GLOBAL HEALTH
GO GLOBAL
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IMPROVING GLOBAL COMMUNITIES
The Hubert Department of Global Health (HDGH) seeks to improve health services and delivery systems around the world through innovative research, excellence in teaching, and engaged service. With this mission, the HDGH department offers an ideal opportunity for students passionate about learning public health through a global lens. Collaboration is a key component of our program. Our diverse faculty and students work closely with local and international organizations including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and United States Agency for International Development to remove public health inequities and improve public health around the world.
DEGREES
- 4-Semester [20 month] MPH
- 3-Semester [15 month] MPH
- 3-Semester [12 month] MPH
- PhD in Global Health and Development
- PhD in Nutrition and Health Sciences
Learn more about how our faculty, alumni, and students work to improve public health globally.
With the goal of training leaders who can use science to improve public health policy and practice for underserved populations globally, the curriculum is necessarily broad and diverse. Our faculty include members from Rollins, Emory College, and the schools of medicine, nursing, law, and business, as well as partners based at the CDC, The Carter Center, CARE, and the Task Force for Global Health.
WHY STUDY GLOBAL HEALTH AT ROLLINS?
- Receive funding for domestic and international field experiences.
- Train through global programmatic, policy, and research opportunities.
- Collaborate and work with world-renowned faculty.
- Work with leading health organizations based in Atlanta.
- Three MPH format options, 20-, 15-, and 12-month.
- Learn, work, and play in Atlanta, the public health capital of the world.
- Flexible curriculum with personalized advisement for your global health career.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
We are seeking value-driven applicants committed to improving health globally and reducing health inequity. Preference is given to applicants who have experience working or volunteering with domestic or international underserved populations, through such programs as Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and Teach for America.
Rollins is intentional about creating an experience in which students will be exposed to a wide variety of subjects with a uniting theme. I see a connection from the classes I take in biostatistics to the courses I take in epidemiology as it relates to high-level global health coursework.
MULTIDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION
The Master of Public Health (MPH) degree in global health provides students with applied public health training for work in a global context. This program is offered in 20-, 15-, and 12-month formats.
HDGH students gain critical skills necessary for launching a career domestically or internationally that addresses the public health challenges of the future such as emerging and re-emerging infections, access to sexual and reproductive health services, nourishing populations, and migration and population changes.
CUSTOMIZED LEARNING
Many of our students decide to enhance their degree with a certificate in one of nine specialized areas. Our certificate program provides students with the opportunity to build their expertise in pressing public health issues (including human rights, mental health, complex humanitarian emergencies, maternal and child health, social determinants of health, and more) through course work, an applied practice experience, and a culminating experience tailored to their area of focus. Visit our website to learn about our diverse certificate offerings. sph.emory.edu/academics/certificates
WORKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
All HDGH faculty work domestically and internationally, bringing their first-hand expertise and field work experiences to the classroom. Students in the HDGH department often work side-by-side with our award-winning faculty on international public health projects that address such topics as:
- HIV/AIDS
- Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Maternal and Child Nutrition
- Vaccine-Preventable Disease
- Chronic Diseases
- Humanitarian Response
- Access to Safe Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
GO GLOBAL
All Rollins master’s students participate in a 200+ hour applied practice experience in a public health setting—either domestically or internationally. Topics covered during past domestic and international experiences include:
- HIV screening in Haitian prisons
- Indian NGO health system strengthening and policy work
- Micronutrients and World Food Programme evaluation in Uganda
- Urban flooding and WASH practices in Dhaka city slums
- Service provision for female sex workers in Rwanda
- Evaluating the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s national diabetes guidelines
- GPS technology and the relationship between mobility and malaria outbreaks in rural Peru
In my first year, I served as an intern for the International Association of National Public Health Institutes. During my second year, I worked for the National Public Health Institutes Program at CDC. Over the summer, I completed my practicum with IRC WASH, a think-and-do tank that focuses on the WASH sector in The Hague, Netherlands. Rollins has provided me with so much in a short time; it has been truly enriching and enjoyable.
APPLY
FUNDING
Rollins offers scholarships, financial aid awards, global field experience awards, and work-study opportunities that allow graduate students to support their academic interests while gaining on-the-job experience. More than half of our students take advantage of paid work opportunities in the field through our signature Rollins Earn and Learn program.
CONTACT US
Amanda Prophett
Associate Directors of Academic Programs
amanda.prophett@emory.edu
FOLLOW US
Facebook: @RollinsHDGH
Instagram: @rollinsglobalhealth
X: @rollinsHDGH
NEWSLETTER
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