BE PART OF THE SOLUTION
G L O B A L H E A LT H AND SOCIETY
Curriculum Selected Course Topics • Medical Anthropology
• Religion, Ritual, and Healing
• Global Mental Health
• Ethnography
• Global Water Crisis and Health
• Sustainable Food Systems
• Bioethics • Globalization and Health • Planetary Health
• Social Justice and Health Equity • Cultural Epidemiology
• Anthropology of Disasters and Recovery
THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI’S MASTER OF ARTS
• Community-Based Participatory Research
IN GLOBAL HEALTH AND SOCIETY (GHS) provides
students with an interdisciplinary perspective for understanding how global health outcomes relate to society, culture, and the environment. A range of courses examine the emerging challenges to human health, security, and well-being; differential access and adoption of evidence-based health policies; governance, practices, and interventions; and how these translate from community to global scales.
Research Opportunities Concentrations General Concentration in Global Health For professionals who are already in the medical or healthcare fields but require substantial social science knowledge and methodologies, as well as knowledge in the humanities, to complete their training. The General Concentration provides coursework in both qualitative and quantitative research methods.
The University of Miami has a very Policy, Governance, and Advocacy This concentration prepares students to understand and critically evaluate global health policy, providing a comprehensive framework that underscores the sociopolitical, economic, biomedical, and geographic factors impacting health conditions throughout the world. Coursework in this concentration focuses on the international policies and governance models that are aimed at addressing these challenges.
Community-Based Participatory Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (CBPR) CBPR is a partnership approach to research that centers on the equitable involvement of stakeholders addressing critical health issues throughout the world. Students in this concentration will develop the skills to integrate community members, elected officials, and researchers in the design, implementation, and interpretation of communitybased participatory studies.
active research community and is classified as a Research I Institution by the Carnegie Commission. The GHS faculty are engaged in government and privately-funded research at the local, regional and global levels, providing ample opportunities for students to obtain research experience and develop their methodological skills.
Current projects include: • Migration for Development and Equality (MIDEQ). This project studies migration in six corridors of the Global South. MIDEQ works with a global network of partners in twelve countries to transform our understanding of the relationships between migration, development and inequality (www.mideq.org). • Post-Disaster Recovery and Rebuilding in Haiti and the Caribbean. • Family and Adolescent Intervention Study in Miami-Dade County, Florida (NIH/NIDA funded study)
Office of Interdisciplinary and Professional Studies 1300 Campo Sano Avenue, Suite 215 Coral Gables, FL 33146 ghsadmissions@miami.edu 305-284-8783
www.globalhealth.miami.edu
Master of Arts in
GLOBAL HEALTH AND SOCIETY