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Thinking ahead: GHI Advisory Committee member Paul Block works to develop proactive disaster early warning system
Building off of a 2016 GHI Seed Grant, Block is using a new UW2020 grant to develop an online flood and health risk management system in an attempt to give relief organizations months — not hours or days — to prepare for disasters.
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Science Friday: Under Climate Change, The AC Giveth And The AC Taketh Away
GHI Advisory Committee member Tracey Holloway discusses the downside of cranking up the AC as the climate warms.
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APPLY NOW FOR A RESEARCH ASSOCIATE POSITION WITH HOT
The Initiative for Health-Oriented Transportation (HOT) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute is now hiring a research associate. The successful candidate will join a global research program, Complete Urban Systems for Sustainability and Health, funded by the Wellcome Trust. The London-based Wellcome Trust. launched a near $14 million partnership in February to understand…
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A new CDC-funded center at UW looks to stay a step ahead of the upper Midwest’s ticks and mosquitos
GHI Advisory Committee members Susan Paskewitz and Lyric Bartholomay are leading a new consortium that’s looking to provide answers to how people can be better prepared to respond to vector-borne diseases and stop epidemics before they start.
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Wisconsin researchers receive $60 million from National Institutes of Health
Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin and BloodCenter of Wisconsin were awarded to continue to implement the All of Us Research Program in Wisconsin through 2023, a momentous effort to advance individualized prevention, treatment and care for people of all backgrounds.