The CGHD is committed to improving international public health. In order to assist in achieving this goal, the CGHD works in close collaboration with Boston University-based partners who share a similar vision for the sustainable development of transitional countries.
The Global Health Initiative (GHI) at Boston University
is a university-wide, multidisciplinary initiative focused on improving the
health of populations around the globe.
The GHI promotes multidisciplinary research, education, outreach, and
policy studies to public health professionals and students within and outside
of Boston University. One of the GHI's key strategic priorities is
to foster a close working relationship with institutions in India's public, private, and
academic sectors. As the country's
development continues to rapidly progress, a vast research network in India
will offer students unique views and opportunities in a critical region of the
world.
The Department of International Health's
mission is to improve the health of populations in resource-poor and
transitional economies through teaching, research, and service
activities. Members of the faculty are drawn from public health,
clinical, and social/behavioral sciences to provide a multidisciplinary
faculty that can address the complex issues of health and development
and meets the needs of a diverse student body. The Department of
International Health offers both mid-career and entering public health
professionals an opportunity to engage in a high-quality educational
program that will prepare them to address the needs of populations
worldwide.
Established in July of 1997, the Department of Family Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine is the first university department in Boston. Headed by Larry Culpepper, MD, MPH, the new Department provides regional and national leadership in Family Medicine education. The Boston University Department of Family Medicine provides leadership to the development of family practice and primary care regionally, nationally and internationally, through its research, education, and clinical activities.
The Office of
External Education seeks to provide leadership and capacity building
opportunities to public health professionals and students. All of the OEE's
activities aim to improve health in developing countries by preparing qualified
leaders, managers, advocates and professionals to better serve the health needs
of underserved populations. The OEE is a conduit for the exchange of
international scholars and faculty.
Founded in 1953, the African Studies Center at Boston University now moves into its 55th year with a well-earned reputation for excellence in teaching, research, publication, African language instruction, and public outreach. It is a mature program making major contributions to our national capacity to acquire and disseminate knowledge about Africa and its affairs. It has long served as a model program, demonstrating how a tightly integrated unit can effectively mobilize the separate energies contained within its university and community settings and focus them on a concrete intellectual agena. Strong institutional support, flexibility of administration, and a decision-making style that stresses inclusiveness make the African Studies Center a program capable of responding rapidly and effectively to the ever-changing needs of the Africanist community.
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future convenes symposia and conducts interdisciplinary, policy-relevant, and future-oriented research that contributes to long-term improvements in the human condition. The center's focus is defined by its longer-range vision and is not confined to any particular set of issues. The Pardee Center's work seeks to identify, anticipate, and enhance the long-term potential for human progress; in all its myriad dimensions.
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