Distinguished Teaching Awards 2017
GHI Advisory member Clare Wendland and Office of Sustainability Director Cathy Middlecamp are among this year's recipients of Distinguished Teaching Awards.
GHI Advisory member Clare Wendland and Office of Sustainability Director Cathy Middlecamp are among this year's recipients of Distinguished Teaching Awards.
UniverCity Year is matching Fall 2017 UW classes with Dane County projects. Learn more about the opportunity.
Bob Golden, Paul Robbins and Soyeon Shim reappointed to head SMPH, Nelson Institute, SoHE.
GHI Advisory member Tracey Holloway describes U.S. EPA's success to create "some of the healthiest air in the world."
As the first representative of the US AID effort in Timor Leste, at the birth of its sovereignty, Rick Scott will discuss the programs he instituted. With a blank slate upon which to write he was able to attempt new and creative approaches. His long experience in development and crisis management equipped him to make …
UW Health nurse Susan Gold shares more about her Nelson Mandela fellowship with Channel 3000.
Abstract: Observations in 2016 showed a continuation of long-term Arctic warming trends which revealed the interdependency of physical and biological Arctic systems, contributing to a growing recognition that the Arctic is an integral part of the globe, and increasing the need for effective environmental intelligence gathering. In a year of unprecedented, record setting conditions, the …
UW Emergency Physician Janis Tupesis helps create online global health course for medical students/residents.
Living in a socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhood is associated with education, health behaviors, stress, mortality and disease. These associations have been recognized for decades, yet applications of these concepts have been limited in fields of health policy and health delivery. Amy Kind, MD, Ph.D., associate professor in the UW-Madison Department of Medicine and associate director of …
The Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research and Medicine, and the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement are hosting the joint workshop on Protecting the Health and Wellbeing of Communities in a Changing Climate. The meeting will explore the implications of climate change for population health and potential strategies public health, environmental health, health care and …