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Global Health Education

The Center for Global Health connects University of Chicago students and faculty to a wide range of global health opportunities on campus and sponsors global health seminars, workshops, panel events, and lectures throughout the academic year. The Center also coordinates a comprehensive global health education program that includes the Global Health Scholars Track at the Pritzker School of Medicine; introductory and topics courses on global health for undergraduate and graduate students; summer global health research projects, internships, and fellowships; and opportunities to engage in fieldwork or service learning at international sites under the sponsorship of Center for Global Health faculty for students at all levels and in all programs of study.

Interdisciplinary Global Health Education

CGH facilitates the development and implementation of curriculum and interdisciplinary training programs relevant to global health at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels, including the recruitment and retention of outstanding professors to prepare students and trainees as leaders in global health and development practice. 

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GPHAP Global Health Certificate

The Global Health Certificate Program is offered by the Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy (GPHAP). The program was developed jointly by the Global Health Initiative, the Pritzker School of Medicine, and GPHAP, and it draws students and faculty from the graduate schools of business, social service administration, medicine, law, and public policy. The global health program focuses on low and middle income countries, and trains students for leadership roles in the global health field. Applicants must be enrolled in or admitted to one of the participating professional schools.

Find more information about the program here or contact the Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy at (773) 702-1324.

Global Health at Pritzker School of Medicine

An important component of education in global health involves international fieldwork with an emphasis on sites offering the greatest opportunities to make an impact. Learning from partners in resource-limited settings can spur innovation to improve health care processes in the U.S., especially in our low-resourced communities in Chicago. These connections provide infrastructure for the education, training, and research activity of global health scholars and their students, thus amplifying the impact of a University of Chicago education.

Post Graduate & Bidirectional Education

CGH helps partner institutions to build a robust infrastructure and subspecialty training programs, including a stable teaching faculty to train future global health leaders. In turn, the long-term training partnerships form the basis for collaborative research with global impact.