The Center for Global Health has been proud to sponsor the development of new and innovative global health-related courses across the University through funding from the NIH Fogarty International Center Framework Program in Global Health. The courses listed here were developed by faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Education, Commerce, and Architecture during 2006 and 2007. Many of these courses continue to be offered and others have been developed for the Global Public Health minor, the Global Development major and other initiatives responding to growing student interest.

 

2006 Framework Courses

International, Tropical and Cross-Cultural Medicine (FM 1415 ,IM 1415)

Offered: Not offered during 2010-2011

Instructors: Fern Hauck, M.D., Eric Houpt M.D Open to: 4th Year Med Students as an elective

 

Financing a Sustainable Future

Offered: Now “Investing in a Sustainable Future”;To be offered Spring 2011

Instructors: Mark White, Ph.D., Eric Houpt M.D.

Open to: 3rd and 4th-year undergraduates and graduate students from all majors

Prerequisites: permission of instructors

 

Green City: Green Sites

Offered: Now “Green Lands”; Offered Fall 2010 Tuesdays 9:00AM-11:45AM

Instructors: Elissa Rosenberg, Karen Firehock Open to: Graduate students in Architecture and related fields. Open to undergraduates with instructor permission.

 

Global Issues in Health and Illness

Offered: Not currently offered

Instructor: Doris Glick

Open to: Master's level nursing students and undergraduates with instructor permission

 

International Women's Health

Offered: Not currently offered

Instructor: Rebecca Kightlinger

Open to: OB/GYN and other residents in the University of Virginia Health System; undergraduate UVa students as an independent study

Prerequisites: Approval of student's Department Chair, and funding for travel and research. Students will meet individually with Dr. Kightlinger to determine the scope of the project, identify collaborating mentors and plan individualized program.

 

The History of American Indian Health and Disease in a Global Context, 1900-2000

Offered: Not currently offered

Instructor: Christian McMillen

Open to: Fourth year students with graduating history majors being given first priority.

2007 Framework Courses

 Metals in Medicine and the Environment

Offered:  Not currently offered

Instructor: Cassandra Fraser; Department of Chemistry Open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students with background in chemistry.

Culture and Education in Global Health

Offered: Not currently offered

Instructor: Diane Hoffman, Department of Leadership, Foundations, and Policy Social Foundations of Education; Curry School of Education Open to graduate and undergraduate students from many disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, ethics/philosophy, international studies, nursing, health education.

Healthy Communities: Healthy Food Systems: Global-Local Connections

Offered: Now “Food Systems Planning”; Offered Spring 2011

Instructors: Tim Beatley and Tanya Denckla Cobb; Department of Urban and Environmental Planning; School of Architecture Open to graduate and undergraduate students especially those in anthropology, environmental sciences, economics, politics, planning, and the Global Public Health minor.

Adaptive Urbanism: Water, Biodiversity and the Health of Cities

Offered: Not currently offered

Instructor: Kristina Hill, Department of Architecture and Landscape Architecture; School of Architecture Open to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, especially those in urban design, landscape architecture, architecture, and planning, civil engineering, conservation biology, public policy, and public health.

World Mental Health

Offered:  Not currently offered

Instructor: Larry Merkel, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences; School of Medicine Open to undergraduate, graduate, professional students, and residents, especially those in public health, anthropology, medicine, and nursing.

 

Global Perspectives and their Influence on Nursing Care Delivery

Offered: Not currently offered

Instructors: Sarah Delgado, Rebecca Lewis and Deborah Curtis; Acute and Specialty Nursing; School of Nursing Open to practicing nurses. To be co-funded by Dr. Pamela Cipriano on behalf of Clinical Care Services of the Medical Center.