International Health Institute

Education

Our graduates’ next steps

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Education

Numerous courses related to global health are offered through Brown University's School of Public Health

Since 2007, Brown has focused increasingly on international activities and global engagement, establishing the Internationalization Initiatives with a series of working groups convened to review current activities and propose future directions. The Global Health Working Group convened to suggest ways in which research, curricular and service activities at Brown and our partnering institutions in global south countries could be strengthened.

The following courses are taught by IHI faculty through the School of Public Health:

For undergraduates, the following global public health courses are offered:

PHP 0060 – Complexities and Challenges of Global Health (first year seminar)
PHP 0700 – Global Public Health Interventions  
PHP 1070 - The Global Burden of Disease

At the graduate level, the following courses are offered:  

PHP 2710 – Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Disability and Death in the Global South

Malabika Sakar

PHP 2720 – Implementing Public Health Programs and Interventions in the Global South 

Jennifer Pellowski

PHP 2730 – Including the Excluded: Global Health Ethics

Monica Doshi

PHP 2740 –  Learning Global Health by Doing Global Health

IHI Instructional Team

Abigail Harrison, Lead Instructor 

PHP 2760 – Critical Perspectives to Global Health

Abigail Harrison

MPH: Global Health Concentration

Global health research and training focus on health inequalities within communities and populations and across populations throughout the world.

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Our graduates’ next steps

A Brown education will prepare you to flourish as an independent thinker, an innovative collaborator, and an active global citizen.