About Us

The ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ School of Medicine Office of Global Health Equity works across each of the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ vision imperatives:

  • Education: To drive global health policy change and implementation, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ prioritizes the internationalization of the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ curricula to successfully train undergraduate, graduate and medical students.
  • Research: Evolving demographic, political and globalization contexts continue to drive ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½â€™s focus on addressing the health and social issues of immigrant and refugee populations throughout the State of Georgia.
  • Clinical Healthcare: ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ students, doctors, faculty, and staff are continuously collaborating with fellow health scientists and treating patients locally and in Africa, Asia, Central America, and the Caribbean.
  • Service: ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ students, doctors, faculty, and staff working in underserved global communities, learn culturally-competent communication and care.

Office Objectives:

  • To facilitate innovative research, service opportunities, and health professions education; 

  • To build sustainable partnerships to advance health equity, reduce global burden of diseases, and address global development issues;

  • To develop, teach, and evaluate culturally relevant interdisciplinary curricula for diverse learners that drive global health policy change and implementation.   

The establishment of the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Office of Global Health will help to improve the health care provided to Georgia immigrant and refugee populations and improve the cultural competency of our ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ learners and healthcare providers.

Global Health Initiative Locations

  • Africa: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Zambia, Nigeria, and Tanzania
  • Asia: China, India 
  • Central America: Costa Rica 
  • Caribbean: Barbados, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia