MPH IN GLOBAL HEALTH
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Our Master of Public Health (MPH) in Global Health, housed within the Department of Global and Environmental Health, provides students with the expertise to lead in a world defined by rapid environmental, technological, and demographic change. Unlike traditional, static, knowledge-based public health degrees, our program offers a competency-based curriculum that emphasizes agility, adaptability, critical thinking, and applied skills that will remain relevant as the world changes.
As a result, our MPH in Global Health students are equipped to thrive across different sectors, including government, non-profit or private sectors, academia and beyond.
Through our core curriculum, paired with flexible elective offerings, you’ll learn a wide range of transferable skills that you can apply globally, domestically and locally, while gaining hands-on experience that goes far beyond the classroom. These include: critically interpreting global events and trends; analyzing complex, dynamic systems; leveraging data to inform interventions and policies to improve health outcomes; communicating through numbers, stories, and visual media; and engaging across cultures and disciplines.
Why a Global Health Concentration
Where Our Alumni Work
| Job Title | Employer |
| Assistant Director of Strategic Engagement | University of Washington's Center for Disaster Resilience |
| City Research Scientist | NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) |
| Global Health Research Fellow | GHSEN Global Research |
| Malaria & NTD Epidemiologist, Research Associate, West and Central Africa | Clinton Health Access Initiative |
| Mental Health and Psychosocial Services Program Fellow | UNICEF Namibia |
| Monitoring and Media Research | The Public Good Projects |
| Program Manager | Health Security Partners |
| Public Health Consultant | IQVIA Middle East and Africa |
| Public Health Officer | Rural Construction Nepal |
| Senior Policy Advisor, Health Innovation Partnerships & Strategy | Government of Alberta |
Our graduates also go on to pursue further education at esteemed institutions both across the United States and Internationally. These include the American University of Beirut, University of California at San Diego, Georgetown University, New York University School of Law, and Yale University School of Medicine.
Key Skills
When you graduate with the Global Health concentration, you’ll be prepared to take on leadership roles in public health settings around the globe. You’ll stand out to employers with a skillset that has both breadth and depth, including the following competencies.
- Describe the major players in global health governance and institutions that conduct health/public health policy research and analysis
- Perform strategic assessment and evaluation to analyze factors shaping individual and institutional behaviors and measure their impact
- Identify relevant sources for quantitative and qualitative data to analyze the global burden of disease
- Analyze causes, risk factors, interventions, and bottlenecks for the global burden of disease in different contexts
- Identify cost-effective interventions, strategies, and platforms to accelerate context specific progress towards the health related SDGs
- Advocate for cost-effective policies and strategies to accelerate progress towards the health related SDGs
- Develop investment cases for maximum health returns on investment of intervention policies, implementation and financing strategies.
Professional Development
You will benefit from countless opportunities to build skills to prepare you for successful careers in global public health. There are many professional development opportunities available to you at NYU GPH, including internships, fellowships, employment, volunteer opportunities, professional association membership, and more.
The Applied Global Public Health Initiative (AGPHI)
All students in the Global Health concentration take the following core courses (18 credits) as part of the MPH degree requirements.
(Note: online students take the 5000-level version of the classes below)
| Core Courses (18 Credits) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course | Title | Credits | Term(s) |
| GPH-GU 2030 | Introduction to Global Health | 2 | Fall and Spring |
| GPH-GU 2106 | Epidemiology | 3 | Fall and Spring* |
| GPH-GU 2140 | Global Issues in Social & Behavioral Health | 3 | Fall and Spring* |
| GPH-GU 2110 | Health Care Policy | 2 | Fall, Spring and Summer |
| GPH-GU 2112 | Public Health Policy and Management | 2 | Fall, Spring and Summer |
| GPH-GU 2153 | Global Environmental Health | 3 | Fall, Spring and Summer |
| GPH-GU 2995 | Biostatistics for Public Health | 3 | Fall, Spring and Summer |
| GPH-GU 5171 | Global Health Informatics Workshop | 0 | Fall |
| GPH-GU 5170 | Introduction to Public Health | 0 | Fall and Spring |
*This course is only offered online in the Spring.
