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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gillings School of Global Public Health
Office of Global Health
124 Rosenau Hall, CB #7400
Chapel Hill 27599-7400
919-966-3564
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GILLINGS SCHOOL OF GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
170 Rosenau Hall | CB 7400 | 135 Dauer Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400 | 919.966.3215
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Office of Global Health

About the Office of Global Health
We welcome you to view a 5-minute video on our global health program that was made for the International AIDS conference held in Toronto, Canada during 2006.

View additional videos about our global health work on YouTube.  

Global Health Fair held in honor of renaming the School the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Global Health Fair held in honor of renaming the School the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
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, and the Director, Gretchen Van Vliet. 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:

  • Increasing awareness of the great diversity of global health research, teaching, and service activities underway in the School.
  • Creating more global educational and research opportunities for students and faculty.
  • Serving as a resource for faculty engaged in global health research by identifying funding opportunities and supporting proposal development.
  • Enhancing cooperative partnerships with investigators and institutions from around the university, the state, the nation, and the world.

Boys in India
Boys in India
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. 

Malaria labwork in Malawi
Malaria labwork in Malawi
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 supper club, 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.

Globalization and Health poster session
Globalization and Health poster session
Our overview presentation about the Office of Global Health is available to download (pdf file).

Because global health is integrated into each department at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, highlights of some department-based global health activities are summarized. For more information on each department, please visit the department homepages. Here are directions to the School of Public Health

Last updated October 23, 2009
 
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