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    • Global Health Tuesday: UW–Madison Microneurosurgery Initiative to Improve Global Health

      Global Health Tuesday: UW–Madison Microneurosurgery Initiative to Improve Global Health

      EVENT DATE: December 9, 2025, 9-10am (CST). Join Calyn Ostrowski, GHI Associate Director, Strategic Partnerships & Development as she moderates a discussion about the UW-Madison Microneurosurgery Initiative’s global reach. She is joined by panelists Dr. Abdullah Keles, Scientist, and Dr. Mutafa Baskaya, both from UW–Madison’s Microneurosurgery Initiative and SMPH; and Dr. Yannick Canton Kessely, Specialist…

    • Global Health Tuesday: AI’s Potential to Address Global One Health Crises

      Global Health Tuesday: AI’s Potential to Address Global One Health Crises

      EVENT DATE: November 18, 2025, 9-10am (CST), Join panelists Matthew Conway, Director of Revenue & Strategy, Hala Systems and Senior Program Consultant, International Organization for Migration, United Nations; Milind Tambe, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University and Principal Scientist & Director for “AI for Social Good,” Google Deepmind; and Beth Tellman, Assistant…

    • Global Health Tuesday: Community-driven Solutions to Maternal Health Disparities

      Global Health Tuesday: Community-driven Solutions to Maternal Health Disparities

      EVENT DATE: October 28, 2025, 9-10am (CST), featuring moderator Niti Saxena, Chief Technology Officer, S M Sehgal Foundation, leading the discussion Community-driven Solutions to Maternal Health Disparities with panelists Zoua Vang, Meta Schroeder Beckner Outreach Professor – Professor of Civil Society & Community Studies; Director, Maternal Child Health Equity & Safety Lab, School of Human…

    • GHI Hosts Blood Drive To Support Second Annual “We Give Blood” Drive Competition

      GHI Hosts Blood Drive To Support Second Annual “We Give Blood” Drive Competition

      GHI is hosting a blood drive with the Red Cross on Wednesday, September 17, from 10am – 3pm in our conference room at the Medical Sciences Center to improve UW’s chance at winning $1M as part of the Big Ten & Abbott’s Second Annual We Give Blood Campaign. Last year, Wisconsin came in second place, behind Nebraska. We’re excited to again…

    • Global Health Tuesday: Measles Outbreak & Vaccines

      Global Health Tuesday: Measles Outbreak & Vaccines

      EVENT DATE: September 30, 2025, 9-10am (CST), featuring moderator Dr. James Conway, Professor, Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Global Pediatrics and Director, Office of Global Health, UW School of Medicine and Public Health; and panelists Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University School of Public Health; Dr.…