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UW program to provide up to $2 million in funding to support Black mothers, infants

The Wisconsin Partnership Program at the UW School of Medicine and Public will provide up to $2 million to improve Black maternal and infant health.

Wisconsin Public Radio COVID-19 Update

GHI Advisory Committee Member Ajay Sethi joins WPR for a discussion on new masking guidelines, transmission among unvaccinated individuals and more.

How Much Higher Are COVID-19 Rates Among Unvaccinated Wisconsinites?

GHI Advisory Committee Member Ajay Sethi discusses COVID-19 transmission among unvaccinated residents.

WHO renames COVID-19 variants with Greek letter names to avoid confusion, stigma

GHI Advisory Committee Member Ajay Sethi weighs in on changing Covid variant names to avoid stigma.

Study blames climate change for 37% of global heat deaths

GHI Director Jonathan Patz shares insight on new research linking climate change to global heat deaths.

Special summer Global Health Tuesdays explore sustainable development and global oncology

July 27: Syed Nabeel Zafar, M.D., from the School of Medicine and Public Health, will explore background challenges related to global oncology, the current status of care, initiatives by national and international organizations and the Global Oncology program at UW-Madison.

GHI Director Jonathan Patz receives WARF Named Professorship

Professor and Global Health Institute Director Jonathan Patz, M.D., MPH, was well along in his research linking climate change to health when he arrived at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2004—then everything took off. “My research and science accelerated when I hit UW-Madison,” says Patz, who has faculty appointments in the Nelson Institute for Environmental …

The Costs of Inaction: The Economic Burden of Fossil Fuels and Climate Change on Health in the United States

New report on economic burden of fossil fuels and climate change co-authored by UW alumnus Vijay S. Limaye, advised by GHI Director Jonathan Patz and designed by GHI Outreach Specialist and Executive Director of the Wisconsin Health Professionals for Climate Action Abby Lois.

Mitigating the Impacts of COVID-19 on Global Child Health: a Call to Action

GHI Associate Director James Conway co-authored new paper on threat of COVID-19 to children's health globally.

4W Grants Support Changemakers Across Campus

The 4W Initiative announces its 2021 grant program awardees.