Among them is Paul Block, a member of the GHI Advisory Committee, and Andrea Hicks, a GHI Planetary Health Advisor. Congratulations!
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Prof: Consuming insects can help combat climate change
GHI Director Jonathan Patz discussed the benefits of eating insects at a Caribbean Planetary Health Conference.
Call for Proposals: 4W faculty innovation grants and graduate student engagement grants
The 4W Initiative awards grants to faculty and graduate students who wish to develop a project related to gender and wellbeing. Projects should have a research-to-action focus aimed at enhancing gender equity locally and/or globally. These grants …
WPR: Number of severe flu cases increase this season
GHI Associate Director and Director of the SMPH Office of Global Health Jim Conway discussed the increase in flu cases this season with WPR.
NPR: How much should the public be told about research into risk viruses?
Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a member of the GHI Advisory Committee and UW-Madison researcher, shared with NPR that when it comes to research into viruses, “NIH should be transparent in announcing funding of the work, and disclosing the review process. But, that information should be balanced to ensure security measures of the work and the safety of research personnel are not compromised.”
STUDENTS SEE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT HIGH SCHOOL GLOBAL HEALTH DAY
What is a global citizen? “We’re people trying to make the world a better place,” says a high school student at “Opening Doors to the World,” the annual High School Global Public Health Day at …
Conservationist reminds us: Aldo Leopold still relevant today
UW-Madison professor Stanley Temple remains hopeful despite rising threats to biodiversity because of Aldo Leopold’s life and writings.
Preparing medical students to practice in rural areas
Wisconsin follows national decline in cancer death rates
UW-Madison UniverCity Year program seeks faculty to partner with counties
Finding practical solutions to community-based challenges is at the heart of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s UniverCity Year. Launched in 2016 with the Wisconsin Idea in mind, the program has traditionally partnered with a single community on …
A freshwater mussel apocalypse is underway–and no one knows why
GHI Associate Director Tony Goldberg discusses the importance of mussels with National Geographic.
2019 is the wettest year ever recorded for Wisconsin and the Midwest
The year’s not over, but 2019 will already go down as the wettest year ever across the Midwest and Wisconsin since record-keeping began in 1895. More than 43 inches of rain and snow — 43.48 inches …
Clinical trial for Ebola vaccine developed at UW-Madison underway in Japan
As of this week, a phase one clinical trial to test a potential new Ebola vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is underway in Japan.
Global Health Tuesday: Exploring What Makes Healthy Streams
January 28, 2020: Emma Lundberg discusses her work with healthy streams in a Global Health Tuesday seminar.
Wisconsin Without Borders Awards
Applications are due March 1, 2020.
GHI, Nelson support Global Climate and Health Summit at COP 25
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI) and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies are key supporters of the Global Climate and Health Summit taking place Saturday, December 7, at United Nations COP 25 climate change …
Three UW-Madison students named 2020 Rhodes finalists
Three University of Wisconsin–Madison students reached the final stage of competition this year for Rhodes Scholarships, the oldest and most celebrated college awards for international study. Among them, a Global Health Certificate alumna.
New flu drug drives drug resistance in influenza viruses
On January 31, 2019, an 11-year old boy in Japan went to a medical clinic with a fever. The providers there diagnosed him with influenza, a strain called H3N2, and sent him home with a …
Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts revived under Governor’s task force
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts will contribute climate data informing the work of a state task force charged with advising Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Unitaid invests in better, safer and simpler treatments and preventative therapy for multidrug-resistant TB in children
The BENEFIT Kids Project will increase access to quality-assured MDR-TB medicines that are adapted for children, who have been neglected in the global response. Project Lead Tony Garcia-Pratts recently joined the UW-Madison Department of Pediatrics.