Colleges with a global health program

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<p>I've recently decided that I'm interested in global health, international health, the WHO, etc. I wanted to combine my passion for science and medicine with my passion for languages and international relations. So I wanted to know if there are any colleges that offer that specific thing (I still want to go to medical school so I would be on the pre-med track). Anyway, the only places I've seen like this are the Georgetown School for Nursing and Health Studies, and they offer an International Health major. I also noticed that this is offered in the Stanford program for Science, Technology, and Society.</p>

<p>I guess I could always choose something like this as a minor, but I really wanted to find a unique program where it was offered as a major.</p>

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<p>dude, google college major “global health.” you’ll find enough programs. and then there are those schools that will help you build your own major. lots of those.</p>

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<p>why not just go for a public health degree? Many public health students can study abroad in other countries, notably third-world countries down in South America. You can minor in Spanish / German / French (the latter two are probably good if you wish to work with the WHO).</p>

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<p>@jkeil911‌ Yeah I know I could do that, I just wanted to see if anyone on here knew of some unusual programs.</p>

<p>@Ctesiphon‌ I’m taking Spanish in school, and I’ve started learning German because I like languages. Just wondering, why do you think Spanish wouldn’t be as helpful if I wanted to work for WHO?</p>

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<p>WHO is based in Switzerland, and a very large amount of health science research (or scientific research in general) is done a lot in German or English. Spanish would probably be an overall more useful language though, given proximity to all the Central/South American countries.</p>

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<p>Duke offers both a major and minor in global health. There’s also a track in health policy in the public policy major. Although many schools offer global health minors, Duke’s program is relatively unique in being part of a global health institute – the program is largely made up of specialized courses offered by the institute rather than just a hodgepodge of courses in biology, political science, and policy departments.</p>

<p><a href=“Undergraduate Programs”>http://globalhealth.duke.edu/education-and-training/undergraduate/major&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://undergraduate.sanford.duke.edu/curriculum/health-policy”>http://undergraduate.sanford.duke.edu/curriculum/health-policy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>There’s a ton of opportunities for funded research or volunteer work in global health, such as DukeEngage and the Howard Hughes program. The latter gets students started in research early and is open only to freshmen and rising sophomores.</p>

<p><a href=“Experiential Learning & Field Research”>https://globalhealth.duke.edu/education-and-training/experiential-learning&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://undergraduateresearch.duke.edu/programs/hh-research-fellows”>http://undergraduateresearch.duke.edu/programs/hh-research-fellows&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://undergraduateresearch.duke.edu/programs/dsrf”>http://undergraduateresearch.duke.edu/programs/dsrf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Emory (opportunities at the CDC) and Tulane (great public health program) are other good options. </p>

<p>Much depends on your stats and what you can afford. Keep costs down for undergrad – med school is very expensive. </p>

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