Mission Statement
The Global Health Initiative is a multidisciplinary university-wide effort to reduce health inequalities among underserved populations locally and worldwide through education, research, service and development of partnerships.
Global Health in Education, Research and Service
The GHI is distinguished by an integrative, overarching approach to the fundamentally interrelated problems of health and development. One key advantage of the GHI is its ability to bring together the social, cultural, and human dimensions of global health problems and their biomedical and technological elements under a single umbrella. Building upon Brown's expertise in both population analysis and infectious disease intervention, the Initiative offers high impact education, research, and service opportunities for students and faculty, and addresses issues of capacity, infrastructure, environment, and health care delivery to reduce the burden of disease in impoverished communities.
Recent Events and News
- February 27, 2013 -- Global Health Research Day
- March, 2, 2013 -- Humanitarian Assistance Symposium
- Coverage on Brown Daily Herald: Speakers address role of U. in aid efforts
- Dr. Adam Levine's Huffington Post blog and Brown Medicine article on the symposium
Upcoming Events
Aug 5 - 16, 2013 Global Health Essentials Course
Global Emergency Medicine @ The Weill Cornell Medical College Division of Emergency Medicine
The 2013 Global Health Essentials Course will be held from August 5th to August 16th in New York City, and is open to healthcare providers around the world engaged in international work.
Taught by over 30 leading experts in global health, this year, the course can be attended in one-week modules as well.
Visit us at : http://globalemergencymedicine.org/GHEcourse.html
Please contact ghecourse@gmail.com with questions
GHI Spotlight
- Jonathan Kurtis, MD, PhD
- Wilfredo Perez, MD '13 - winner of the CUGH – Velji Award for Emerging Leadership in Global Health
Brown Faculty in the news:
Emily Harrison, MD, MPH: received Humanitarian of the Year Award from the American Academy of Family Physicians
Adam Levine, MD, MPH: was recently honored with the Global Emergency Medicine Academy's inaugural Humanitarian Service Award
Edsel Maurice T. Salvana, MD, DTM&H: was chosen as one of JCI International's Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World in 2012
Brian Montague, DO, MPH and David Bouslough, MD, MPH: represented Brown at the Clinton Global Initiative for its participation in the Human Resources for Health initiative in Rwanda