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The Mailman School's public health doctoral degree programs provide tremendous access to renowned researchers and thought leaders. Through their course of study, doctoral students obtain the tools they need to create knowledge in the field and advance the practice of public health.

The School offers two doctoral degrees, the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and the Doctor of Public Health (DrPH). Both train candidates to create new knowledge and research, apply them to important public health issues, and identify and implement potential solutions. They differ only in emphasis:

• The DrPH programs place greater emphasis on the application of science to public health leadership, practice, and program development.
• The PhD programs place greater emphasis on creating new knowledge, with PhD recipients pursuing research and/or teaching as their career goal.

The DrPH can be obtained in:

• Biostatistics
• Environmental Health Sciences
• Epidemiology
• Population and Family Health

The PhD can be obtained in:

• Sociomedical Sciences

Degree Requirements

Graduates of the DrPH degree complete a minimum of 30 credit hours beyond the course work for the MPH degree or equivalent professional degree in public health.

The PhD degree is conferred by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences , as are all PhD degrees at Columbia University. Graduates of a Mailman PhD degree program complete a minimum of 60 credit hours that constitute the combined requirements for the MA and PhD degree. Students entering the PhD degree program with MA degrees from other universities may receive up to 30 credits of advanced standing.

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Dean's professor in global health vice dean, research affiliated professor, ashman department of periodontology & implant dentistry co-director, nyu aging incubator.

433 First Ave New York , NY 10010 United States

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Professional overview.

Dr. Wu is Dean’s Professor in Global Health and Vice Dean for Research at the NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. She is an inaugural Co-Director of the NYU Aging Incubator. Prior to joining NYU, she was the Pauline Gratz Professor of Nursing at Duke University School of Nursing. Prof. Wu is an internationally-known leader in gerontology.

As a principal investigator, Prof. Wu has led numerous projects supported by federal agencies and private foundations, including the NIH and CDC. She is currently leading several NIH-funded projects including a clinical trial to improve oral health for persons

with cognitive impairment, and a large secondary data analysis to examine how the co-occurrence of diabetes and poor oral health may lead to the development of dementia and cognitive decline. She co-leads the newly funded Rutgers-NYU Center for Asian Health Promotion and Equity. Through this center, she also leads a 5-year intervention study that focuses on supporting Chinese and Korean dementia caregivers who are at increased risk for high blood pressure and diabetes due to the physical and emotional demands of caregiving. She is a director of the Research and Education Core for the NIA-funded Asian Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR).

As a scholar, Prof. Wu is an internationally known leader in gerontology. Her scholarship has been distinguished by interdisciplinary collaborations with researchers in various disciplines, including nursing and dentistry, in the US and abroad. Her research areas cover a wide range of topics related to aging and global health, including oral health, long-term care, dementia, and caregiving. She is one of the first in the nation to study the linkages between oral health and cognitive decline in older adults. Her research has also addressed knowledge gaps in the linkages between oral health and diabetes.

Prof. Wu has devoted much of her time to training the next generation of aging and nursing scientists from dozens of academic institutions in the U.S. and abroad. She has mentored hundreds of faculty members, visiting scholars, and students from various disciplines, including nursing, gerontology, dentistry, medicine, social work, demography, public health, sociology, public policy, geography, and economics. She is successful in mentoring several dozens of early-stage faculty members in receiving competitive funding from NIH, Robert Wood Johnson Scholars, the Alzheimer’s Society (UK), National Science Foundation of China, China Medical Board, National Medical Research Council (Singapore), and many others. 

Prof. Wu is a productive researcher. She has published more than 600 peer-reviewed papers, books, reports, and conference abstracts. Her extensive publications cover a wide range of topics related to aging and global health. She has delivered presentations at hundreds of conferences as an invited speaker. Her work has been widely recognized in the field. Research findings from her team have been featured by the National Institute on Aging, and in numerous media outlets, including the New York Times, CNN, BBC, U.S. News and World Report, MarketWatch, CBS News, Reuters, AARP Bulletin, China Daily, Daily Mail, South China Morning Post, and Financial Review.

Her achievement has been recognized by many international and national organizations and she is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, and the New York Academy of Medicine. She is an honorary member of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, and is the former president of the Geriatric Oral Research Group of the International Association for Dental Research. She has served on a number of NIH review panels and is a frequent reviewer for multiple international funding agencies. She was honored as the 2017 IADR Distinguished Scientist in Geriatric Oral Research. She is the recipient of the 2022 Wei Hu Inspiration Award from the China Health Policy and Management Society. 

