Global Health MPH &
Graduate Certificate Course Offerings
G H 500/EPI 592 (1 credit, AU/WI/SP qtr.) MPH Faculty
Global Health Seminar
Explores issues relevant to global health; themes vary by quarter. Required course for Global Health MPH and Global Health Certificate students. Credit/no credit only. Offered jointly with EPI 592B.
G H 501 (1 credit, autumn qtr.) Gonzales, Wade
Introduction to Global Health (NOTE: formerly UCONJ 501)
Addresses a variety of themes in global health that serve as a base for an introductory-level understanding of the field. Emphasizes the diverse, disciplinary perspectives on global health. Credit/no credit only.
G H 502 (1 credit, spring qtr.) Gonzales, Wade
Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Global Health (NOTE: formerly UCONJ 503)
Presenters from a variety of disciplines discuss their experiences working on global health issues in resource-poor settings. Speakers illustrate how their work is influenced by communication, culture, economic and socio-political realities. Credit/no credit only.
G H 505/MED 560 (2 credits, winter qtr.) Kimball
Advanced Global Health
Prepares health profession students for work in developing countries. Includes health care delivery systems, political, social, and economic determinants of health, major global health issues, and personal well-being while abroad. Lecture and seminar format with guest speakers, student presentations, and discussion.
G H 511 (4 credits, autumn qtr.) Gloyd
Problems in International Health
Explores social, political, economic, and environmental determinants of health in developing countries; traces the ideological and programmatic responses to health problems both within and outside the health sector. Includes: origins of primary health care, child survival, traditional systems, population, water, sanitation, international agencies, and effects of economic policies. Student groups analyze a case study formulating pharmaceutical policy in a developing country.
G H 514 (3 credits, spring qtr.) Bezruchka
Global Population Health
Looks at determinants of population health in different countries to learn about the constraints of typical public health and development paradigms. Topics include colonialism, development and underdevelopment, political economy, culture, health behaviors, hierarchy, health care and medical harm.
G H 515 (4 credits, autumn qtr.) Murray
Global Health Challenges
Introduces principal health problems of the world's populations and major challenges to improving health globally. Explores interdisciplinary factors accounting for health patterns, ranging from either physiological basis to their economic, social, and political context. Prerequisite: either BIOST 511, BIOST 512, and BIOST 513, or BIOST 517 and BIOST 518, or equivalent; either EPI 511 or both EPI 512 and EPI 513. Offered: A.
G H 521 (3 credits, spring qtr.) Downer, O'Malley
International Program Management and Evaluation
Overview of the program planning cycle as applied to international program management. Uses case studies and application exercises to develop skills in designing assessment activities for program planning; developing, testing, and implementing programmatic interventions; managing resources and people, monitoring activities; and evaluating program outcomes.
G H 531/EPI 539 (4 credits, winter qtr.) Gloyd, Micek
Research Methods for Developing Countries
Explores methodologies for obtaining useful information regarding health status and health services in countries of the developing world. Standard evaluation methods, which require minimal resources will be discussed regarding their applicability in specific settings. New approaches to assessment of primary health care effectiveness will be covered. Each year, students design and conduct a health survey.
G H 532/EPI 586 (3 credits, autumn qtr.) Farquhar
Responsible Conduct of International Research
Two-week seminar that will run from 9:30 a.m. to approximately 4p.m. every day for two weeks in September. This course will prepare international and U.S students to develop research proposals, conduct international field research, and present scholarly work.
G H 533 (4 credits, winter qtr.) Lim
Population Health Measurement
Introduces approaches for measuring population health such as burden of disease methods. Provides an understanding of the technical basis, uses, and limitations of theses methods, particularly in developing countries. Predominantly quantitative.
G H 543 (2 credits, winter qtr.) Garrison
Global Health Pharmacy: Medicines, Practice and Policy
Introduces the critical role of pharmaceuticals in addressing the major diseases affecting persons in resource-limited settings, such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. Addresses the wide range of relevant issues, including burden of disease, human resource capacity, regulation, drug safety/pharmoacovigilance, drug distribution, pharmaeconomics, financing, intellectual property, and drug trade polices.
G H/HSERV 544 (3 credits, winter qtr.) Mercer
Maternal Child Health in Developing Countries
Emphasizes the most critical health problems of women and children in developing countries and the social, economic, and cultural context in which they occur. Specific, practical approaches to developing programs to address the problems will be shared via lecture/discussions, case studies, exercises, readings, and a small group project. The student will acquire skills in baseline assessment, setting measurable objectives, planning and evaluating appropriate and culturally-relevant interventions, and involving communities in this process.
