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Global Health Tracks

Since the launch of the Yale Global Health Initiative in May 2009, four new adademic tracks have been established: Global Health Fellows Program (undergraduates), Global Health Concentration (public health), the Graduate Certificate in Global Health (graduate and professional students), and Global Mental Health program.  Additional tracks are being planned for Nursing, Anthropology and a Global Health and Social Disparity Residency Track.

Yale School of Public Health, Global Health Concentration

The multidisciplinary approach of the Global Health Concentration encourages creativity and innovation, while fostering a global perspective. The concentration emphasizes an integrative problem–solving approach to global health issues and to diseases and conditions that afflict developing and developed countries. Students who complete this concentration will be well prepared for positions in a variety of organizations—public and private, national, bilateral and multilateral—dedicated to global health challenges. M.P.H. students in our traditional two–year program may complete this concentration while they satisfy the requirements of their respective divisions or programs.

For more information, please visit the Global Health Concentration website.

Global Health Certificate

As part of Yale’s Global Health Initiative, graduate and professional students at Yale may pursue a new Global Health Certificate through the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. This Certificate allows students to develop expertise and demonstrate competence in Global Health and provides recognition that a student has completed interdisciplinary study and integrative research to address fundamental and applied economic, political, social, cultural, and scientific issues relevant to Global Health.

For more information, please visit the Global Health Certificate website.

The Global Health Fellows Program

As part of Yale’s Global Health Initiative, sophomores and juniors with a demonstrated interest and commitment to addressing pressing global health challenges can apply to become Global Health Fellows. As Global Health Fellows, students prepare for careers in global health by developing expertise and competence through coursework, participation in events on Yale’s campus, and a global health experience in the field, whether in the U.S. or abroad.  Fellows complete an interdisciplinary course of study and integrative research to address fundamental and applied economic, political, social, cultural, and scientific issues relevant to global health.

For more information, please see the Global Health Fellows Program page.

Global Health Studies Program

Issues related to health are among the most important challenges facing societies, both domestically and globally. Finding solutions to health-related problems requires multidisciplinary A global health studies committee has identified the building blocks to form a coherent plan of study in the area of global health.

For more information, please see the Global Health Studies description.

Yale Pediatric Global Health Track

The Yale Pediatric Global Health Curriculum is a flexible 2.5 year program embedded in the educational curriculum of the Yale Pediatric Residency. The mandatory elements are Didactic Education, Electives, and Mentoring. Optional elements include community serviceand language training. Lectures and workshops are open to all Yale-New Haven House Staff, Attendings, and Fellows, as well as Yale University students.

For more information, please see the Yale Pediatric Global Health Track website.

Global Mental Health

Yale Psychiatry’s Global Mental Health Program is an exciting new concentration that capitalizes on the broad and diverse experiences of our faculty and residents. Originated by residents, the program supplements current courses and electives with additional mentoring, community service, scholarly projects, and clinical experiences.  The program aims to increase awareness of global mental health issues and social disparities while developing tools to address associated challenges both at home and abroad.  The Global Mental Health Program is a unique opportunity to join an expanding network of individuals who share a common interest in global mental health and cross-cultural psychiatry.

For more information, please see Global Mental Health Program website.

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  • Yale School of Nursing's International Nursing Scholarship and Education (CINSE) offers international experiences in Traditional Medicine in Hong Kong, China and health and mental health assessments on children in Managua, Nicaragua.
  • Yale School of Medicine's Office of International Medical Student Education offers elective clinical clerkships abroad in internal medicine (Uganda, Argentina, and South Africa) and in surgery (Zambia); offers support for students going abroad to do research through the Downs International Health Student Travel Fellowship, Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship, and the Office of Student Research; and has a Teaching Medical English in China and a Comparative Bioethics opportunities for medical students during their 5th year.
  • Yale School of Medicine's Emergency Medicine’s Global Health Program offers many Global health opportunities in the Yale EM residency program.  Indeed, many of our residents chose Yale EM because of our commitment to advancing healthcare worldwide.