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Professional membership, honors and awards, faculty honors awards, publications, the association between trajectories of perceived unmet needs for home and community-based services and life satisfaction among chinese older adults: the moderating effect of psychological resilience, the informal discussion of advance care planning among chinese older adults: do education and social media use matter, the moderating role of self-rated oral health on the association between oral health status and subjective well-being: findings from chinese older adults in hawaiʻi and taiwan, adverse childhood experiences and oral health conditions among middle-aged and older chinese adults: exploring the moderating roles of education and gender, age differences in the effects of multi-component periodontal treatments on oral and metabolic health among people with diabetes mellitus: a meta-epidemiological study, age and mental health symptoms among chinese persons with hiv: the mediating and moderating role of perceived discrimination, age and sex differences in the associations among socioeconomic status, affective reactivity to daily stressors, and physical health in the midus study, aging and oral health: biological and sociobehavioral perspectives, the association between intergenerational support and self-rated health among chinese older adults: do resilience and gender matter, association between perceived risk of alzheimer's disease and related dementias and cognitive function among u.s. older adults.

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A doctorate is the pinnacle of an arts and science education. Founded in 1886, the Graduate School of Arts and Science at NYU is among the oldest schools offering doctoral programs in the United States. Today NYU’s doctoral programs span the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, and students pursue cutting-edge research with the close supervision of NYU’s internationally recognized research faculty. New York City resources complement and enhance our vibrant intellectual communities. Use the links below to explore Doctor of Philosophy and dual advanced degrees at New York University.

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The Department of Global Health and the Department of Health Metrics Sciences  offer an interdisciplinary PhD program in Global Health that is the first of its kind, building on the expertise of our faculty in the areas of metrics and implementation science. The PhD program provides students with the latest and most innovative tools to advance global health solutions that are critical for decision-making and priority setting.

PhD candidates will have the opportunity to study in Seattle, one of the true global health capitals, where innovators in research, funding, and delivery work side by side to improve population health. Our doctoral program offers amazing opportunities to those who choose to pursue a career in academia, international organizations, ministries of health, foundations, or the private sector.

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Implementation science focuses on developing and applying diverse, state-of-the-art methodologies to understand and improve complex health systems to close the gap between incomplete evidence on interventions into effective programs. The interdisciplinary implementation science framework includes systems analysis and improvement techniques; innovative designs to measure impact; economic analysis; and policy research to inform the formulation, implementation, and scale-up of improved delivery approaches.

Because of the applied nature of this area of emphasis, it is expected that implementation science doctoral projects will involve primary data collection.  

Examples of dissertation topics:

• Development, application, and evaluation of simulation and optimization models for provincial and district human resource allocation systems
• Systems analysis and improvement for malaria case management in primary health care settings
• Stepped wedge trial of alternative delivery strategies for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV
• Cost effectiveness of partner services for HIV
• Impact of the introduction of point of care diagnostics for TB care system performance

Prospective students will find more information about applying here , and should select “Global Health Metrics and Implementation Science (PhD)” in the dropdown when beginning their application.

Metrics students translate evidence into useful knowledge by learning and applying advanced quantitative methods, impact evaluation techniques, and analytic tools. Students in the metrics area of emphasis organize their research around answering three critical questions that are essential to understanding the current state of population health and strategies necessary to improve it.

• What are the world’s major health problems
• How well is society addressing these problems?
• How do we best dedicate resources to maximize health improvement?

Examples of projects that doctoral students in metrics engage in:

• Estimating the Global Burden of Disease for diabetes
• Improving the cost effectiveness of antiretroviral delivery systems in sub-Saharan Africa
• Improving the methods to measure mortality by cause in a comparable way across countries
• Evaluating the effect of malaria control policies on reducing child mortality
• The contribution of development assistance for health on health outcomes

Prospective students will find more information about applying here , and should select “Health Metrics Sciences (PhD)” in the dropdown when beginning their application.

What is implementation science? What is metrics? This short video features our students discussing the PhD program in Global Health, including the definitions of metrics and implementation science, their dissertation, research, and what makes this program unique.

In this unique interdisciplinary program, students develop skills through a combination of didactic courses, seminars, and research activities including primary data collection and analysis. The PhD program is comprised of a core curriculum in advanced quantitative methods, epidemiology, population health measurement, impact evaluations, and implementation science methods.