G H 553 (2 credits, autumn qtr.) Povey
Reproductive Health, Population and Development
Provides students with an introduction to demographic conditions in developing world countries and an understanding of the consequences of rapid population growth on health and the environment. The context and effectiveness of family planning programs is a major focus of the course.
G H/NUTR 555 (3 credits, spring qtr.) Gorstein
Nutrition in Developing Countries
The class will allow students to gain a general foundation on the global dimension of malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies through an introduction into the epidemiology of these different problems, their assessment and classification, and a description of current strategies being implemented to improve nutritional status in developing countries.
G H 557 (1 credit, winter qtr.) Kanter
War and Mental Health
Examines the impact of war on mental health in both military and civilian populations. Focuses on posttraumatic stress disorder, including assessment, treatment, epidemiology, and neurobiology. Addresses other psychiatric disorders, substance abuse, brain injury, and psychosocial effects.
G H/MED 561 (1 credit, spring qtr.) Buckner, Pottinger
Tropical Medicine
Intended for professional health science students interested in learning the pathophysiology, epidemiology, and clinical presentation of disease conditions that are more commonly seen in less-developed countries, resource-limited settings, or tropical climates, and how to diagnose, treat, and follow the resolution of these diseases with commonly limited resources.
G H 562/EPI/MED 530 (2 credits, autumn qtr.) Farquhar
AIDS: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Comprehensive overview of the public health, clinical, and laboratory aspects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and disease. Topics include the pathogenesis, natural history, and management of HIV infections. The impact of HIV/AIDS on community and global health care and prospects for prevention and control. Credit/no credit only. Offered: jointly with MED 530; A.
G H 565/PABIO 550 (3 credits, autumn qtr.) Parsons, Lukehart
Diseases of Public Health Importance and Their Control
Public Health perspective of major diseases of national and global importance. Discussion of origins, establishment, progression, and pathogenesis of diseases. Importance of immunological, intercellular and external factors, and strategies of disease prevention. Requires a grounding in cellular and molecular biology, microbiology, and immunology. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
G H 566/PABIO 551 (4 credits, winter qtr.) Sherman
Biochemistry and Genetics of Pathogens and Their Hosts
Provides a strong foundation in biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics for students interested in disease. Principles will be illustrated through examples focusing on pathogens, and infectious and non-infectious disease. Prerequisite: undergraduate level course work in molecular biology or biochemistry or permission of instructor.
G H 571 (2 credits, winter qtr.) Pak-Gorstein
Essential of Clinical Care and Capacity Building in Low Income Countries
An interdisciplinary case-based forum of presentations by local and international lecturers and class discussions on realities of providing healthcare in low-income settings. Covers issues in prevention, socioeconomic underpinnings, management of medical and surgical conditions, and sustainable strategies to build capacity.
G H 590 (variable credits, AU/WI/SP/S qtr.) MPH Faculty
Selected Topics in Global Health
Focuses on topics relevant to global health.
G H 590 (2 credits, autumn quarter), Gakidou
Methods, Tools and Data in Health Metrics and Evaluation
The Global Health Metrics and Evaluation Seminar features senior researchers who present current work on pertinent global health issues. Seminars are intended to highlight the research being done by the broader global health community, and provide an opportunity for students to engage in a dialogue about the methods, results and implications of the research. In addition, this seminar series exposes students to the broad array of issues in completing research projects and the magnitude of work involved in producing salient results. Students are expected to attend all seminar sessions and actively participate in the discussion. When possible, students will meet with the seminar presenter after the seminar to futher discuss the implications of their research and ask more detailed questions on the analytical methods and study design.
G H 590(AU/WI/SP qtr, 1 credit), Gakidou
IHME Seminar
This seminar features senior researchers who present current work on pertinent global health issues. Seminars are intended to highlight the research being done by the broader global health community, and provide an opportunity for students to engage in a dialogue about the methods, results, and implications of the research. In addition, this seminar series exposes students to the broad array of issues in completing research projects and the magnitude of work involved in producing salient results.
