 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 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 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 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.
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