GHI’s Jason Vargo contributes to a new study of walking and bicycling that suggests investing in infrastructure to encourage both correlates with fewer pedestrian and bicyclist deaths.
The idea of One Health – that the health of humans, animals and ecosystems are interconnected—gave the Mandela Washington Fellows from Africa new ways to address health challenges.
Alexis Nizigiyimana, a medical doctor in Burundi, founded the Burundi chapter of the Young Professional Chronic Diseases Network. He will discuss the burden of the four top non-communicable diseases in Africa—diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases and chronic respiratory diseases. He will explore access to essential medicines, the links to climate change, and the way forward. Burundi …
GHI is looking for a social media savvy communications intern who is also ready to help with other projects.
The annual Quality Improvement Leadership Institute brings together participants from Wisconsin and across the world who work with UW-Madison faculty, staff and students, and each other, to implement small changes that can improve care. Details about the 2017 QI Leadership Institute will be available soon. GHI organizes and hosts the annual, week-long learning opportunity. Read …
Dane County Board passes UniverCity Alliance to collaborate with students
DOE selects Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center for next-phase funding
WEBINAR | The Impact of Proposed Cuts to US-Funded Climate Change Activities This webinar, by two internationally recognized climate change experts: Prof. Madeleine Thomson, Senior Research Scientist, Intl. Research Institute, Columbia Univ. and Dr. Jon Patz, Director of the Global Heath Institute, Univ. Wisconsin, will outline the proposed cuts to US agencies involved in …
A GHI team is improving a model to help cities make the case for bicycling and walking.