Fostering Global Health Opportunitties at Emory and its Partners

描述(由申请者提供)：全球健康是大学的一个引人注目的学术领域。通过发现、教育和服务，美国大学每年拯救和提高数百万人的生命，并帮助资源有限的国家成为自给自足、为世界经济做出贡献的成员。由于其多样化和充满活力的研究和学术项目，以及与疾病控制和预防中心(CDC)、CARE、卡特中心、儿童生存和发展特别工作组以及亚特兰大和世界各地的其他全球卫生组织的独特合作伙伴关系，埃默里大学已经成为美国在减少发展中国家疾病和促进健康与福祉方面的领先大学之一。2004年，埃默里公司及其附属机构的外部全球卫生资金估计为1.5亿美元。认识到Emory在全球卫生领域的可观资产和潜力，该领域最近被选为即将到来的雄心勃勃的资本运动支持的7个大学范围内的倡议之一。这为我们提出的框架计划提供了一个机会，以支持课程活动的发展，并在这一过渡期催化埃默里在全球卫生领域的道路。在现有优势的基础上，我们的广泛目标是促进研究、教学和实践方面的卓越，以促进埃默里大学全球卫生社区的凝聚力。具体目标如下：a)让新的研究生和本科生接触到全球卫生研究。B)增加研究生在发展中国家开展实地研究的机会。C)加强埃默里大学各单位及其在亚特兰大和世界各地的合作伙伴之间关于全球卫生研究、教学和实践的交流。D)促进关于全球卫生的创新研究，整合大学及其合作伙伴的各种学科优势，并考虑将研究成果转化为实践。具体活动包括开设新的全球健康本科辅修课程，为全校研究生开设全球健康课程，设计全球健康和人类学博士学位，扩大本科生和研究生的暑期实地研究机会，培育为学生暑期实地研究提供机会的合作机构网络，在全大学范围内实施全球健康系列讲座和为国际研究员举办研讨会，并创建网站“埃默里全球健康”。通过这些活动，我们将加强合作，为埃默里大学在全球卫生领域的重大但往往互不相关的倡议带来凝聚力，并为该大学的全球卫生战略重点铺平道路。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Global Health is a compelling area of scholarship for universities. Through discovery, education and service, US universities save and enhance millions of lives annually and help resource-constrained nations become self-sustaining, contributing members of the world economy. Thanks to its varied and dynamic research and academic programs and unique partnerships with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CARE, the Carter Center, the Task Force for Child Survival and Development, and other global health organizations in Atlanta and around the world, Emory is already one of the nation's leading universities for reducing disease in the developing world and for promoting health and well being. Extramural global health funding at Emory and its affiliates was estimated at $150 million for 2004. Recognizing Emory's considerable assets and potential in global health, this area was recently selected as one of 7 university-wide initiatives to be supported trough a forthcoming ambitious capital campaign. This presents an opportunity for the framework program we propose to support the development of curricular activities and catalyze Emory's path in global health in this transition period. Building upon existing strengths, our broad objective is to promote excellence in research, teaching and practice to catalyze a cohesive community of global health at Emory University. The specific aims are as follows: a) To expose new segments of graduate and undergraduate students to the study of global health. b) To increase opportunities for graduate students to carry out field research in developing countries. c) To increase communication about global health research, teaching and practice among the various units of Emory University and its partners in Atlanta and around the world. d) To foster innovative research about global health that integrates the various disciplinary strengths of the university and its partners and that considers the translation of research findings to practice. Specific activities include implementing a new undergraduate minor in global health, developing a course in global health for graduate students across the university, designing a PhD in Global Health and Anthropology, expanding summer field research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, nurturing the network of collaborating institutions providing opportunities for student summer field research, implementing a university-wide lecture series in global health and a seminar for international fellows and creating a web site "Global Health at Emory". Through these activities, we will enhance collaboration and bring cohesion to Emory's substantial but often unconnected initiatives in global health and pave the way for the University's strategic priority of global health.