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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.

Sara McKinnon: Illuminating Migration in the Americas

Sara McKinnon in Necoclí, Colombia, learning about the important work of the Interagency Group for Mixed Migration (GIFMM in Spanish) and their #gifmmcontigo information campaign, providing people with access to information to keep them safe in transit. (Photo from Migration in the Americas Project) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…Ever since UW-Madison Professor Sara McKinnon started …

Global Health Tuesday: Advancing Global Health With AI

EVENT DATE: March 19 2024, 9-10am (CST), featuring GHI Director Jorge Osorio with panelists Tom Erickson, Juan Caicedo, and Rob Nowak.

From Treating to Preventing: Meet UW’s Global Virus Network Scholar, Karl Ciuoderis

Karl Ciuoderis (left) and GHI Director Jorge Osorio conducting field research in the Amazon in Colombia. (Photo from Abbott) By Kendall Buehl, GHI Staffer…Growing up in the Colombian countryside, Karl Ciuoderis knew he wanted to help animals. His love for domestic animals grew as they delightfully surrounded him on his family’s property. “It was like …

Global Health Tuesday: Global Health Grant Trends

EVENT DATE: February 20, 2024, 9-10am (CST), featuring GHI Director Jorge Osorio as moderator, with panelists Chris Karp and Peter Kilmarx.

2024 Global Health Symposium was April 10, 2024

EVENT DATE: April 10, 2024, 4:30-8:30pm. The event includes GHI Director Jorge Osorio moderating a UW-Madison panel to explore the future of global health in their work, a keynote speaker, and posters from across campus to showcase global health projects.

Global Health Tuesday: Psilocybin & Improving Mental Health

EVENT DATE: January 30, 2024, 9-10am, featuring GHI Advisory Member Alberto Vargas as moderator, with panelists Jennifer Garrett, Charles Raison, and Tura Patterson.

Global Health Tuesday: Energy Challenges and Creative Solutions for Global Health

EVENT DATE: December 5, 2023, 9-10am (note the earlier time), featuring GHI Advisory Member Giri Venkataramanan.

Global Health Tuesday: Advancing One Health Through Community Mobilization in Malawi

EVENT DATE: October 31, 2023, 9-10am (note the earlier time), featuring GHI Advisory Member Nancy Kendall.