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QI Institute brings together world health leaders to work on everyday challenges

UW-Madison’s QI Institute brings together health leaders from nine countries and Wisconsin to work on everyday challenges.

The President of Botswana Visits the Washington Mandela Fellows on Campus and Sparks Conservation Discussion

The President of Botswana Visits the Washington Mandela Fellows on Campus and Sparks Conservation Discussion

UW Hmong: American Nurse Brings her Community to the Doctor’s Office

UW Hmong: American Nurse Brings her Community to the Doctor’s Office

The 4W Initiative is hiring an Assistant Director

The 4W Initiative is hiring an Assistant Director

Director Jonathan Patz Interviewed in Vice Article on Climate Change

Director Jonathan Patz Interviewed in Vice Article on Climate Change

CDC Call – Zoonoses and OneHealth Updates

This call is meant to provide a progress report of ongoing investigations into zoonotic diseases in relation to overall global health. This report is brought to you by CDC’s One Health Office and includes topics of: Chronic Wasting Disease. A team of researchers from Canada and Germany presented new scientific findings on Chronic Wasting Disease …

Mosquito-spread encephalitis found in Wisconsin horses

Mosquito-spread encephalitis found in Wisconsin horses

Undocumented immigration doesn’t worsen drug, alcohol problems in U.S., study indicates

Undocumented immigration doesn’t worsen drug, alcohol problems in U.S., study indicates

Taking Quality Home: 2017 Quality Improvement Leadership Symposium

Thirty students and health leaders from a dozen countries present their take-home projects from 2017 Quality Improvement Leadership Institute. After a week of working with UW faculty, staff, students, and each other, they leave with measurable steps to improve health, addressing challenges from infant mortality to empowering girls to managing medical equipment. The annual Quality …

New York Times: Fungi Physics — How Those Spores Launch Just Right

GHI Advisory member Anne Pringle contributes to a new paper about how mushrooms send spores in the right direction. Story from the NY Times.