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2026 Global Health Symposium

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EVENT DATE: April 8, 2026, 4-8pm CST. UW–Madison’s Global Health Institute (GHI), Office of Global Health in the School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), and the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS), host the 2026 Global Health Symposium: Establishing Trust for Emergency Preparedness: The Role of Universities & Alliances. In the Discovery Building. Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Ryan Westergaard, Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

The Inspiration Behind The Madison Microneurosurgery Initiative: Meet Abdullah Keles

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By Katie Newcomb, GHI Communications Director…Madison Microneurosurgery Initiative (MMI) Founder Abdullah Keles, MD, saw a problem and wanted to solve it. The problem, illuminated through his work as Mustafa K. Baskaya Lab Manager within the Department of Neurological Surgery in UW–Madison’s School of Medicine and Public Health, was the lack of available microscopes and microneurosurgery …