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Dear Friends and Colleagues, Did you know 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 just two short years, GHI has successfully implemented its new strategic vision to establish …

The Big Ten and Abbott’s WE GIVE BLOOD DRIVE Campaign Hits Home

GHI Associate Director Strategic Partnerships & Development, Calyn Ostrowski, with her two children (photo courtesy C. Ostrowski) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…For Calyn Ostrowski, Associate Director, Strategic Partnerships & Development, UW–Madison Global Health Institute (GHI), The We Give Blood Drive by Abbott and the Big Ten is deeply personal. Just last year, Ostrowski underwent a …

Blood Drive at GHI: December 4, 2024

Blood Drive at GHI: December 4, 2024, 10-2:30pm Location: MSC 1010

20th Annual Global Health Symposium was April 8, 2025

April 8, 2025, at the Discovery Building. Theme: Why Global Health Networks Matter, featuring a panel discussion of White-nose Syndrome in Bats Connection to One Health

Global Health Webinar: Supporting Sustainable Global Health

EVENT DATE: December 11, 2024, 9-10am (CST), featuring moderator Richard Gordon, Director, International Business Development, South African Medical Research Council, and panelists Karlee Silver, CEO Grand Challenges Canada, and Ramanan Laxminarayan, Founder & President, One Health Trust.

Global Health Tuesday: Exploring Global Health Networks with Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition (APDC)

EVENT DATE: November 19, 2024, 9-10am (CST), featuring GHI Director Jorge Osorio as moderator with panelist Mary Rodgers, Juan Pablo Hernandez Ortiz, and Sunil Solomon.

Dr. Saminathan Mani: A Journey From India to GHI as ICMR-DHR Fellow

Photo S. Mani: Dr. Saminathan Mani at the Robert P. Hanson Biomedical Sciences Laboratories, School of Veterinary Medicine, UW–Madison

HISTORIC AGREEMENT WITH STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY, UW–MADISON’S GLOBAL HEALTH INSTITUTE AND DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY

Photo courtesy Paul Escalante/UW–Madison Department of Biochemistry

Global Health Tuesday: Bird Flu in Cattle

EVENT DATE: October 29, 2024, 9-10am (CST), featuring GHI Director Jorge Osorio as moderator, with panelists Amie Eisfeld, Peter Halfmann, and Keith Poulsen.

GHI HOLDS 2024 ADVISORY COMMITTEE RETREAT

GHI Advisory members, staff, and invited speakers at the Usona Institute for the 2024 UW-Madison GHI Advisory Committee Retreat