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.
At the present time, numerous courses related to global health are offered 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 |