The PhD program specializes in two areas of emphasis, metrics and implementation science. Metrics is dedicated to providing students with advanced training in independent, rigorous, and timely scientific measurements to accelerate progress on global health by identifying the world’s major health problems, assessing how well society addresses these problems, and guiding resource allocation to maximize health improvements. Implementation science focuses on the systematic application of scientific approaches to ask and answer questions regarding evidence of intervention efficacy to implementation. This science addresses how interventions can be scaled-up with greater speed, fidelity, efficiency, quality, and coverage.

Upon graduation, students will have acquired the knowledge and skills required to make meaningful and innovative contributions to the field of global health.

The applications for each area of emphasis in the PhD program are separate, and prospective students must apply using the application for the area of emphasis they wish to pursue. Prospective metrics students can learn more about the program, and the application here .

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About This Program

The PhD in International Health prepares students to become independent investigators in academic and non-academic research institutions and emphasizes contribution to theory, public health science, and implementation science. Applicants to the PhD in International Health apply directly to one of four concentrations. All four options have the same deadline, program structure, and funding.

Please review the specific program page for more information:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Global Disease Epidemiology and Control

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Health Systems

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Human Nutrition

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Social and Behavioral Interventions

The Department's current concentrations in the PhD program include:

The PhD in Global Disease Epidemiology and Control prepares students to take leadership positions in important global public health settings with strong research components. Students learn to use epidemiologic, immunologic, laboratory, and statistical methods to design, implement, and evaluate disease control interventions for diseases of public health importance to underserved populations. Students may earn a Certificate in Vaccine Science and Policy, to understand everything from vaccine clinical research to implementation and evaluation of vaccine programs, in both the U.S. and internationally.

Core content research areas in GDEC include infectious diseases, epidemiology, and biostatistics.

Learn more about the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Global Disease Epidemiology and Control

The Health Systems program equips students with the technical skills for carrying out cutting edge health policy and systems research and preparing them to take leadership positions in global health settings. The program works to design systems and implement equitable and cost-effective strategies for delivering health care and health promotion interventions to disadvantaged and underserved communities in the U.S. and abroad. This mandate is carried out through research, service, and training with and for the populations being served.

Health Systems doctoral research focuses on health policy, health planning, financing, management and evaluation, institution and capacity building, community development, and health systems strengthening.

The overall goal of the PhD program is to produce the next generation of leaders in health systems research and practice, particularly in low- and middle-income country settings.

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Human Nutrition provides students with the theoretical knowledge and state-of-the-art scientific, programmatic, policy, and leader- ship skills for addressing pressing global and domestic challenges in public health nutrition.

Doctoral students acquire and apply knowledge and skills in nutritional issues across the life span, the role of nutrients in cells and biologic systems, nutritional epidemiology, socio-cultural aspects of nutrition, and food and nutrition policy. Students are challenged to identify and consider solutions to important nutritional problems facing societies in terms of their causes, extent, severity, and health effects throughout the life cycle.

The PhD degree prepares candidates for careers in the design, conduct, and publication of innovative research and in public health leadership across diverse areas of applied nutrition.

Learn More About the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Human Nutrition

Social and Behavioral Interventions (SBI) offers multidisciplinary training for researchers and public health practitioners who wish to use the social sciences in the design, implementation, and evaluation of global public health programs. The program’s goal is to work in partnership with communities to understand local, social, cultural, and policy contexts and develop effective programs. SBI’s primary focus is on the application of theory and data collection into research and public health action. The combined use of qualitative and quantitative methods is a focus of the program. Students also gain a strong foundation in social and behavioral theory and formative research.

Learn More About the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Social and Behavioral Interventions

Admissions Requirements

For general admissions requirements, please visit the  How to Apply  page. For program-specific program requirements, please visit the individual program/concentration pages.

Program Faculty Spotlight

Svea Closser

Svea Closser, PhD, MPH, studies the social relations and political dynamics that shape primary health care.

Anna P. Durbin

Anna Durbin, MD, studies experimental vaccines for SARS-CoV-2, dengue, West Nile, Zika, malaria, and more in human clinical trials and in controlled human infection studies.

Parul Christian

Parul Christian, DrPH '96, MSc, studies how to improve maternal and child nutrition and prevent micronutrient deficiencies with effective solutions in low-income settings.

Krishna Dipankar Rao

Krishna D. Rao, PhD '04, MSc, finds ways to improve access to quality health services and financing of health care in low and middle-income countries.

For general information regarding tuition and fees, visit the Bloomberg School’s  Tuition and Fees  page. For program-specific information regarding funding and scholarships available, please visit the individual program/concentration pages.

