At UW–Madison’s Global Health Institute (GHI), we are a small but mighty team expanding the Wisconsin Idea into global action through strategic and collaborative outreach and building our innovative One Health Center (OHC) Network in Colombia, India, Mexico, Rwanda, South Africa, and Sierra Leone.
The GHI-OHC Network is built on strategic relationships with academia, governments, industry, donors, and NGOs to offer UW–Madison students and international trainees a broader understanding of health and disease, and provide researchers with deeper dimensions to their projects. We strategically partner with collaborators because we know transforming global health requires transdisciplinary solutions.
Where others see barriers, we see opportunity.
GHI’s five focus areas — emerging and infectious diseases; climate and land use change; resource security, including food, water, and energy; social, cultural, and economic equity; and human, animal, and plant health — capture a comprehensive view of global health. This holistic, One Health–based approach allows us to leverage the expertise of UW–Madison’s schools and colleges and is essential in understanding, transforming, and tackling the intricate connections among health, equity, and the environment.
Our OHCs offer students and trainees hands-on learning experiences and provide researchers with invaluable insights into real-world settings that develop the global health leaders of today and tomorrow. You can discover current undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral research stories in our 2024 Annual Report and on our website. We hope they inspire you to know what’s possible.
By moving research out of the lab and into real-world settings, GHI ensures that interventions are evaluated for their social, cultural, political, and environmental impacts. This pragmatic approach aligns with the needs of local communities while addressing broader global health goals. The ripple effect of GHI’s work ultimately benefits Wisconsin and the entire world.
Our unique and successful approach helps solve complex health challenges and contributes to UW–Madison’s stellar reputation as a leading global academic research institution and supports the university’s RISE (Research, Innovation, and Scholarly Excellence) Initiative. We are excited about what the future holds and invite you to join us.
Gracias, and on, Wisconsin!
Jorge Osorio, Director
Gifts made in support of the Global Health Institute will be contributed to the Global Health Annual Fund at the University of Wisconsin Foundation.