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Neighborhood disadvantage is an independent predictor of health and development.  However, the breadth of causal inferences that can be drawn regarding neighborhood effects is limited due to the conceptual and methodological challenges of large-scale interventions.  Moreover, it has been hypothesized that neighborhoods influence health, in part, through how social and physical environments impact emotion, health…

Donna E. Shalala is the president of the Clinton Foundation. Previously, she served as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1987 to 1993, and as president of the University of Miami and Professor of Political Science. She also served as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Shalala returns to campus to remind listeners…

Jean M. Geran and Araceli Alonso, co directors of the UW-STREETS initiative, lead the session to introduce UW-Madison’s new anti-trafficking initiative that seeks to support local and global work to end trafficking and other forms of sexual exploitation. Through education and action research, STREETS is grounded in the perspectives and preferences of survivors, becoming a powerful…

Dr. Tererai Trent is an internationally recognized voice for quality education and women’s empowerment. Oprah called Trent her favorite guest and invested $1.5 million to help build a school in Trent’s home village in Zimbabwe. Trent’s talk is one of three free public lectures and three open plenary sessions during the 2016 Summit on Women,…

The African Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites you to BIG STORIES + CLOSE (UP) RESEARCH: Health and Science in the African World on April 15-16, 2016. Bringing together a diverse group of scholars, this conference aims to explore the relationship between deeply grounded research and the larger narratives we tell about health and science…