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Michel Wattiaux, GHI Advisory Committee member, follows dairy cows’ carbon footprints from barn to field
Michel Wattiaux, GHI Advisory Committee member, follows dairy cows’ carbon footprints from barn to field
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Graduate•Professional•Capstone Certificates in Global Health open doors for students across campus
For Teresa Caya, who earned her Graduate•Professional Certificate in Global Health while completing her medical degree, the certificate was a way to plan and carry out an infectious disease global health project in Nicaragua. “We live in a world in which disease and poverty do not respect geographic boundaries,” she says. “Better understanding health…
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Jane Ekayu: Children of Peace Uganda
WHEN: March 20th, 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Nancy Nicholas Hall, Room 1125 Jane Ekayu, founder and executive director of Children of Peace Uganda, will discuss her upbringing, career as a child trauma therapist and experience as a woman in leadership. Her talk is sponsored by UW GlobeMed and the 4W Initiative, and will be followed by a…
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Bugged: Susan Paskewitz to share why ticks mosquitoes matter to global health
Insects are cool, gorgeous — and deadly. Susan Paskewitz explains why in her keynote address at the 2018 Global Health Symposium.
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Bugged: Susan Paskewitz shares why ticks, mosquitoes matter to global health
For most of us, bugs are an irritation. Mosquitoes are to be swatted. Ticks avoided. Spiders … well, let’s not go there. For Susan Paskewitz, keynote speaker at the April 10 Global Health Symposium, insects are cool – and gorgeous – and understanding them is a way to contribute to health in Wisconsin and around…