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Disparities in access to, delivery of, and outcomes following medical care have long been widely reported in the general medical literature. However, only in the more recent past have disparities been a focus of rigorous academic work within medical subspecialties, particularly surgical subspecialties. Debraj “Raj” Mukherjee, MD, MPH, presents a susrvey of recent work within…

Speaker: Jonathan Patz, Director of the Global Health Institute and John P. Holton Chair in Health and the Environment, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Population Health Sciences About the talk: In early December, a record number of heads of state convened in Paris for the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP)…

GHI Advisory member Cynthie Anderson, medical director of the Arboretum Ob-Gyn clinic and UW-Madison assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, discusses her Seed Grant work to collaborate with in-country colleagues to expand access to long-term, reversible contraception in Ethiopia. UW OB/Gyn has spearheaded a postpartum Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) program in Dane County, bringing…