The Wisconsin Union Directorate Distinguished Lecture Series presents its first lecture of the year: An Evening with Sheryl WuDunn. Sheryl WuDunn is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, business executive, and acclaimed author whose works include Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women, a New York Times bestseller she co-authored with her husband, Nicholas Kristof. …
Microbiologist Maggy MNB Momba, Ph.D., Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa, will discuss waste and wastewater management for the sustainability of water resources. The event is co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Water Resources Institute, Office of Sustainability and the Global Health Institute.
The Climate Quest competition to spur innovative climate change solutions is down to five, including GHI researchers.
A Consultative Meeting of International Leaders and Scholars Hosted by the Global Health Institute, the School of Veterinary Medicine and the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the invitation-only event brings together researchers, educators and Dairy Expo participants. The evening provides an opportunity for industry leaders and UW-Madison scholars to share their ideas and experience, and network with …
With the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDG) set to expire, global health will embark on a new course within the next year. Jonathon Simon, director of the Center for Global Health & Development at Boston University, discussed “Converging or Centrifuging: Is global health coming together or spinning apart?” at the first Global Health Seminar of …
Dr. James Conway, the Global Health Institute associate director for health sciences, discusses this year’s flu vaccine and who is most at risk on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Larry Meiller show.
International attention for JAMA article on climate change and health by Jonathan Patz and colleagues.
The Department of Pathobiological Sciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine presents “Influenza and Ebola Research.”
As the world resets its health and development agenda for the post Millenium Development Goals (MDG) 2015 agenda, lofty and ambitious goals for further alleviation of poverty, increasing equity and a global convergence of health status are proposed. Great challenges remain, however, that could constrain the global community’s ability to continue along the path of …
In a New England Journal of Medicine article, GHI Advisory Member Gregg Mitman reflects on the West African ebola crisis and the “ecology of fear.”