Dr. Kris Saha works with CRISPR technology in his laboratory (Photo from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at UW–Madison) By Katie Newcomb, GHI Communications Director, and Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer BUILDING BRIDGES Growing up, Dr. Krishanu Saha always knew he wanted to follow in the inspiring footsteps of his parents. Saha’s father, a civil engineer, …
EVENT DATE: May 20, 2025, 9-10am (CST), featuring moderator Linda Vakunta, Deputy Mayor, City of Madison, and panelists Eduardo Santana Castellón, Director, Museum of Environmental Sciences, and Emeritus Professor, University of Guadalajara; Marta Rofin Serrà, Founder & CEO, Health Cities, and Director, "Urban Planning & Health," Polytechnic University of Catalonia; and Carlos Moreno, Professor, IAE Paris Sorbonne, University of Paris, and Author, "The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time & Our Planet."
EVENT DATE: March 11, 2025, 10-11am (CST), featuring moderator Sara McKinnon, Professor of Rhetoric, Politics & Culture, Communication Arts, & Faculty Director, LACIS, UW–Madison, and panelists Riley Ray Griffin, Technology Reporter, Bloomberg News; Apoorva Mandavilli, Science & Global Health Reporter, New York Times; and Jamie Hansen, Communications Manager, Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health.
EVENT DATE: February 25, 2025, 9-10am (CST), featuring moderator Kristin Long, Associate Professor of Surgery, UW–Madison, and panelists Caroline Zellmer, Senior Program Manager, Foresite Labs, and Zuzana Burivalova, Assistant Professor, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, UW–Madison.
Jonathan Bryan holds up the Badger ‘W’ as a first-year medical student (Photo from J. Bryan) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Winter 2023, with his Bachelor of Science in Neurobiology, Molecular and Cell Biology, and Psychology, Jonathan Bryan decided to apply for the Henry Anderson III Graduate Award …
At the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI), we believe health is interconnected across all living systems—human, animal, plant, and the environment. In today’s world, where global health challenges like emerging diseases, climate change, and resource scarcity are increasingly complex, we need innovative, transdisciplinary solutions. That’s where GHI is making a profound impact. And …
Dear Friends and Colleagues, This giving season, please consider donating to sustain GHI’s trailblazing work that pilots new approaches to research, education, and outreach in Wisconsin and beyond. Through our collaborative and innovative One Health Center (OHC) Network, we promote UW faculty research internationally and facilitate undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral programming, field courses, and strategic exchanges …
The Global Health Institute is a small but mighty team collaborating with UW-Madison’s 21 schools and colleges to strategically link multidisciplinary talent and expertise with global partners in academia, industry, governments, and NGOs. In two short years, GHI has successfully implemented its new strategic vision to establish and grow a robust network of One Health …
EVENT DATE: January 28, 2025, 9-10am (CST), featuring moderator Carla Vigue, Director of Tribal Relations, UW–Madison, and panelists Caleb McGeshick, Councilman II, Sokaogon Chippewa Community; Jason Neilitz, CIO, Sokaogon Chippewa Community; Kurt Zimmerman, Senior Director, Biohealth Industry Partnerships, and Director, Master of Science in Biotechnology Program, SMPH; and Lauren W. Yowelunh McLester-Davis, Director of Indigenous Science Advocacy, Native American Center for Health Professions (NACHP)
Dear Friends and Colleagues, UW-Madison is one of a few universities in the United States, where a medical school, a school of veterinary science, a school of agriculture, a school of engineering, and a law school are all on the same campus. UW-Madison provides the optimal environment for interdisciplinary approaches. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted UW-Madison’s …