G H 590 (AU/WI/SP, 1 credit), Gakidou
PBF Seminar
This seminar provides an opportunity for IHME Post-Bachelor Fellows (PBFs) to examine and discuss ongoing research within the field of global health. Each week, students evaluate a selected journal article about a current global health issue and discuss its research design, analytical methodologies, and policy implications.
G H 590 (AU, 2 credits), Campbell
Leadership Policy Management (LPM) Seminar - Leadership Development for Global Health Managers
This class is the first in an integrated three course sequence that focuses on leadership, policy, and management skills for global health professionals. This course prepares students for leadership in the public, private, academic and donor sectors to transform organizations, systems, and environments to achieve health for all. It is designed to expand the student’s capacity to support individuals, groups and organizations to work together in productive and meaningful ways. The course is designed to give students an understanding of their current level of leadership performance and effectiveness, their strengths and their development needs and relies heavily on assessment, feedback and interactive activities.
G H 590 (WI, 2 credits), Welton, Gloyd
Leadership Policy Management (LPM) Seminar – Organizational Leadership: Management Skills
This class is the first in an integrated three course sequence that focuses on leadership, policy, and management skills for global health professionals. Introduces students to a broad management perspective by developing and integrating conceptual, strategic, and systemic frameworks. Students will learn key management concepts and theories and will be encouraged to develop critical conceptual and analytic skills required to execute transformational leadership roles throughout their careers.
G H 590 (SP, 2 credits), Katz, Johnson
Leadership Policy Management (LPM) Seminar – Global Health Policy Development and Advocacy
This class is the third an integrated three course sequence that focuses on leadership, policy, and management skills for global health professionals. Students will explore the complex array of factors that affect global health policy by studying contemporary health policy issues that affect developing countries. We will examine how context (e.g., ideology, culture, and history) influence the structure of and changes to a nation’s health system and its ability to improve the health of its citizenry. And we will examine how international institutions – both formal and informal – affect the provision, financing, structure, and success of health and health services.
G H 590 (SP, 1-3 credits), Garrison, Hazlet, Stergachis
Special Topics in Global Health Pharmacy and Medical Products
Provides in-depth instruction on selected special topics relating to the use, access to, and impact of pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and diagnostics/medical devices in global health. Credit/no credit only.
G H 590 (SP, 3 credits) Morris, Shell-Duncan
The challenges facing the field of global health are increasingly recognized to be rooted in a complex mix of biological and social determinants. Many factors -- biological, social, economic, political, legal, historical and cultural - influence the translation of health research and policy to health outcomes. This course takes a systematic critical approach to understanding this process - one that appreciates both disciplinary perspectives, and the need for interdisciplinary collaboration - to give students the perspective and skills needed to address complex global health problems. The course is team taught by two instructors from different departments, and uses an in-depth case-based approach to learning. This year the cases will be: "Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (led by Prof. Martina Morris) " Female Genital Cutting (led by Prof. Bettina Shell-Duncan)
G H 590/ AMATH 504 (SP, 3 credits), Hethcote
Introduces differential equation modeling of infectious disease transmission and interventions. The deterministic transmission models will be presented first as transfer diagrams and then as systems of simultaneous nonlinear differential equations. After introducing the basic concepts in an SIS model, an SIR epidemic model, and an SIR endemic model, generalizations such as multi-group and age-structured models will be considered. Expressions will be obtained for the contact number, the basic reproduction number Ro and the replacement number in each model. Sources of oscillations and periodicity in disease incidence in endemic models will be presented. There will be a special emphasis on the evaluation and comparison of vaccination programs. Applications will be presented for specific diseases such as measles, rubella, smallpox, polio, varicella (chickenpox), pertussis, influenza, rabies, and gonorrhea.
G H 592
Program Seminars (1-6, max. 6)
Addresses specific educational needs of students within the Department of Global Health. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
G H 593 (1 credit, AU/WI/SP qtr.) Hagopian
MPH Thesis Workshop
Introduces students to the issues involved in conceptualizing and completing thesis projects and the various international health organizations and faculty members available as resources to projects. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: first-year Global Health MPH students.
G H 595 (3-6 credits, AU/WI/SP/SU qtr.) MPH Faculty
Masters Practicum
Supervised practice experience providing an opportunity to apply knowledge and skills in a setting of relevance to global health. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: permission of faculty advisor.
G H 600 (variable credits, AU/WI/SP/SU qtr.) MPH Faculty
Independent Study or Research
Prerequisite: permission of faculty advisor.
