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News list

WPR: Why are people still not getting their flu shots?

GHI Associate Director Jim Conway joined WPR to discuss flu shots and all the nuanced feelings people have about them.

Report calls for capturing carbon to combat climate change. How would that work?

Here & Now’s Robin Young spoke with GHI Advisory Committee member Gregory Nemet.

Scientific American: Trump’s Irresponsible Denial of Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Deaths

In an opinion piece, GHI Advisory Committee member Richard Keller says downplaying the casualties from natural disasters undermines future preparations.

Isthmus: The college try — How the Wisconsin Idea reached one of the poorest regions in Sierra Leone

The main force behind the University of Koinadugu is a man who could have used it decades ago. Alhaji N’Jai managed to go to college in Michigan only after escaping his country’s civil war. Eventually he joined a post-doctorate program at UW-Madison.

The Hill: Global health security threats — despite worldwide responses, there’s much more to do

Former U.S. Ambassador John Lange, a senior fellow at the United Nations Foundation and a GHI Board of Visitors member, contributed an opinion column for The Hill.

CNN: As global temperatures rise, so will mental health issues, study says

GHI Director Jonathan Patz said the study is consistent with recent work by other scientists, including his own recent research on heat waves and hospital admissions in Milwaukee, Wisconsin over a 17-year period.

Call for abstracts: UW National One Health Day Colloquium

Abstracts must be received by Monday, October 29​.

Building Community 2018: A Global Health Celebration

October 18: GHI invites you to Building Community 2018, an annual event that brings together the greater global health community and looks toward new opportunities to ensure health and well-being for all.

Addressing our biggest challenges — and mysteries — at the Wisconsin Science Festival

Among the hundreds of events offered during the Wisconsin Science Festiva, four in-depth discussions in Madison on some of the most significant challenges science is addressing — and universal questions science is answering.

New funding opportunity supports research into contemporary social problems

Next spring, the OVCRGE will award two-year grants for research with implications for tackling contemporary social problems in order to promote economic prosperity, enhance social and psychological well-being and improve health outcomes in the United States.