Need-Based Relocation Grants Students who  are admitted to PhD programs at JHU   starting in Fall 2023 or beyond can apply to receive a $1500 need-based grant to offset the costs of relocating to be able to attend JHU.   These grants provide funding to a portion of incoming students who, without this money, may otherwise not be able to afford to relocate to JHU for their PhD program. This is not a merit-based grant. Applications will be evaluated solely based on financial need.  View more information about the need-based relocation grants for PhD students .

Questions about the program? We're happy to help.

Elisabeth Simmons, MEd Academic Program Administrator [email protected]

Doctoral Program

Prospective doctoral students who would like to train with faculty from the Global Health and Population Department should apply to the Doctor of Philosophy ( PhD ) Program in Population Health Sciences and choose Global Health and Population as their Field of Study.

What is the PhD program?

The PhD in Population Health Sciences is offered under the aegis of the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) and is awarded by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Students in this program will gain broad, interdisciplinary knowledge in quantitative and qualitative methods of enquiry for understanding the health of populations, and developmental approaches to population health science. In addition, students will belong to one of the following Fields of Study associated with the departments of: Environmental Health , Epidemiology , Global Health and Population , Nutrition , or Social and Behavioral Sciences .

Through students’ explicit selection of the Field of the Study, the new PhD program will retain elements of the former SD program including the ability to choose an “Area of Specialization” within any given Field of Study, while introducing new curriculum aspects including a rigorous program-wide methods course, training in scientific communication, and seminars providing a broad understanding of population health.

Global health and population.  The field of global health and population addresses the interdependence of health threats and responses across countries and communities. It is deeply transdisciplinary and applies advanced quantitative and qualitative methods of enquiry from demography, epidemiology, economics, decision science, survey science, health systems research and political analysis to understand the origins of health and disease and to establish the causal impact and social value of health interventions and systems reforms. Particular areas of research focus are health systems and health services; and population and family health related to reproductive maternal, child, and adolescent health and nutrition, and both infectious diseases, such as HIV, TB and malaria, and non-communicable conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and mental health.  PhD in Population Health Sciences students with global health and population as their primary field of study may choose to focus in one of two secondary fields of study: health systems or population and family health .

For further details on the PhD program, please visit this website .  Prospective doctoral students may also continue to browse the departmental website for information on faculty expertise, research, and course offerings.

What is the admissions process for the PhD program?

Applicants may wish to visit the GSAS Admissions website for general information on how to apply.

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New School of Global Health at York University

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare two fundamental truths for Canadians: global health challenges do not recognize borders, and the health of the world's population is intertwined with broader issues, including wealth disparity, environmental degradation, government policy and human rights. York’s Faculty of Health has long been at the forefront of research and training that is rooted in these realities and is committed to improving health outcomes, both locally and globally. The Faculty’s Global Health program is one of the cornerstones of this commitment.

Described by Maclean’s Magazine as one of York University’s “standout programs,” the Global Health program was the first dedicated undergraduate (BA and BSc) global health program in Canada. Launched in 2014, the program allowed students to choose a specialization tailored to individual career interests, including Global Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Now, this ground-breaking program will become part of a new School of Global Health. Officially launched in July 2020, it will continue to educate the next generation of global health professionals and leaders to address complex global challenges. Taking the step from program to School will foster the most favourable conditions for growing the program, thanks to the enhanced capacity for intensified research and graduate training.

For Torontonian Dr. A.M. Viens, the Inaugural Director of the School of Global Health, the prospect of returning home after 15 years in Europe was enticing, but the opportunity to contribute and shape global health as a field of study, discipline, and area of practice was a decisive factor. With degrees in philosophy and law from the Universities of Toronto, Oxford, and London, Dr. Viens’ research specialization focuses on global health ethics and law. He is a member of the Global Strategy Lab and the WHO Collaboration Centre on the Global Governance of Antimicrobial Resistance. He is also an Honorary Member of the UK Faculty of Public Health and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health.

Currently, there are 575 students enrolled in the undergraduate global health degree program, but a highly innovative doctoral program will soon to be launched. The global health program to date boasts 94 alumni. Graduates have gone on to careers in research, policy, and nursing, while others have continued on to graduate school and medical school.

“Global health is the future,” writes Dr. Viens. “The greatest threats and opportunities facing the world and future generations hinge on how well we can assure the conditions under which people can be healthy. Whether it is air pollution and climate change, antimicrobial resistance, noncommunicable diseases, or the next pandemic, our shared vulnerability and ability to work collaboratively will determine how bright this future is.”

As we contemplate global health issues from our current vantage point, the establishment of a School of Global Health is both prescient and timely, and more critically important than ever.

