James Ntambi and three undergraduate students will collaborate with the Village Health Project and community leaders in Uganda to install six new water tanks.
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Ntambi granted Global Research & Outreach Award
The award will fund distribution of 200 soybean garden kits to families with young children in the Lweza-Mukono community in Uganda.
Biochemistry Majors Expand Their Knowledge Through Study Abroad
Seven biochemistry majors share their reflections on study abroad programs and how their experiences beyond the classroom have enhanced their classroom education at UW—Madison.
Biochemistry Major Gains Hands-on Experience in Colombia
Natalia Betancourt Rodriguez, a senior double majoring in biochemistry and global health, spent the summer interning in a lab in Medellín, Colombia.
Parallel tracks: A nutritional biochemistry vision
Professor James Ntambi promotes health education in East Africa — from rural villages to university labs.
Uganda Program inspires students to pursue health and service careers
James Ntambi, professor in the Department of Biochemistry and leading researcher in nutritional biochemistry, bends down in the Ugandan soil outside a primary school. His study abroad students huddle around him. He picks up a …
Wickens receives CALS Award for Excellence in International Activities
Biochemistry professor Marvin Wickens is the recipient of the 2019 College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Award for Excellence in International Activities. Wickens founded and runs two research abroad programs for undergraduate biochemistry majors and other biological sciences students at UW–Madison.
SCORE, SUPER-G students take the ‘plunge’ and experience research in Europe
Not every student will go skydiving while doing research abroad like biochemistry undergraduate Meng Lou. However, they can take a plunge by making the decision to travel to a country they’ve never been to and perform …
Undergraduate combines biochemistry, environmental studies with community engagement in Rwanda
It’s easy to make a difference through an award that’s named after the Wisconsin Idea, and Jacob Olson is doing just that. The biochemistry and environmental studies major traveled to Rwanda this past summer through a Morgridge Center for Public Service Wisconsin Idea Fellowship that helped him combine his education with public service and community engagement.
Three biochemistry undergraduate alumni reunite during medical career
Three biochemistry alumni, all at different stages of their medical education, met by chance at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center as an attending, intern and medical student.