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Graduate Student Daniel Oswaldo Maldonado Bridges Industry Experience with Biomedical Sciences

Daniel Oswaldo Maldonado (far left) poses with GHI One Health Center-Colombia team (Photo from GHI archives) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…Biological engineer Daniel Oswaldo Maldonado has always believed the best way to understand biological phenomena is by integrating different disciplines of knowledge. That’s why he earned a bachelor’s degree in biological engineering and a master’s …

TIME100 Health Recipient Tulio de Oliveira Visits UW–Madison Biochemistry, GHI

Jorge Osorio, Tulio de Oliveira, and Brian Fox at the Steenbock Lectures

Global Health Tuesday: Harvard Humanitarian Initiative for Humanitarian Crises Training & Preparedness

EVENT DATE: September 24, 2024, 9-10am (CST), featuring GHI Advisory Committee Member Janis Tupesis as moderator, with panelists Michelle Niescierenko and Sean Kivlehan.

GHI Postdoctoral Researchers Highlight Collaboration in One Health

Olga Lucia Chaparro Africano, Sebastián Díaz, and Lina Paola Garzón Garzón doing fieldwork in Leticia, a city in the Colombian Amazonian region By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…Ever wondered what students do after they defend their dissertation and earn their PhD? One next step is continuing their research by pursuing a postdoctoral position. Here are three postdocs …

Connecting Biology & Informatics: Meet GHI Graduate Student Maria Stella Lopez Carvajal

Maria Stella Lopez Carvajal in the Osorio Lab at UW-Madison (photo from Lopez Carvajal)

Leonor Hidalgo-Ciro’s Journey Through Passions: Law, Communications, and Global Health

Leonor Hidalgo-Ciro enjoying a Madison moment by the lake with her family (Photo from L. Hidalgo-Ciro) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…Leonor Hidalgo-Ciro has felt a strong desire to help people ever since she could remember. And in her academic and occupational careers, she has done just that. Hidalgo-Ciro holds a Bachelor’s degree in law from …

Meet Celeny Ortiz Restrepo, GHI Visiting Scholar, Dedicated to Epidemiological Surveillance

Celeny Ortiz Restrepo settling into her GHI office (Photo from Celeny Ortiz Restrepo) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…On February 13, 2024, Epidemiologist for the Secretary of Health, State of Antioquia, Colombia, Celeny Ortiz Restrepo, began her journey at the University of Madison–Wisconsin as a visiting scholar. The opportunity is a partnership between  UW–Madison’s Global Health …

“Moving Global Health Forward” at the 2024 Annual Global Health Symposium

From left to right: Jorge Osorio, Erin Barbato, Sara McKinnon, Kristin Long, Frances Vavrus, and James Conway The Global Health Institute (GHI) and the Office of Global Health (OGH) at the School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) held the 19th Annual Global Health Symposium, Moving Global Health Forward, on April 10, 2024, 4:30-8:30pm at the …

UW Delegation To Colombia: Collaboration Now & Into The Future

UW Delegation to Colombia: Collaboration Now & In The Future.

The Global Health Institute (GHI) is an agent for collaboration, rooted in the Wisconsin Idea.

Global Health Tuesday: Climate Change Impacts on Global Health

EVENT DATE: May 21, 2024, 9-10am (CST), featuring Ambassador John E. Lange with panelists Sumudu Atapattu, Dominique Brossard, and Jonathan Patz.