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Health Policy - PhD

This field concerns the research that informs health policy. It deals both with the substantive findings of that research, and with the methodological issues that researchers face. The field encompasses a broad set of activities and issues pertaining to the quality, access, financing, management, and organization of health care, at various levels.

Students in this field will focus on at least one of the following health policy frameworks:

• Population health assessment and improvement (epidemiology, health behavior, public health infrastructure and intervention frameworks)
• Determinants of health and health disparities (social/behavioral determinants of health, SES and racial/ethnic inequities in health and health care delivery)
• Public health policy (role of policy and effectiveness of policy in public health)
• Health services research (delivery systems, providers, policies)

Students will also focus on at least one of these core health policy issues:

• Health care financing and reform, health insurance, costs and spending
• Health care organization and delivery, organizational forms, quality of care
• Provider-patient relationships and the patient's role in the health care system
• Public and population health

In addition, students may choose special topics (e.g., drugs and medical technology) and/or specific patient populations (e.g., low income and vulnerable populations).

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Global health.

York University's PhD program in Global Health will examine global health issues in relation to intersecting challenges of wealth disparity, environmental degradation, government policy and human rights. The program will prepare the next generation of health leaders with the knowledge and skills to address these challenges and improve health for people worldwide, helping to create the conditions that enable equity. Graduates will fulfill leadership and advocacy positions in education, research, health systems, and business, in public and private sectors, in Canada and internationally.

The PhD program prioritizes interdisciplinary, critically-oriented and solutions-focused approaches to research, practice and innovation. Learning is centered around an independent plan that enables students to choose "their own adventure" and execute it over four years with local and/or international partners and, on a case-by-case basis, developing diverse dissertation outputs through novel cotutelle models.

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Degrees Offered

Program length (part-time), program component(s).

• Comprehensive examination(s)
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Minimum Required GPA

Deadline - fall (all applicants), english proficiency requirement.

Duolingo scores are accepted for Summer 2021, Fall 2021 and Winter 2022 entry only.

Other Requirements

• Official transcripts
• Statement of interest (detailing proposed research, methods and timeline)
• Writing sample
• 2 Reference letters
• Curriculum vitae
• Proposed supervisor
• Specified interest in academic or professional stream, full or part time
• SGH based or via cotutelle (at York – 2 faculties, or at York + other university)
• English proficiency
• See Admissions Requirements on program page

Number of Recommendation(s)

• 2 recommendation(s)
• Official transcripts required, must be verified (and translated) as required by York University. 
• At least 1 recommendation must be from an academic referee (the second may be professional/work-based or academic/university-based).
• Applicants with a Bachelors or Bachelors Honors degree alone are required to submit 3 recommendations, and at least 2 of the 3 referees must be academic/university-based.
• All referees are requested to assess the applicant's aptitude and suitability for graduate studies, research, and global health work. As referees are likely based at diverse institutions and countries, they are also requested to include a brief personal biosketch (100-200 words) and/or link their public profile to their letter. 
• Materials must be be submitted in English using font size 11 or 12. Exceptions include published works and transcripts. Published works and transcripts that are not in English must also be translated and translations verified and submitted.

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Global Public Health and Sociology (BA)

Program description.

The highly selective, demanding undergraduate majors in Global Public Health (GPH) allow CAS students to choose a course of study that is a combination of public health and an academic discipline housed in the College (GPH is not a stand-alone major), and also provide them with instructors and courses drawn from the entire university. This unique structure responds to the ever-increasing demand for interdisciplinary public health practitioners both in the U.S. and abroad. The coursework is integrated with experiential learning and study away requirements to ensure that students are broadly trained and uniquely prepared for a variety of careers.

The majors’ global public health courses are offered by the NYU School of Global Public Health (708 Broadway, 11th Floor; 212-992-6741;  https://publichealth.nyu.edu/ ). GPH delivers truly interdisciplinary public health education at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral level. It builds on the global reach of NYU’s unique Global Network University; draws strength from the entrepreneurial spirit of NYU’s many talented faculty and students; and serves as a conduit for groundbreaking research and education that advances and promotes equitable health for all.

This major draws on the Department of Sociology’s strength in theoretical creativity and substantive empirical research on important social issues. Global public health/sociology graduates may go on to a diverse array of careers in law, health, public administration, and social service, as well as further graduate study in sociology, public health, or related disciplines.

New York University's Office of Undergraduate Admissions supports the application process for all undergraduate programs at NYU.  For additional information about undergraduate admissions, including application requirements, see How to Apply . 

Program Requirements

Students in this combined major must consult with the DUS or other departmental adviser to work out a course plan, especially as this major requires students to study away for one semester. The major requirements (60 credits) must be completed with a grade of C or higher.