All students in the Global Health concentration take the following courses (9 Credits) (Note: online students take the 5000-level version of the classes below):
| Concentration Courses (9 Credits) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course | Title | Credits | Term(s) |
| GPH-GU 2136 | Fundamentals of Global Health and Development* | 3 | Spring |
| GPH-GU 2220 | Applying Systems Thinking to Global Health Practice** | 3 | Spring |
| GPH-GU 2380 | Data-Driven Decision-Making in Global Public Health | 3 | Fall |
* students who matriculated prior to Fall 2024 took GPH-GU 2120 Foundations of Global Health instead of GPH-GU 2136
** prior to Spring 2024, this course was called Accelerating Progress Towards Health-Related SDGs (3)
Electives (15 Credits)
All students in the Global Health concentration select 5 courses (15 credits) from the following list of of public health electives.
| Elective Courses (15 Credits) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course | Title | Credits |
| GPH-GU 2154 | Adolescent Health and Development | 3 |
| GPH-GU 1230 | Advanced Introduction to Public Health Ethics | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2218/5218 | Assessing Community Health Needs & Resources | 3 |
| GPH-GU 5325/9325 | Behavioral Communication Strategies for Global Epidemics | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2265 | Climate Change and Global Public Health | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2229/5229 | Commercial Determinants of Health: A focus on tobacco, alcohol, and industrial food | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2415/5415 | Community-Based Health Interventions | 3 |
| HPAM-GP 2852 | Comparative Analysis of Health Systems*** | 3 |
| GPH-GU 3260 | Complex Systems, Disasters, and the Social Ecology of Health | 3 |
| PADM-GP 4101 | Conflict Management and Negotiation*** | 1.5 |
| GPH-GU 2242 | Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication | 3 |
| PADM-GP 2430 | Cross-Sector Collaborations*** | 3 |
| GPH-GU 5320 | Data Utilization in Public Health Practice | 3 |
| PADM-GP 4119 | Data Visualization and Storytelling*** | 1.5 |
| GPH-GU 2246 | Decision Science for Global Public Health | 3 |
| GPH-GU 3234 | Designing Innovative Behavioral Interventions for Public Health Impact (by permission of instructor only) | 3 |
| PADM-GP 2204 | Development Assistance, Accountability and Aid Effectiveness*** | 3 |
| GPH-GU 5232/9232 | Disease Elimination and Eradication Strategies for Infectious Diseases in LMICs | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2135 | Dissemination and Implementation Science in Health Care and Public Health | 3 |
| GPH-GU 5150 | Emergency Preparedness for Healthcare Organizations | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2440 | Emerging Disease and Bioterrorism | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2280 | Environmental Health Assessments and Interventions | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2211 | Environmental Justice and Global Public Health | 3 |
| PADM-GP 2171 | Evaluating Programs and Policies*** | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2217 | Food Policy for Public Health | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2130/9130 | Global Health Diplomacy | 3 |
| GPH-GU 5210 | Global Health Disaster Preparedness & Response | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2342/5342 | Global Issues in Public Health Nutrition | |
| GPH-GU 2230 | Global Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology & Control | 3 |
| GPH-GU 5312 | Global Perspectives in Reproductive Health & Human Rights | |
| GPH-GU 2285/9285 | Global Women's Health Programs: Analyzing the Evidence to Improve Women's Lives | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2319 | Grant Writing to Fund Public Health Research | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2250 | Health and Human Rights | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2405/5405 | Health Communications: Changing Norms in Theory and Practice | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2237 | Health Economic Evaluation and Health Technology Assessment | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2282 | Health Economics | 3 |
| HPAM-GP 4830 | Health Economics: Principles*** | 1.5 |
| GPH-GU 2324 | Infectious Disease Epidemiology | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2145 | Introduction to Public Health Systems: Management & Policy Issues | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2115/5115 | Introduction to the Principles of Nutrition in Public Health | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2224/9224 | Introduction to Urban Health and Equity | 3 |
| GPH-GU 1210 | Justice in Health & Healthcare | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2357 | LGBTQ Health Disparities | 3 |
| GPH-GU 5270 | Management of Public Health Disasters | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2344 | Maternal and Child Nutrition in Public Health | 3 |
| GPH-GU 5420 | Monitoring & Management of Public Health Programs for Equity | 3 |
| GPH-GU 3120 | Navigating the Landscape of Global Health: Understanding Challenges and Solutions | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2275/5275 | Nutrition Epidemiology for Public Health | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2158 | Pandemics: History, Ethics, Politics, and Policy | 3 |
| GPH-GU 5288 | Perspectives in Migrant Health & Human Rights | 3 |
| PADM-GP 2211 | Program Development and Management for International Organizations*** | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2349/5349 | Program Planning and Evaluation | 3 |
| PADM-GP 4110 | Project Management*** | 1.5 |
| GPH-GU 2296 | Public Health Innovation & Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2213/5213 | Public Health Nutrition | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2160 | Qualitative and Field Methods | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2361/5361 | Research Methods in Public Health | 3 |
| GPH-GU 5410 | Results-Focused Strengthening of Health Systems in LMIC Countries | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2317 | Social Epidemiology | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2255 | Substance Use and Public Health | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2347 | Tackling Global Health Disparities through Implementation Science Research | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2500 | Topics in Public Health: The Geopolitics of Pandemics | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2500 | Topics in Public Health: National Drug Control Strategy | 3 |
| GPH-GU 2270/5271 | Translating Research into Practice: Adapting and Implementing Evidence-Based Public Health Interventions | 3 |
