Global Health Special Programs

Horizons of Global Health is the GHP's annual student capstone conference. Each spring it features a keynote address from a leading researcher in Global Health. Poster presentations highlight the results of student research projects and Global Health Field Experiences, and graduating seniors present their senior thesis to the audience. Faculty and student from across campus are invited to participate and contribute to building the UCSD global health community. The conference celebrates the end of the academic year and the success of graduates, and of course refreshments are provided by the GHP!

The Health Frontiers in Tijuana Undergraduate Internship Program (HFiT-UIP) is a quarterly internship that affords developmental experiences in public health and healthcare for the underserved. Students accepted into this program will participate in the HFiT binational student run free clinic project located in Tijuana, Mexico, in conjunction with medical and pharmacy students from the University of California San Diego and Universidad Autonoma de Baja California. Upon completion of the HFiT-UIP, students will have learned about biomedical and social factors associated with communicable and non-communicable diseases seen among vulnerable populations in the San Diego-Tijuana region, shadowed clinical faculty during consultation, and been involved in ongoing UCSD research projects at the HFiT clinic.

The HFiT-UIP is only open to Global Health Majors and Minors. Two quarters of the internship program can be used to fulfill the 100 hour field experience requirement.

2014-15 HFiT Information

Please see the attached syllabus and http://meded.ucsd.edu/index.cfm/groups/hfit/students/undergraduate_students/ for more information. Additional information may be found here as well.http://globalhealth.ucsd.edu/resources/spotlights/Pages/StudentSpotlight.aspx

To apply for the HFiT-UIP, please review the and fill out the application and return it to Daniel Yee.

The internship is housed in the UCSD Center on Global Justice, which is focused on interdisciplinary, undergraduate, community-engaged research and training on regional poverty and its onsequences. Student from the GHP examine issues of health, illness and wellbeing at community organizations in the San Diego - Tijuana border region in collaboration with students from interdisciplinary practica on campus who have interests in environmental and urban challenges; engineering and technical problem solving; human rights and social justice; and the role of arts and culture in underserved communities. Students receive a stipend to support their participation, which fulfill the Field Experience requirement. Students enroll in a Blum Center

workshop will can count as elective credit toward the degree.

Please visit the PAO site for more information on this course.

The International Center will be offering the following courses for Summer 2015.

REV 160GS & 165 GS fulfills the Epidemiology Course Requirement for the Global Health Major. These courses are only offered in summer.

Picture below: UCSD Students in Amman, Jordan.

Global Health majors and minors can participate in an in-depth, hands-on research experience through the Mexican Migration Field Research Program (MMFRP). To participate in the program, students enroll in the upper-division sequence of elective courses LATI 122A/B/C. They work closely with faculty who are responsible for teaching the courses, guiding the students’ research and writing, and supervising the teams’ fieldwork in Mexico and the U.S. Scholarships are available to cover travel and other expenses during fieldwork. LATI 122A/B/C can be petitioned to count as part of the Global Health Field Experience Requirement.

For detailed information about the program’s conditions and requirements, interested students should seek orientation from the Latin American studies student affairs coordinator. They can also visit the website of the Mexican Migration Field Research Program athttp://ccis.ucsd.edu/programs/mmfrp.

UCDC is an academic program that provides students of all majors an opportunity to continue their studies while interning in Washington, DC.  Internships, relevant to each major, form the backbone of this program. The availability of a 4-unit research seminar that satisfies upper-division course requirements for a number of majors. UCDC is also a residential program with apartments at the centrally-located, UC Washington Center. Not only does this facilitate relocating temporarily to the nation's capital, the Center offers students a rich exposure to the Washington community through tours and an evening speaker series. Since the program's inception in 1997, over 1,000 students have included UCDC in their educational experience at UC San Diego. 

To learn more or apply for the UCDC Program visit AIP for more information.

There are many opoortunities that can be used to fulfill the Global Health Field Experience Requirement. These can be found on AIP's list of Washingotn DC internships in the Health and Medical field.