Note: The post-intermediate language requirement for the major applies only to students who matriculated before fall 2021; if they are granted a waiver or exemption from the requirement, they must take an additional (third) 4-credit elective in the major. Students who matriculate in and after fall 2021 have no post-intermediate language requirement for this major, and are all required to take three major electives.

The foreign language requirement is satisfied upon successful completion through the Intermediate level of a language. This may be accomplished in fewer than 16 credits, but those credits must then be completed as elective credit.

UGPH-GU 10 Health and Society in a Global Context is the prerequisite or corequisite for UGPH-GU 20 Biostatistics for Public Health , UGPH-GU 30 Epidemiology for Global Health , UGPH-GU 40 Health Policy in a Global World , and UGPH-GU 50 Environmental Health in a Global World .

UGPH-GU 10 Health and Society in a Global Context , UGPH-GU 20 Biostatistics for Public Health , and UGPH-GU 30 Epidemiology for Global Health are firm prerequisites for UGPH-GU 60 Undergraduate Experiential Learning in Global Public Health .

UGPH-GU 30 Epidemiology for Global Health is an additional (recommended) prerequisite or corequisite for UGPH-GU 40 Health Policy in a Global World .

Note: This requirement applies only to students who matriculated before fall 2021; students who matriculate in and after fall 2021 do not take this additional course.

Students in the former category may petition for a waiver from the requirement, or may use an NYU language placement or language exemption exam to meet this requirement. If they successfully waive or exempt out of the requirement, they must take an additional (third) 4-credit major elective (see below) to satisfy the total number of credits required for the major. For more details, consult with an academic adviser.

Students in the latter category are all required to take a third elective in the major (see below) to replace the discontinued (for them) 4-credit post-intermediate language requirement and satisfy the total number of credits required for the major.

Electives not listed require the approval of the director of undergraduate studies.

Three additional electives must be completed in the GPH program or sociology, by advisement. For students who matriculate in and after fall 2021, the third elective replaces the discontinued (for them) post-intermediate language requirement in this major.

Students who matriculated before fall 2021 technically have a major elective requirement of only two courses/8 points; however, if they waive or exempt out of the major’s post-intermediate language requirement, they must take a third major elective for 4 points.

All majors must also study away for one semester.

Sample Plan of Study

Chosen from a list of approved courses. See adviser for more information.

C hosen from courses in the GPH program or in Sociology, by advisement.

Note: students who matriculated before fall 2021 take only two additional major electives, but must take one foreign language course above the intermediate two level.

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Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will:

• Understand key concepts in the field of sociology, including class, status, capitalism, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, culture, power, stratification, rationalization, anomie, alienation, etc.
• Understand the key ideas of leading sociological theorists, including Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Du Bois, and others.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the ways in which the field of sociology complements or intersects with other scholarly disciplines.
• Analyze data and employ both qualitative methods (ethnography, interviewing, archival research, and experiments) and statistical methods to conduct rigorous investigations of a wide range of social institutions and phenomena.
• Recognize key historical milestones in the development and evolution of the field of public health with examples from both the U.S. and international contexts.
• Describe and assess the biological, social, environmental, and structural determinants of health by applying interdisciplinary approaches and methodologies.
• Explain key data analytic techniques and epidemiologic concepts for measuring disease occurrence and frequency and how the information obtained from these measures is used to assess the health of populations.
• Apply public health promotion and prevention concepts to engage in collaborative and culturally relevant public health activities.
• Connect public health concepts to disciplinary practice in the field.

General Policies Applying to the Combined Global Public Health Majors

Transfer student policies applying to the combined global public health majors, nyu policies, college of arts and science policies.

CAS students are allowed to count 16 credits from the other schools of the University toward the baccalaureate degree. Four of the six core UGPH-GU courses required for the combined GPH majors are treated as liberal arts courses and therefore do not count against the 16-credit allowance: UGPH-GU 10, 20, 30, and 50. (These four courses are exempt from the 16-credit rule both for declared GPH majors and also for CAS students who simply take one or more of them as electives.) The two required GPH core courses UGPH-GU 40 and 60 are not exempt from the 16-credit rule, and together use up 8 credits of each student's 16-credit allowance. Any other UGPH-GU courses besides 10, 20, 30, and 50 will also count against the 16 credits.

Students may request additional non-CAS, non-liberal arts credits beyond the 16-credit limit through the College Advising Center, 726 Broadway, 7th floor; 212-998-8130.

