Global Health Concentration

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The Global Health Concentration prepares students to develop, participate, and lead projects and programs designed to reduce the burden of diseases caused by risk factors which transcend international boundaries through trained assessments of vulnerable populations and identification of appropriate and equitable intervention strategies. The curriculum builds on a solid foundation of scientific knowledge of natural and social determinants of population health to practice evidence-based implementation of disease prevention strategies that consider cultural, local, regional, and global contexts of disease and disability. Broad topics in Global Health, Planetary Health, and One Health include infectious disease outbreaks and pandemic prevention and response, natural disasters, transboundary movement of environmental pollutants, and health impacts of climate change. The Global Health concentration is STEM designated.

In addition to meeting the 22 MPH Foundational Competencies, graduates from the Global Health concentration will meet the following concentration specific competencies.

Concentration Competencies

1. Develop and apply methodological approaches to investigate emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, focusing on identifying critical epidemiologic features to inform prevention and control programs. 
2. Design a methodologically sound and ethically responsible research proposal that addresses a significant global health issue within a specific community context. 
3. Analyze the biological and transmission dynamics of infectious diseases to understand the causes of endemic and epidemic infection patterns. 
4. Conduct a comprehensive literature review to synthesize existing research, identify gaps, and construct a research history and critique within a specific global health, planetary health, and/or one health context. 
5. Critically analyze and synthesize key literature in public and global health, with a focus on vulnerable populations, risk factors, and evidence-based interventions at the population level.