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Overview | Goals | Curriculum | Course Schedule | Eligibility, Application & Tuition | Contact Us
Overview
 PHLP alumnus, Richard Vinroot, working with Medecins Sans Frontieres. The Public Health Leadership Program
offers an online Certificate in Global Health for working health
professionals around the world. The online Global Health Certificate is a
formal academic certificate for non-degree seeking students that examines the
complexities inherent in improving health on a global scale.
This interdisciplinary online
Global Health Certificate, which was developed in partnership with the Office of Global Health (OGH), strengthens the
global health competencies and abilities of healthcare practitioners throughout
North Carolina, the nation and the world. It is patterned after and built upon
the highly successful residential Graduate Certificate in Global Health offered
by the OGH and the highly successful online certificates and Master's degrees
offered by PHLP.
PHLP has long recognized the
challenges which health leaders face throughout the world. It is uniquely
positioned through its educational experience and successes in online
leadership education not only to meet these challenges but to treat them as
opportunities for improving leadership skills of a broader population of
worldwide leaders and for training domestic students in the challenges that
leaders face on a global basis.
Goals
Specific
goals of the online Global Health Certificate:
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Expand the global focus of
students and professionals in North Carolina, the US and internationally, and specifically improve
their skills to address global health issues;
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Develop a collaborative learning
approach to sharing the knowledge of global leaders and practitioners with Certificate participants;
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Share knowledge on the causes and
solutions to global health issues to benefit the changing populations of
North Carolina, the United States and worldwide.
Curriculum
The curriculum for the online Global Health Certificate will include four courses totaling 12 graduate credit hours:
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PUBH 711 Critical
Issues in Global Health: This course explores contemporary issues, problems, and
controversies in global health through an interdisciplinary perspective;
examines the complex tapestry of social, economic, political, and environmental
factors that affect global health; analyzes global health disparities through a
social justice and human rights lens; and exposes students to opportunities in
global health work and research. Instructors:
Rohit Ramaswamy, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Public Health Leadership Program and Peggy Bentley, Associate
Dean for Global Health, Professor of Nutrition.
- PUBH 712 Global
Health Ethics: This course explores basic ethical rationales underlying concerns
central to public health. These include: ethical reasoning; concepts of
justice; the influences of religion; principles of interacting with
communities; professional conduct; and research ethics. Instructor: James Thomas, Associate Professor, Epidemiology.
- PUBH 713 Global Infectious Disease Epidemiology:
This course encompasses the interaction between an
infectious agent, host, and environment, modes and dynamics of transmission,
the role of immunity in infectious disease epidemiology, and disease
elimination strategies, focusing on issues affecting a global society. Instructor: Amy Nelson, PhD, NC Center for Public Health Preparedness.
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PUBH 714 Introduction
to Monitoring and Evaluation: This course covers the fundamental
concepts and tools for monitoring and evaluation of public health programs such
as for HIV/AIDS/STDs, maternal health, reproductive health, child health,
environment, and nutrition. Basic concepts and practices in M&E will be
covered such as performance monitoring, impact evaluation, indicators,
information systems, data collection methods, evaluation designs, strategic
information in decision making, and communicating results to policy makers. Instructor: Ghazaleh Samandari, Maternal and Child Health.
Course Schedule
Course schedule for the online Global Health Certificate:
- Fall 2010: Critical Issues in Global Health
- Spring 2011: Global Health Ethics
- Summer 2011: Global Infectious Disease Epidemiology
- Fall 2011: Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation
Eligibility, Application and Tuition
- Submission of completed
application materials by June 1;
- Bachelor's degree (or
international equivalent) required;
- Resume or CV including
relevant global health or public health work experience (minimum of 3-5
years preferred);
- Statement of Purpose;
- Transcripts (official or
unofficial) required for your highest degree earned and relevant completed
coursework. Please indicate degree and date received. Also include
transcripts that demonstrate any relevant coursework for quantitative
competencies;
- TOEFL scores (within past
five years) for international applicants.
To begin the process, go to the online application.
Tuition for the online Global Health Certificate program is $308/credit hour for North Carolina residents and $616/credit hour for out-of-state students. For additional information on tuition rates, please consult the UNC Finance Office.
Contact Us
For additional information about the online Global Health Certificate, please contact:
Hollie Pavlica, DrPH
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director, Marketing and Student Recruitment
hpavlica@email.unc.edu
919.843.5313
Damian Gallina, Program Coordinator
dgallina@email.unc.edu
919.843.2385
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