No UGPH-GU courses can count toward the 64 credits that internal or external transfer students are required to complete in CAS (-UA) courses.

Students must earn a C or better in all courses for their combined major and maintain a 2.0 major GPA. Courses graded Pass/Fail cannot be counted toward the major.

The GPH tracks with anthropology, history, and sociology all satisfy the College Core Curriculum requirement in Societies and the Social Sciences. However, the two GPH concentrations in science do not satisfy this requirement. None of the UGPH-GU courses can exempt students from any part of the Core's Foundations of Contemporary Culture.

Transfer students to CAS must complete at least half of their entire combined GPH major at NYU, with at least half of the CAS coursework required for the major completed at NYU. In addition, GPH stipulates that transfer credit cannot be used for more than one of the six core GPH requirements (the other five must always be completed at NYU). The internship course (UGPH-GU 60) can never be satisfied with transfer credit.

Applicants to schools of the health professions who are pursuing one of the science GPH majors must complete at least five of the required prehealth science courses at NYU in order to be eligible for a committee interview and letter from the CAS Preprofessional Advising Center.

Some transfer students may therefore be required to complete more than half of their GPH major at NYU to satisfy these policies, regardless of transfer coursework presented.

University-wide policies can be found on the New York University Policy pages .

A full list of relevant academic policies can be found on the CAS Academic Policies page . 

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About the Program

The Doctoral Program in Global Health and Development (GHD) is a new and distinctive training program anchored in the Hubert Department of Global Health, and affiliated with the Public Health Sciences cluster of doctoral programs within the James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies .

The goal of this program is to train leaders and scholars who use science to improve public health policy and practice for underserved populations globally. Graduates will acquire a solid understanding of the theoretical frameworks of implementation science and relevant methodological skills required to guide programs and policies that are designed to improve health outcomes in a variety of settings across the globe.

Training will provide students with deep and broad expertise in the field of global health and development, creativity to cross discipline boundaries, courage to challenge convention, and confidence to ask unexpected questions and articulate bold new perspectives.

Training faculty include 47 core faculty members and 10 affiliated faculty members who are based at several partner institutions such as the Carter Center and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The core faculty have primary appointments in the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory School of Medicine, Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Goizueta School of Business, Nell Hodgson School of Nursing and Emory Law School and represent a wide variety of disciplines.  The GHD PhD Program collaborates closely with the Emory Master’s in Development Practice program , a two-year professional degree that prepares students for careers in development and humanitarian fields.

What You’ll Learn

This new PhD offering is one of the only programs globally that specifically offers a doctoral degree in Global Heath and Development. Distinct program advantages include:

• a specific focus on interrelationships between global health and other components of development (e.g. education, urban growth),
• deep learning in ethics and leadership,
• rigorous training in implementation science and interventions, and
• an explicit recognition that field training can be local or global. Moreover, Emory’s strong collaborative ties and engagement of experts based in non-academic settings, such as CARE, The Carter Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer our students unparalleled opportunities for training with experts who are engaged in designing and implementing programs and policies that influence global health and development. These are innovations in training that leverage the expertise of our faculty and our partnerships that are not explicitly emphasized at other institutions in the US or abroad.

Specific skills that the graduates of this program will acquire include a solid understanding of the theoretical frameworks and practical aspects of using implementation science to guide programs and policies that are designed to improve health outcomes in a variety of settings across the globe combined with an understanding of the importance of development theory and practice and ethical challenges.

They will also gain the relevant methodological skills and underlying theory based on their area of interest and career goals (for e.g. policy and advocacy, improving health systems and/or designing and evaluating strategies that include behavioral and/or biomedical interventions in varying areas such as maternal and child health, infectious diseases, noncommunicable diseases and mental health).

The trainees in this unique program will be challenged to study and think about issues such as scalability, i.e. exploring the processes and transition through which stakeholders become increasingly skillful and committed to using an intervention and assimilating these interventions into societal structures and functioning within a given context.

They will have core courses that cover the range of content and skills-based knowledge that they need and will have access to a vast variety of elective courses across Emory based on their project needs and/or personal interests.

Emory University’s PhD in Global Health and Development seeks to fill that capacity gap by training leaders in the field with strong methodological foundations to design, manage, implement, and evaluate programs and policies in diverse settings.

The application for the Fall 2021 admissions cycle will open in September 2020. The application deadline is December 1 st . You can submit your application before your letter writers have submitted their letters of recommendation. Make sure you upload the correct version of your statement of purpose, resume and transcripts, as our office is unable to remove or add any document in your application once it has been submitted. View the full list of Admissions Requirements.

