The Office of Global Health was awarded a Fogarty International Center (NIH) "Framework Program for Global Health" grant to establish the UNC Partnership in Global Health. This is a three-year, $400,000 grant to expand global health curriculum and research opportunities campuswide and engage faculty and students in an interdisciplinary study of global health issues. A coordinated Administrative Group, with partners from across campus, the region and the world, will implement the various activities of the Framework Program.

Goals of the Partnership

1. Develop university-wide global health curricula for undergraduate and graduate students and develop new multidisciplinary courses.

• Create an undergraduate global health concentration in the Curriculum in International and Area Studies.
• Expand the current Graduate Certificate in Global Health across campus.
• Support faculty in developing new, multidisciplinary courses in global health.
• Facilitate student international research or internship experience.
• Create a joint UNC and University of Malawi-UNC Public Health Summer Institute in Blantyre, Malawi.

2. Create an administrative framework to coordinate global health activities across UNC.

• Coordinate global health activities on campus.
• Create a Framework Administrative Group, including a number of on- and off-campus partners.
• Establish a Framework website and listserv.
• Expand and assist in updating the UCIS (University Center International Studies) faculty international expertise database.

3. Support and expand research endeavors and strengthen the curricula in global health through key supporting activities.

• Expand the Global Health Theme Group, a nascent campus-wide effort to broaden campus global health efforts at a grassroots level. Develop small Research Working Groups to develop curricula and research activities around global health and area studies themes.
• Establish a Global Health Faculty Research Partnership Grant program to support faculty new to the study of global health.
• Expand Global Health Seminars across campus and enhance their multidisciplinary content.
• Create a Travel Fund for Students to support travel for global health research and internships.
• Institute Global Health Partnership Communities to pair undergraduate and graduate students in mentoring relationships.