G H 700 (variable credits, AU/WI/SP/SU qtr.) MPH Faculty
Masters Thesis
Prerequisite: permission of faculty chair.
Additional Elective Courses for MPH and Certificate Students
EPI 507/ObGyn 590 (3 credits, spring qtr.) Stewart
HIV & STIs in Women and Children
Examines the emerging global public health crisis and the plight of women and children with HIV/STIs. Reviews targeted approaches pertaining to women and children and their vulnerability to HIV/STIs.
EPI 520 (3 credits, winter qtr.) Manhart
Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
Infectious diseases from a public health perspective. Topics include analytic methods, study design, outbreak investigations, surveillance, vaccine evaluations, global eradication, screening, modeling, and infectious causes of chronic diseases.
EPI 529/HSERV 536 (3 credits, winter qtr.) Kimball
Emerging Infections of International Public Health ImportanceThis course develops an appreciation of the importance of emerging infections to international public health practice. Emphasis is placed on the concept of emergence and particular diseases, such as tuberculosis, malaria, cholera, and dengue are discussed.
Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases in Resource-Limited Countries
A review of major infectious disease problems of the developing world, including AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, measles, and diarrhea, with an emphasis on public health control strategies.
HSERV 521 (3 credits, spring qtr.) Pfeiffer
Qualitative Methods in Health Services Research
Provides both a theoretical foundation in qualitative approaches to research in public health and in-depth training in qualitative data management, analysis, interpretation, and presentation. The course focuses on how to frame research questions and design appropriate research strategies that incorporate qualitative methods. Special consideration will be given to the integration of qualitative and quantitative methods in designs that include both approaches.
HSERV 526 (4 credits, spring qtr.) Bezruchka
Qualitative Research Methods for Public Health
Students will describe the basic assumptions, approach, and rationale of qualitative research and will use qualitative techniques to conduct a research project.
HSERV 590 (3 credits, winter qtr.) Rivin, Kuszler
Health and Human Rights
Covers basic concepts in the fields of human rights law and public health and use those concepts to examine the interdependence and tensions between the two fields. Subject areas include an introduction to the fields of public health and human rights law, an examination of the impact of health policies and programs on human rights, the health impacts resulting from human rights violations, and the right to health, medicine, and human rights.
NURS 581 (2-3 credits, winter qtr.) Hegyvary
Study of International Health
International health based on the concept of health ecology. Assigned readings, discussions, and analysis of different perspectives, strategies, systems, and the wide range of conditions and forces affecting global and local health and illness. Emphasized roles of health care providers.
SOC W 514 (3 credits, spring qtr.) Farwell
Global Perspectives in Social Work
Provides an introduction to development perspectives, selected global social issues, and practice approaches, primarily in developing countries. The impact of global interdependence and development frameworks on local problems and solutions is examined. The major part of the course focuses on global social issues with particular attention to practitioner roles in social work and social development.
UCONJ 504 (3 credits, spring qtr.) Kurth
Capstone Seminar in Global Health
Uses actual multidisciplinary case studies to 1) analyze quantitative parameters of diseases, 2) contrast the descriptive and analytic approaches of health sciences, anthropology, and nutritional sciences, 3) integrate diverse disciplinary perspectives into cohesive information, 4) organize class presentations, and 5) apply critical thinking in approaching complex health issues. Offered: SP.
NURS 581(2-3 credits winter qtr.) Hegyvary
Study of International Health
International health based on the concept of health ecology. Assigned readings, discussions, and analysis of different perspectives, strategies, systems, and the wide range of conditions and forces affecting global and local health and illness. Emphasized roles of health care providers.
SOC W 514 (3 credits, spring qtr.) Farwell
Global Perspectives in Social Work
Provides an introduction to development perspectives, selected global social issues, and practice approaches, primarily in developing countries. The impact of global interdependence and development frameworks on local problems and solutions is examined. The major part of the course focuses on global social issues with particular attention to practitioner roles in social work and social development.
UCONJ 504 (3 credits, spring qtr.) Kurth
Capstone Seminar in Global Health
Uses actual multidisciplinary case studies to 1) analyze quantitative parameters of diseases, 2) contrast the descriptive and analytic approaches of health sciences, anthropology, and nutritional sciences, 3) integrate diverse disciplinary perspectives into cohesive information, 4) organize class presentations, and 5) apply critical thinking in approaching complex health issues. Offered: SP.
