Global Health at U-M SPH

National borders are rapidly becoming less restrictive to the movement of people, products, toxins, and lifestyles. Today's public health professionals are taking a global view to analyze problems and promote successful interventions. U-M SPH's involvement in global health goes beyond important courses and lectures. For example, hands-on learning opportunities are available through training programs, internships, research opportunties, multidisciplinary projects, and symposia.

GPH Certificate

The U-M SPH Global Health Certificate provides students with knowledge of core competency areas in global health to supplement course work from the school’s five departments.

GPH Student Field Experience

In summer 2012, SPH's Global Public Health Initiative sent 21 students to 13 countries. Students in most U-M SPH master degree programs are required to complete an internship or field experience in global health between their first and second year. Many apply for SPH global public health initiative internship awards to help fund this requirement. Click on the images below to see more detail regarding some of these experiences:

Funding

There are many grant opportunities from NIH, USAID and other funders, as well as news around the development world related to global health and development. If you would like to be added to the SPH global public health email list, please contact Janet Neice: jneice@umich.edu.

Speaker at Fall 2012 SPH All-School Symposium: Robert Glass

I think in global health today, no one can do it alone. Dr. Roger Glass U-M SPH hosts a biennial symposium focusing on a cross-cutting public health problem as part of the Breadth, Integration and Capstone (BIC) element of the curriculum. The intent of the symposium is to provide an opportunity to examine a public health issue from the multiple perspectives of our field. Last fall’s symposium, entitled “Capacity Building for Global Health: Responding to Challenges and Opportunities,” featured keynote speaker Dr. Roger Glass.

Prominent international, national and local speakers examined the transdisciplinary methods required to address complex development challenges, explored the co-equal, transparent partnerships that build and support sustainability in local institutions, and considered evidence-based solutions which are effective, affordable, and scalable. Videos from the Symposium are available below:

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. African proverb.

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