A Strategy for Developing and Institutionalizing Global Health Programs at Northw

描述（由申请人提供）：西北大学提议建立一个全球健康项目办公室，其使命是通过创建一个真正跨学科的校园项目来改变西北大学的国际健康教育，使我们的学生和教师准备好迎接21世纪全球健康的挑战，例如全球疾病负担、移民健康、医疗人员从资源匮乏地区向资源丰富地区的人才流失。以及在获得医疗保健方面的健康差距。我们的项目建立在过去几年在西北大学成功开发的全球健康项目的基础上，包括：(1)全球健康辅修课程，招收250多名学生；(2)目前提供的全球卫生10门新课程；(3)西北大学与墨西哥、中国、南非、乌干达和法国的合作院校共同设计的海外公共卫生项目；(4)面向医科一年级学生的全球健康项目；(5)指导全球卫生方面的小组研究。我们建议大幅扩大这一举措，并开发一个真正整合的大学范围内的计划。全球健康项目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，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，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。建议的一些具体机制包括：(1)课程发展补助金；(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五年MPH选项；(5)学生出国研究全球健康团队项目；(6)教师全球化资助；(7)玻利维亚和卢旺达的新研究地点；(8)规划跨学科教师研究经费；（10）将世界带到西北，这是一项重大倡议，旨在资助全球卫生学者访问，并在国外开展医疗服务创新研究；（11）建立一个互动公共网站，传播和发布通过该计划开发的学术和项目材料，促进与校园和国外项目参与者的交流，并为其他机构的全球卫生知识和课程开发做出贡献。公共卫生相关性：人们对全球卫生问题的复杂性和紧迫性的认识不断提高，但这并没有导致我们许多高等院校对教育和研究项目进行必要的重组。因此，学生和保健专业人员出国时往往准备不足，无法为长期解决全球卫生问题作出真正贡献。我们的课程旨在让学生和教师深入了解国内和全球力量之间复杂的相互作用，影响不同社会卫生政策的文化和政治现实，以及将这些问题的影响传播到世界各地的国际环境。

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.