The Global Health Track at the Mailman School of Public Health

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The Global Health Track at the Mailman School of
Public Health

• Pamela Collins, MD, MPH
• Mailman School of Public Health
• College of Physicians Surgeons
• Columbia University

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Program Information

• Interdepartmental Global Health Track
• Columbia University, Mailman School of Public
  Health
• Mission
• To equip students to advance the health of global
  populations through collaboration, advocacy, and
  the development  of soundly assessed policies,
  programs, and interventions that are sensitive to
  the dynamics of power and diversity.

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Origins of the Global Health Track

• History of faculty involvement in global public
  health issues training, research, and service
• Dean Allan Rosenfields leadership and commitment
  to global health
• Student demand for global health training

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Educational Offerings I

• Didactic offerings
• Master of Public Health Students
• Variety of professional backgrounds (MD, JD,
  BA/BS with work experience
• Disciplines
• Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Health Policy
  Management, Population Family Health,
  Sociomedical Sciences all participate
• Curricular content
• 3 core courses in global health
• 3 global health seminars
• 2 substantive global health courses in the
  students department
• Accreditation the School of Public Health is an
  accredited program

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Educational Offerings II

• Practical opportunities
• 6 month overseas practicum
• 3 site categories
• Structured programs
• Less structured
• Student initiated
• Practicum Activities
• Research, policy, program evaluation, program
  design, research/clinical mix

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Lessons Learned and Future Endeavors

• How to manage an interdepartmental program
• Establishing core group of faculty and staff
• Building commitment to the program
• Formalize professional development
• Future Greater support of students from the
  global South

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Collaboration

• We can offer.
• Experience with program development
• Experience with curriculum design
• Experience with practicum site development

• We would like help with.
• Developing a resource bank films, books,
  articles
• Experts willing to lecture on specified topics
• Funding student practica

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Global Health Track Leadership

• Allan Rosenfield, MD, Dean
• Pamela Collins, MD, MPH, Director
• Anne Paxton, DrPH, Associate Director
• Adria Armbrister, MA, Program Coordinator
• TEL [phone]
• Email pyc1_at_columbia.edu