In addition to the many global health courses offered and the global health track which is open to Master of Public Health students, the School of Public Health is home to global health scholars like Stephen McGarvey, a renowned researcher who has spent decades studying food and nutrition in Samoa.

Several School of Public Health faculty—including Professors Mark Lurie, Abigail Harrison, Caroline Kuo, and Don Operario—recently travelled to Cape Town, South Africa for a scholarly retreat with University of Cape Town faculty and fellows in the South African Social Science and HIV Programme (SASH).