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New Certificate Brings Humanities Into Health Care Studies
New Certificate Brings Humanities Into Health Care Studies
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Africa at Noon: Preparer la Retraite — New Age-Scripts in West African Middle Class
Because age is a central principle of social organization, aging trajectories — in their temporality, social meaning and roles — are highly sensitive to social change. This change is influenced by economic and societal changes, and by interrelated processes of changing norms. However, in between relatively stable norms and changing practices we see a concept…
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Sustain Dane’s Badger Bioneers Conference 2017
Sustainability is about people. It’s about you. It’s about all of us — together. To create a better future, we must honor the diverse experiences that make us human. But, at the same time, we must embrace the universal humanity that connects us all. At Sustain Dane’s Badger Bioneers Conference, we will explore the idea of human(ity) — the duality of…
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The Effect of Medicaid Spending, Health, and Well-Being
Health economist Katherine Baicker will give the 2017 Paul Offner Lecture, titled, The Effect of Medicaid Spending, Health, and Well-Being: Evidence and Implications for Reform. With the future of Medicaid and public health insurance subsidies in flux, gauging the effects of public insurance on health care spending, financial security, and physical and mental health is…
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Global Health Tuesday: Developing a Global Flood Prediction Model
Full presentation below: Donghoon Lee, a graduate student in civil and environmental engineering, will discuss his research with Paul Block, who received a 2016 GHI Seed Grant to investigate how better flood prediction can support advanced disaster preparedness and identify public health risks. Among all natural hazards, flood catastrophes consistently have the greatest impact…