Colombian Amazon
Principal Investigator: Mostafa Zamanian, Ph.D., Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
Visiting Scholar: Mónica Palma, M.D., Ph.D., Colombia/Wisconsin One-Health Consortium
2021 Awards
Combatting antimicrobial resistance: A complex systems approach
Principal Investigator: Jessica 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, and Andrew deRoos, Santa Fe Institute and University of Amsterdam
2020 Awards
Influence of indigenous bacteria on reproduction in the dengue vector Aedes aegypti
Principal Investigator: Kerri Coon, Ph.D., Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences; visiting scholar, Sebastian Diaz Zuleta, doctoral candidate, University of Antioquia, Colombia
UW-GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute One Health Collaboration
Principal Investigator, Ann Evenson, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, School of Medicine and Public Health; Visiting scholars: C. Rohit Kumar, head of National Veterinary Services, G.V. Ramana Rao, director of GVK’s Emergency Medicine Learning Center and Research
Population Health Research Dissemination
Principal Investigator: Laurel Legenza, PharmD, M.S., School of Pharmacy; Visiting scholar: Renier Coetzee, PharmD, University of Western Cape, South Africa
NOVEL HIV DRUG RESISTANCE TECHNOLOGIES FOR USE IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME HIGH BURDEN SETTINGS
Principal Investigator: David O’Connor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health
DEVELOPING AN INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH JIMMA UNIVERSITY
Principal Investigator: Dawd Siraj, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health
Previous Grants
School Milk Achievement Project: A study to analyze aflatoxin exposure in Ethiopia
Mestawet Taye, Ph.D., Department of Animal Sciences, Hawassa University, Ethiopia
Principal UW host: Heidi Busse, postdoctoral research fellow
Building Surgical Training Partnership
Dr. James Munthali and Dr. Emmanuel Makasa, University of Zambia
Principal UW host: Girma Tefera, School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Surgery
Visiting Scholar MSc Sergio Graf University of Guadalajara Collaboration
Sergio Graf, University of Guadalajara
Principal UW host: Alberto Vargas, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program
Simulation Partnership with Ethiopia AAU
Tewodros Haile, M.D., Addis Ababa University (AAU) School of Medicine
Principal UW host: Krystle Campbell, Simulation Center Manager at the School of Medicine and Public Health
The effect of doctor-patient service agreements on the level of quality and continuity of care in Chinese community health service centers
Dr. Jing Ding, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
Principal UW host: Kenneth Kushner, professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
A TRANSNATIONAL APPROACH TO HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP: CONSOLIDATING COLLABORATIONS FOR THE UNESCO CHAIR ON GENDER, WELL-BEING AND A CULTURE OF PEACE
Teresa Langle de Paz, Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain) – Foundation
Principal UW host: Araceli Alonso, associate faculty, Department of Gender and Women’s Studies/School of Medicine and Public Health
CONNECTING LANDSCAPES: WISCONSIN AND JALISCO EXCHANGE FOR CAMPUS-COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS
Adriana Olivares, University of Guadalajara
Principal UW host: Mary Beth Collins, director of the Centers for Research and Public Affairs, School of Human Ecology
PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS ON LONG DISTANCE DISPERSAL OF PLANT PATHOGENIC FUNGI
Martina Iapichino, Ph.D. student, INPHYNI (Institut de Physique de Nice), Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
Principal UW host: Anne Pringle, associate professor of botany and bacteriology
THE ROLE OF NATURAL SELECTION IN HUMAN DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY
Wen-Ya Ko, assistant professor, Department of Life Sciences and Institute of Genome Sciences, Yang-Ming University
Principal UW host: Carol Lee, professor and director, Center for Rapid Evolution
CAPACITY BUILDING FOR VIROLOGY AND CONSERVATION IN RWANDA
Julius Nziza, country coordinator, Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project and USAID’s PREDICT program, Rwanda
Principal UW host: Thomas Friedrich, associate professor of pathobiological sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CARDIAC SURGERY PROGRAM
Mahelet Tadesse Ibssa, consultant, Addis Ababa University (AAU) Department of Anesthesiology
Principal UW host: Martha Wynn, associate professor anesthesiology, School of Medicine and Public Health
EVALUATING SYSTEMIC BARRIERS TO ACCESS OF ESSENTIAL OPIOID MEDICATIONS FOR PROVIDING PAIN RELIEF IN RWANDA
Jean-Claude Tayari Kanyamanza, BPharm, MPH, Ph.D. Candidate, Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC), Republic of Rwanda
UW Hosts: James F. Cleary, MD, Director, Pain & Policy Studies Group, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), Carbone Cancer Center; Paul Hutson, PharmD, M.S., Professor (CHS), Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UW-Madison School of Pharmacy
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP FOR LOW RESOURCE AREAS
Angeni Bheekie, BPharm, MPharm, Ph.D., School of Pharmacy, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
UW Hosts: Connie Kraus, PharmD, School of Pharmacy; Trisha Seys Ranola, PharmD, School of Pharmacy
STUDYING THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AGRICULTURE AND HEALTH CARE
Henok Kurabachew, Ph.D., College of Agriculture, School Nutrition, Food Science and Technology, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia
Principal UW host: Grima Tefera, M.D., School of Medicine and Public Health
STUDYING AND CHARACTERIZING EMERGING ARBOVIRUSES IN COLOMBIA
Carlos Dib, M.D., MPH, Ph.D. School of Medicine, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia & Fundacion Salud para el Tropico, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
UW Hosts: Jorge E. Osorio, Department of Pathobiological Sciences; Bruce M. Christensen, Department of Pathobiological Sciences
IMPACT OF HEALTH ON BINATIONAL FAMILIES
Professor Maria de la Luz Perez Padilla, Ph.D., Art and Foreign Cultures Department, Universidad de Guadalajara, San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico
Principal UW host: Lynet Uttal, Ph.D., School of Human Ecology
PROVIDING ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY SERVICES IN ETHIOPIA
Rahel Tilahun Melaku, M.D., Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Principal UW host: Martha Wynn, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine and Public Health
COMMUNITY HEALTH IN WAR-TORN AREAS
Vinya Ariyaratne, M,D., MPH, General Secretary, Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, Sri Lanka
Principal UW host: Sarvodaya USA/ Global Health Institute
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND HEALTH LINKAGES IN CENTRAL MEXICO
Eduardo Santana Castellón, Ph.D., University of Guadalajara, México
Principal UW host: Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS)
ASSESSING DIETS AND VITAMIN A STATUS OF LACTATING AND NON-LACTATING WOMEN IN ZAMBIA
Chisela Kaliwile, MPH, National Food and Nutrition Commission (NFNC), Lusaka, Zambia
Principal UW host: Sherry Tanumihardjo, Ph.D., Nutritional Sciences