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Global Health Studies

Our Program, Our People

 
Students in Mexico studying public health

Our Program

In Global Health Studies, students learn to recognize key social, political, historical, and economic determinants of health, to critically analyze the role played by these determinants in global health concerns past and present, and to identify ethical and practical challenges and opportunities for designing equitable health interventions across cultural and geographical environments. 

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Our People

Our program’s strengths are found in the multidisciplinary and critical approaches our award-winning faculty take in their teaching and research. With expertise in anthropology, history, nutrition, public health, and sociology, we offer students a diversity of perspectives on the most pressing issues in global health.

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News

 
GHS Director Noelle Sullivan Featured on Weinberg YouTube Page
GHS fourth year Shinyi Ding published in Synthesis, Harvard University's undergraduate research journal
GHS third year Jason Chen wins Obama-Chesky ("Voyager") Scholarship
GHS Faculty Member Noelle Sullivan Named as New Director
GHS Faculty Member Sarah Rodriguez publishes new article in Bulletin of the History of Medicine