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TEDx UW-Madison: Designing Change
Tedx UW-Madison convenes at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, with five speakers. GHI Assistant Scientist Jason Vargo, will present “Our Urban Nature.” GHI Advisory member Nancy Kendall, associate professor of education policy studies, will present “The Granny Core: A new approach to AIDS, orphans, and global support for care.”
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GHI offers grants for faculty, staff, students and visiting scholars
The Global Health Institute will award grants to faculty, staff and graduate students for work that advances global health research toward equitable and sustainable health for the world. Application information available now.
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Navigating International Research Projects
Are you interested in or currently conducting research abroad? Are you developing relationships with international collaborators? Will your international research involve human subjects? Please join faculty and colleagues from across campus for an interdisciplinary discussion addressing collaborative international projects and relationships, managing expectations, navigating cultural expectations, addressing societal impact, and how to think through ethical…
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Ebola in Context: Emergency Response and Global Responsibility
The current outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is unprecedented in its magnitude. Though headlines describe events halfway around the world, the epidemic’s causes and consequences are closer to home than most Americans realize. Focusing on the deeply entwined history between West Africa and Western industrialized nations, five expert panelists will draw on the social dimensions of Ebola to shed light on the responsibilities of…
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Biological and Human Dimensions of Emerging Infectious Diseases