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Carybeth Reddy, Peace Corps volunteer, answers why she loves the world

Carybeth Reddy, Peace Corps volunteer, answers why she loves the world

Join a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) discussion group

Join a discussion group for “Climate Change Policy and Public Health” massive open online course led by GHI Director Jonathan Patz.

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NPR: As more adults pedal, their biking injuries and deaths spike, too

BloombergBusiness: Cycling deaths among children have plummeted (That doesn’t mean roads are safer)

CDC’s Selected Zoonotic Diseases Conference Call

September’s conference call will feature Zoonotic Diseases. It will be held on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 from 1:00 pm – 2:00pm CST. The conference call will available in the second floor board room at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL) The Tentative Meeting Agenda is as follows: Incidence of Clinician-Diagnosed Lyme Disease, United States, 2005-2010 …

Patz to lead MOOC on climate change policy and public health

GHI Director Jonathan Patz leads a November MOOC on climate change policy and public health.

Quality Improvement Leadership Institute Symposium and Closing Reception

Participants from Thailand, Nepal, Ethiopia, South Africa, Haiti and the Tibetan community in Dharamasala, India, present their final reports from the Quality Improvement (QI)  Leadership Institute. Participants worked with UW-Madison faculty, staff and students, and each other, to apply QI principles to address health challenges in their countries. Lori DiPrete Brown, Global Health Institute associate …

Meeting the challenge of maternal mortality and morbidity in Ethiopia

Dr. Endale Sisay Mengesha and Dr. Zerai Kassaye Tarrekegn will be presenting at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Grand Rounds on Thursday, August 27 from 7am-8am.

UW-Madison places high in recent rankings

UW-Madison again ranked among best in the world.