The Office of Global Health at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health is the organizing unit for global health activities at the School. Based in the Dean's Office, the OGH is lead by the Associate Dean for Global Health, Dr. Margaret "Peggy" Bentley. The OGH coordinates interdisciplinary global health research, teaching and practice across all departments and programs in the School.

 

The Office of Global Health actively supports the faculty, staff, and students of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health in their efforts to improve the health of the world's populations. The goals of the OGH include:

More than 50 SPH faculty members from the seven departments are currently involved in international research and teaching in the US, Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America. Research at the School focuses on examining direct health outcomes and exploring underlying factors affecting health. Faculty members in the School are involved in Hispanic/Latino health research, in both North Carolina and South and Central American countries, infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria, reproductive health, obesity, nutrition, infant feeding, water, injury prevention, violence, population, birth outcomes, ethics, and health systems, among other research areas.

 

The Office of Global Health administers the Graduate Certificate in Global Health, which is available to all public health graduate students. The Certificate complements the students' departmental requirements by offering courses, seminars, a discussion seminar series, and fieldwork that provide for a comprehensive understanding of global health conditions, needs and solutions that cross borders in both developing and industrialized countries and regions.

 

The Office of Global Health was awarded a 3-year, $400,000 grant to establish the UNC Partnership in Global Health. The Malawi-Carolina Summer Institute program and Faculty Research Partnership grants are part of this new initiative.