A Strategy for Developing and Institutionalizing Global Health Programs at Northw

描述（申请人提供）：西北大学提议建立全球健康计划，其使命是通过创建一个真正的跨学科的校园范围内的计划，将我们的学生和教师准备迎接全球健康的21世纪的挑战，如全球疾病负担，移民健康，医务人员从资源贫乏的环境向资源丰富的环境流失，以及在获得保健方面的保健差距。我们的计划建立在过去几年在西北大学成功开发的全球健康计划的基础上，包括：（1）全球健康未成年人超过250名注册学生;（2）全球健康10门课程的新课程;（3）与墨西哥，中国，南非，乌干达和法国的合作机构合作，为西北大学学生设计的国外公共卫生计划;（4）全球健康计划的第一年医学生;和（5）在全球健康指导小组研究。我们建议显着扩大这一举措，并制定一个真正整合的大学范围内的计划。全球健康计划办公室将实施旨在扩大教师对全球健康的兴趣和专业知识的举措，开发新的全球健康课程，扩大国际学习和研究，加强国际伙伴关系，并发展促进全球健康学习和研究所需的机构基础设施，并在学校和学科之间建立真正的跨学科合作。提议的一些具体机制包括：（1）课程编制赠款;（2）将全球卫生纳入核心医学课程;（3）医学院的全球卫生专业;（4）全球卫生未成年人的公共卫生硕士五年制选择;（5）学生海外研究的全球卫生团队项目;（6）教师全球化赠款;（7）全球卫生研究所的全球卫生研究所;（8）全球卫生研究所。（7）在玻利维亚和卢旺达设立新的研究地点;（8）为跨学科的教师研究规划赠款;（10）将世界带到西北大学，这是一项重大倡议，旨在赞助全球卫生学者的访问，并在国外开展关于保健服务创新的研究;和（11）创建一个互动公共网站，以传播和出版通过该计划开发的学术和计划材料，促进与校园和国外项目参与者的沟通，并为其他机构的全球健康知识和课程开发做出贡献。公共卫生相关性：对全球健康问题的复杂性和紧迫性的认识不断提高，但我们许多高等院校的教育和研究计划并没有得到必要的重组。因此，学生和医疗保健专业人员往往在准备不足的情况下出国，无法为长期解决全球卫生问题做出真实的贡献。我们的计划旨在为学生和教师提供国内和全球力量之间的复杂互动，影响不同社会卫生政策的文化和政治现实，以及在世界各地传播这些问题的影响的国际环境的深刻理解。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Northwestern University proposes to establish a campus-wide Office of Global Health Programs, whose mission is to transform international health education at Northwestern by creating a truly interdisciplinary campus-wide program that will prepare our students and faculty to meet the 21st century challenges of global health, such as the global burden of disease, immigrant health, brain drain of medical personnel from resource-poor settings to resource-rich settings, and health disparities in access to health care. Our program builds on the successful Global Health programs developed at Northwestern over the past few years, including: (1) a Global Health Minor with over 250 enrolled students; (2) new curricular offerings in Global Health 10 courses now offered; (3) public health programs abroad designed for Northwestern students in collaboration with partner institutions in Mexico, China, South Africa, Uganda, and France; (4) global health programs for first year medical students; and (5) directed group research in Global Health. We propose to significantly expand this initiative and to develop a truly integrated university-wide program. The office of Global Health Programs will implement initiatives designed to expand faculty interest and expertise in global health, develop new global health courses, expand international study and research, strengthen international partnerships, and develop the institutional infrastructure required to facilitate global health study and research and create truly interdisciplinary collaborations across schools and disciplines. Some of the specific mechanisms proposed include: (1) curriculum development grants; (2) integration of Global Health into the core medical curriculum; (3) a Global Health concentration in the Medical School; (4) a MPH five-year option for Minors in Global Health; (5) Global Health Team Projects for student research abroad; (6) faculty globalization grants; (7) new research sites in Bolivia and Rwanda; (8) planning grants for interdisciplinary faculty research; (10) Bringing the world to Northwestern, a major initiative to sponsor visits by global health scholars, and to conduct research on healthcare delivery innovations abroad; and (11) creation of an Interactive Public Website to disseminate and publish scholarly and programmatic materials developed through the program, facilitate communication with project participants on campus and abroad, and contribute to Global Health knowledge and curriculum development at other institutions. Public Health Relevance: Increasing awareness of the complexity and immediacy of global health problems has not resulted in needed reorganization of educational and research programs at many of our institutions of higher learning. As a result, students and healthcare professionals often go abroad with inadequate preparation and are unable to make a real contribution to the long-term solution of global health problems. Our program is designed to provide students and faculty a deep understanding of the complex interaction between domestic and global forces, the cultural and political realities that impact health policies in different societies, and the international environment that spreads the impact of these problems throughout the world.