Degree Requirements

A full-time course load, considered 9 credit hours or more per semester, is required for all GHD doctoral students. All students must pass the Qualifying Exam before taking the General Doctoral Exam. A Master’s degree will not be granted without a thesis. Independent of admission status, ALL STUDENTS in the GHD Doctoral Program are required to take and pass the Qualifying Exam.

Training Program

The GHD program provides students and program faculty several opportunities for providing feedback. For students, these will include, but are not restricted to, regular meetings with the DGS, participation in the Executive Committee (EC) meetings (two student representatives will be elected by the graduate student body), and meetings with the DGS who will be available by email and during structured office hours.

The DGS will also routinely obtain feedback and obtain student evaluations of the core courses and performance of teaching assistants and other guest lecturer faculty. In these reviews, students will have the opportunity to report on how the curriculum fosters the development of critical thinking skills and make recommendations for additional new courses and/or training opportunities that will be pursued actively.

The EC will also solicit annually from program faculty feedback about the program for discussion at EC meetings in their consideration and application of program changes.

This event includes an overview of the GHD program, the application process, and admission process as well as an introduction to the Hubert Department of Global Health by the Department Chair, Dr. Usha Ramakrishnan, and a panel discussion by current students in the GHD program, followed by a Q&A session.

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Deputy Director for Global Health

Howard Zucker, MD, JD, is the Deputy Director for Global Health.

Role at CDC

In this role, Dr. Zucker has broad operating authority and responsibility for overall planning, direction, and management of global strategy and programs across CDC.

Previous experience

Prior to this position, Dr. Zucker was a Visiting Research Professor at the School of Global Health, New York University. From 2014-2021, he served as Commissioner of Health for New York State where he oversaw the state response to many public health crises including Ebola, legionella, Zika, COVID-19, a measles outbreak, End the AIDS epidemic initiative, e-cigarette contamination, the opioid crisis, and water safety and quality issues.

Dr. Zucker's career also included serving as Assistant Director General at the World Health Organization (WHO). Serving as the highest-ranking American at WHO, he oversaw policy on a spectrum of global health issues with an overall budget of $200 million. In this role, he also chaired the International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce, a coordinated network across and between countries with the objective of halting the production, trading, and selling of counterfeit medicines around the globe, and he oversaw the world's essential medicines list – the global model formulary comprised of all medications vital to health and used by more than 150 nations worldwide.

Dr. Zucker also served as a White House Fellow and as Health and Human Services' Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health, where he worked on the federal SARS response plan and on the response to the anthrax crisis. He created and ran the nation's Medical Reserve Corps and spearheaded programs in several other areas, including development of a children's hospital in Iraq, maternal and child health in Afghanistan, and disease prevention with the Hungarian Minister of Health. Dr. Zucker has traveled on medical missions to China, as well as Haiti after the 2010 earthquake.

Dr. Zucker graduated from McGill University and holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from George Washington University School of Medicine, a Juris Doctor degree from Fordham University Law School, and a Master of Laws from Columbia Law School.

He completed his training in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital, anesthesiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, pediatric critical care/pediatric anesthesiology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and pediatric cardiology at Boston Children’s Hospital. He is board certified in six specialties and completed a post-graduate diploma in Global Health Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Dr. Zucker was Director of the pediatric intensive care unit at New York Presbyterian Hospital and has had academic appointments at Yale, Columbia, and Einstein medical schools. He was an Institute of Politics Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and is a member of the Supreme Court Bar.

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School of Global Health

Global health challenges, including climate change, infectious diseases and pandemics, and chronic noncommunicable diseases, do not recognize borders. Public health crises or disease outbreaks in a remote part of Africa or South Asia, for example, could reach and threaten the health and well-being of people in Canada or other parts of the globe within days, if not hours. The health of the world's population is intertwined with broader issues, including wealth disparity, environmental degradation, government policy and human rights.

York's Global Health degrees examine these and other issues with a focus on preparing the next generation of health leaders with the knowledge and skills to improve the conditions that allow for greater health and health equity, locally and globally.

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Undergraduate Programs

York's Global Health degree (BA and BSc), the first of its kind in Canada, aims to produce agents of change who will fulfill leadership and advocacy positions in public, private, and non-profit sectors locally, nationally, and internationally.

PhD Program

The Doctoral Program in the School of Global Health will prepare future leaders in research, practice, and policy-related scholarly pursuits, who contribute to transformational change in global health. 

Experiential Education

Global Health students have an opportunity to do an intensive placement with an organization, locally or internationally, providing real-world experience.

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