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Global Health Programs

UM SPH's involvement in global health goes beyond isolated courses and lectures. For example:

• An emerging Center for Global Health at the University of Michigan has been initiated by UM SPH, with support from the Provost's Office. Three parallel planning efforts are currently underway: strategic planning, fundraising efforts, and an international search for a director.
• Well-grounded training programs provide ongoing opportunities for hands-on learning.
• Research in all five departments brings students into the established faculty projects to improve the health of populations on every continent.
• Multidisciplinary projects and symposia tackle timely issues in-depth, many living on as webcasts.

As the School of Public Health expands its contributions to interdisciplinary efforts across campus and around the globe, this brief index highlights some key initiatives.

The Certificate in Global Health is dedicated to "engaging in analysis and action toward understanding and improving how globalization affects human well-being." While all UM SPH students are invited to incorporate an analysis of globalization in their program of study, the Certificate in Global Health offers a formalized set of courses and support for field experience in this area.

The M.P.H. program in International Health (Epidemiology) takes a complementary approach to the study of relationships between developing and industrialized countries. A capstone project includes doing an internship in a developing country between the first and second year, presenting a scientific poster at a departmental poster session, and completing a data analysis project in the final term.

The University of Michigan Global Health Research and Training Initiative (UM-GHRT), launched in late 2005, is preparing the next generation of health scientists and professionals to address critical research needs in global health. Funded by the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health, it offers student travel fellowships, faculty seed grants, and public presentations on campus. In a three-part mission, UM-GHRT engages undergraduate and graduate students in multidisciplinary global health research, encourages innovative research collaborations across the university; and supports research and training partnerships with institutions in low-and middle-income countries.

Fogarty International Center Training Programs at UM SPH, funded by the NIH, promote and support scientific research and training internationally to reduce disparities in global health.

The University of Michigan Global Health Research and Training Initiative (UM-GHRT) engages students in multidisciplinary global health research, encourages innovative research collaborations across UM; and supports research and training partnerships with institutions in low-and middle-income countries.