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Global Climate Change: Health Risks and Opportunities
On behalf of St. Mary’s Preservation of the Earth Committee, we invite you to attend a very important program on global climate change. Dr. Jonathan Patz is the Nobel Peace Prize winning author of the United Nations Intergovernmental panel report on climate change and health. We are very fortunate to have the opportunity to explore these issues…
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Carbone Cancer Center: Dr. Howard Bailey: Oncologists should promote the cancer-preventing HPV vaccine
Carbone Cancer Center: Dr. Howard Bailey: Oncologists should promote the cancer-preventing HPV vaccine
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GROW: Ecuador: Better Health through Messaging
Some communities in Ecuador face high incidences of water-borne illness because of contaminated water or poor hygiene and sanitation. It’s a multipronged problem calling for an interdisciplinary approach combining natural, medical and social sciences. Bret Shaw, a CALS professor of life sciences communication, last year helped implement a social science approach with funding from the…
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2016 Wisconsin Without Borders Awards honor eight outstanding projects
This story was first published on the Morgridge Center for Community Service website site.Eight UW-Madison projects are being honored for their community-engaged focus on global malnutrition, waterborne illness, Wisconsin Native public health, Latina women’s mental health and more. Three of the winners, Marjorie Kersten, Theo Loo and Andrew Denu are global health students. The 2016 Wisconsin Without Borders Awards honor the work of…
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International Division, IRIS award seed grants for interdisciplinary research
Global health was well represented when the International Division and IRIS awarded new seed grants.