Brown to offer global public health master’s degree

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Caroline Kuo, right, works with a team studying the family dynamics of the HIV epidemic in South Africa. The country is one of many field sites where students in the Global Public Health master’s degree program can gain field experience. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY/ANDREW NAYSMITH,
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Caroline Kuo, right, works with a team studying the family dynamics of the HIV epidemic in South Africa. The country is one of many field sites where students in the Global Public Health master’s degree program can gain field experience. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY/ANDREW NAYSMITH

PROVIDENCE – Brown University’s School of Public Health will offer a two-year master’s degree in global public health beginning in the fall 2018 academic term, according to a Monday statement by the Ivy League school.

School of Public Health graduate program director, Abigail Harrison, said in prepared remarks, “Global public health at Brown specifically will attract students who want to combine high-quality academic experiences and rigorous training with field experiences and the development of competency in global settings.”

The call for a global public health master’s degree program, “is more than a trend,” Harrison, also an assistant professor of behavioral and social sciences, went on to say in her statement. “It’s a worldview that reflects younger generations of students who recognize that they live in a globally interconnected world.”

She expects Brown to enroll 10 students including domestic and international individuals the first year and hopes for more in subsequent classes. Applications will begun to be accepted later this term.

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The program will consist of 12 courses, nine of which are required with three additional electives from which to choose, which include subjects areas such as ethics of community engagement, global organizations and policy priorities and implementation science and public health interventions.

There is also an eight-week international fieldwork component and the degree culminates in a thesis project.

Emily Gowdey-Backus is a staff writer for PBN. You can follow her on Twitter @FlashGowdey or contact her via email, gowdey-backus@pbn.com.

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