UNC School of Public Health - Global Health Certificate Discussion Series

Office of Global Health

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Discussion series

Office of Global Health

Global Health Certificate Discussion Series

Objectives | Requirements | Grading | Schedule

Group discussion on working in global health.

The Discussion Series is required of all students pursuing the Graduate Certificate in Global Health. The course meets in the evening for one and a half hours, 5 times a semester. Each session in the series will have a thematic frame that guides facilitated discussion. Themes will be recommended by students and by participating faculty. Formats might include: presentations, showing and discussion of a documentary, discussion of a news report, discussion of a book chapter or article, or, attending a special campus speaker's presentation or event. This course is currently only open to students pursuing the Graduate Certificate in Global Health [Certificate Description with Discussion Series (pdf file)]

Objectives

The discussion series has several related objectives:

Provide opportunities for global health certificate-earning students to get to know each other through an exchange and discussion of global health experiences, issues, current events and reports, courses, and important resources for field placements, internships, and employment.
Exchange points of view in an informal setting with globally-experienced faculty on the UNC and other campuses, and global health practitioners.
Build and strengthen trans-departmental alliances that will contribute to ongoing efforts within the School of Public Health to strengthen the importance of global health within public health.

Requirements

Speaker from FHI talks with students.

This course is only open to students pursuing the Graduate Certificate in Global Health. Global health certificate students are required to register for two semesters of discussion series to earn 1 credit hour (PUBH 500), earning 1/2 credit hour each semester: Two-year students will select 2 from among their 4 semesters; one-year students will sign up for the Fall and Spring semesters of their academic year.

Students' commitment to earning a Graduate Certificate in Global Health requires attendance at three of five sessions during each semester registered unless excused by seminar faculty. No written assignments are required. If you are unable to attend an evening due to an emergency, please contact ogh@unc.edu or call 919-966-3564.

Grading

Attendance will be taken. Students will earn a Pass or Fail, which will be dependent on their attendance at three of the five sessions selected.

Schedule

Fall 2011 (This course meets on selected Thursdays, 6:15-7:45pm)

Date and Location	Topic	Speaker
Thursday, September 29, 2011 Rosenau 235	Student Panel: International Summer Internships/Practica	Panel of SPH students
Thursday, October 27, 2011 Rosenau 235	Image Makers: Global Media and the Perceptions of Health in North/South Relations	Chinedu (Ocek) Eke, PhD, Senior Academic Evaluation and Assessment Specialist
Thursday, November 10, 2011 Rosenau 235	Research Utilization	Kirsten Krueger, Senior Technical Officer at FHI 360
Thursday, November 17, 2011 Rosenau 235	Art & Advocacy: Street Children Have a Voice	Lisa Marie Albert, documentary photographer
Thursday, December 1, 2011 Rosenau 235	The global transition toward obesity and other nutrition-related non-communicable diseases	Barry Popkin, PhD, WR Kenan Distinguished Professor, Department of Nutrition, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Spring 2012 (This course meets on selected Thursdays, 5:30-7:00pm.)

Date and Location	Topic	Speaker
Thursday, January 19, 2012 Rosenau 235	TBA	TBA
Thursday, February 2, 2012 Rosenau 235	TBA	TBA
Thursday, February 23, 2012 Rosenau 235	TBA	TBA
Thursday, March 29, 2012 Rosenau 235	TBA	TBA
Thursday, April 19, 2012 Rosenau 235	TBA	TBA

For additional information or clarification, please contact the Office of Global Health (124 Rosenau Hall, email ogh@unc.edu, or call 919-966-8820 or 919-966-3564).

Instructor: Bruce Fried, Department of Health Policy and Management bruce_fried@unc.edu;

TA: Jenna Garrett, Office of Global Health, jennagarrett@unc.edu.

Last updated November 15, 2011