The Global Health Center at KU Medical Center supports all global health activities across the three pillars of education, clinical care and research for students, educators and health care providers.
Vision: Cultivate transformative environments that support innovative and sustainable solutions to complex global health issues.
Mission: Develop mutually beneficial partnerships that advance interprofessional education, research and clinical care to optimize equitable health outcomes globally.
Values:
- Advocacy
- Alternatives
- Creativity
- Education
- Empowerment
- Fair-Trade Practices
- Inspiration
- Reciprocity
- Resilience
- Resourcefulness
- Strengths Perspective
- Symbiosis
Definition: Global health is an area for study, research and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide. Global health emphasizes transnational health issues, determinants and solutions; involves many disciplines within and beyond the health sciences and promotes interdisciplinary collaboration; and is a synthesis of population-based prevention with individual-level clinical care.
Global Health Resources for Faculty and Students
- Resources for International Collaborators
- Pillars for Global Health Training
- International Travel Registrations
- Opportunities for Student Funding
- Opportunities for Faculty Funding
Featured Faculty Global Health Projects
HITSystem and CATSystem: Evaluating eHealth strategies to improve HIV and cancer care in Kenya
Dr. Sarah Finocchario-Kessler, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, KU School of Medicine
Helping Babies Breathe: Training providers on neonatal resuscitation in rural Ghana
Dr. Lisa Trujillo, Department of Respiratory Care and Diagnostic Science, KU School of Health Professions
Facilitating cultural and educational exchanges in orthopedic trauma throughout Africa
Dr. Archie Heddings, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, KU School of Medicine
Global Educational Exchanges: Facilitating virtual global collaboration in nursing education
Dr. Michelle Cochrane, KU School of Nursing