*** this is a Wagner course; to request enrollment, please follow the instructions on this page.
Culminating Experience: Applied Practice & Integrative Learning Experience (4 Credits)
Students in the Global Health concentration are required to complete 180 hours of supervised, relevant public health practice in the form of an internship. The qualifying practice experience may be related to students' current employment. In addition, students are required to complete the following two courses as part of their applied practice experience:
| Applied Practice Experience Courses (4 Credits) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course | Title | Credits | Term |
| GPH-GU 2359 | Applied Practice Experience Seminar | 2 | Fall and Spring |
| GPH-GU 2360 | Integrative Learning Experience Seminar | 2 | Fall and Spring |
Year 1
(Note: online students take the 5000-level version of the classes below)
Fall semester (11 credits)
GPH-GU 2106 Epidemiology (3)
GPH-GU 2030 Introduction to Global Health (2)
GPH-GU 2380 Data-Driven Decision Making in Global Public Health (3)
GPH-GU 2140 Global Issues in Social & Behavioral Health (3)
GPH-GU 5171 Global Health Informatics Workshop (0)
GPH-GU 5170 Introduction to Public Health (0)
Spring semester (12 credits)
GPH-GU 2995 Biostatistics for Public Health (3)
GPH-GU 2220 Applying Systems Thinking to Global Health Practice (3)*
GPH-GU 2153 Global Environmental Health (3)
GPH-GU 2136 Fundamentals of Global Health and Development (3)
Summer
Fieldwork hours for the Applied Practice requirement
Year 2
Fall semester (12 credits)
GPH-GU 2359 Applied Practice Experience Seminar (2)**
GPH-GU 2110 Health Care Policy (2)
GPH-GU 2112 Public Health Management & Leadership (2)
Elective (3)
Elective (3)
Spring semester (11 credits)
GPH-GU 2360 Integrative Learning Experience Seminar (2)**
Elective (3)
Elective (3)
Elective (3)
* prior to Spring 2024, this course was called Accelerating Progress Towards Health-Related SDGs (3)
** these courses meet for 7 weeks each and may be taken in the same semester
Year 1:
(Note: online students take the 5000-level version of the classes below)
Fall semester (5 credits)
GPH-GU 2106 Epidemiology (3)
GPH-GU 2030 Introduction to Global Health (2)
GPH-GU 5171 Global Health Informatics Workshop (0)
GPH-GU 5170 Introduction to Public Health (0)
Spring semester (6 credits)
GPH-GU 2153 Global Environmental Health (3)
GPH-GU 2136 Fundamentals of Global Health and Development (3)
Year 2:
Fall semester (6 credits)
GPH-GU 2380 Data Driven Decision Making in Global Public Health (3)
GPH-GU 2140 Global Issues in Social & Behavioral Health (3)
Spring semester (7 credits)
GPH-GU 2110 Health Care Policy (2)
GPH-GU 2112 Public Health Management & Leadership (2)
GPH-GU 2220 Applying Systems Thinking to Global Health Practice (3)*
Year 3:
Fall semester (6 credits)
Elective (3)
Elective (3)
Spring semester (6 credits)
GPH-GU 2995 Biostatistics for Public Health (3)
Elective (3)
Summer
Fieldwork hours for the Applied Practice requirement
Year 4:
Fall semester (5 credits)
GPH-GU 2359 Applied Practice Experience Seminar (2)**
Elective (3)
Spring semester (5 credits)
GPH-GU 2360 Integrative Learning Experience Seminar (2)**
Elective (3)
* prior to Spring 2024, this course was called Accelerating Progress Towards Health-Related SDGs (3)
** these courses meet for 7 weeks each and may be taken in the same semester