OUR STUDENTS: 2017-2018

z 278 earned the Undergraduate Certificate in Global Health z 8 earned the Graduate • Professional • Capstone Certificate in Global Health z 274 undergraduates participated in field experiences in Wisconsin and the world; 112 graduate, professional, and capstone students participated in international global health experiences z 305 students from 11 departments worked with UniverCity Year to address Dane County’s housing gap, improve economic development, and protect water quality

Inspiring The Best In Students

It was completely unknown that rhinovirus C could infect anything other thanhumans.”—GHIAssociateDirectorTonyGoldberg,whodiscovered the virus in chimpanzees

ONE HEALTH ACKNOWLEDGES that the health of humans, animals, and the planet are interlinked.Through research in the field and in the laboratory,faculty,staff,andstudentsacrosscampusexplorethoselinks to improve health for all. In 2018, GHI funded 8 Graduate Student Research Awards, 5 Visiting Scholar Awards, 2 Faculty and Staff Travel Awards, and 1 Henry Anderson III Graduate Research Award in Environmental,OccupationalandPublicHealth.Projectsdelve intotopicsasdiverseasthehealthbenefitsofcleanenergytooralrabies vaccinesforbats to adolescent pregnancy to surgical training.

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I hope another outbreak like this never occurs. But, hopefully, this rare opportunity to study Ebola virus in humans leads to fewer lives lost in the future.”—GHI Advisory Committee member YoshiKawaoka on finding signaturesofEbolavirusdiseasethatmayaidinfuturetreatmentefforts