The Global Health Leadership concentration trains individuals with prior graduate degrees for leadership roles in public health settings across the globe.
The concentration’s goals are to prepare global public health professionals to:
- Engage in collaborative capacity-building with local, national, and international organizations to facilitate and strengthen their ability to address current and future public health needs;
- Design and implement effective, efficient, equitable and appropriate global health programs, projects, and policies based on the strongest population-based evidence;
- Work effectively within varied cultural settings and across different social and political environments;
- Perform strategic assessment and evaluation to analyze factors shaping individual and institutional behaviors and measure their impact;
- Apply principles of ethical reasoning and professional practice to advance health equity and social justice in the United States and in international settings.