We believe that durable solutions to the world’s health challenges must be interdisciplinary, collaborative, and combine population-based prevention with community-based clinical care.
Important facts about the Global Health Studies department:
- An interdivisional program that promotes a multidimensional understanding of local and global health issues
- Particular focus on low-resource regions around the world
- Emphasizes the links between health and patterns of economic and social development
- Brings together courses on the environment, ethics, politics, economics, society, and culture
Allegheny’s Global Health Studies Program seeks to cultivate future scholars, practitioners, and leaders who possess the knowledge, skills and ethical outlooks that are required to respond effectively to existing and emerging challenges.
- Students can deepen their understanding of global health with complementary majors and minors in other departments and programs
- Students are strongly encouraged to gain real-life global health experience through off-campus internships, study away programs, or collaborative research programs on campus
- Global Health Studies encompasses a combination of coursework that emphasizes:
- Foundational scientific knowledge
- An understanding of statistics and data
- The application of humanistic and social scientific approaches
- Strong communication skills
- Research methods and designs