The community engagement, service learning and public health practice mission of our school is far-reaching and includes the promotion and development of solid and meaningful experiences that help define and address global health issues and the needs of affected populations.
Our Global Public Health Initiative coordinates and supports the international work of students, faculty and staff to help improve the health of communities across the globe. We are currently engaged in countries across the globe in regions including Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Improving the lives of vulnerable populations depends on the tenets of our international engagement, includes fostering capacity building, social justice and collaborating and partnering, as well as cross-cultural training and global health workforce development. Global engagement is threaded across all parts of the SPH, including:
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Individual faculty research
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Blended courses
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Global health projects
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Major community engagement partnerships
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Active research programs
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Training opportunities
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Exchange programs
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Online Certificate Programs
Dr. Shannon Marquez, the Director of Global Health Initiatives, provides leadership for distributed education and the school’s global public health engagement.