Components

1-Year Fellowship in Global Complex Humanitarian Emergencies

Academic Requirements

Completion of an MPH degree with a specialty in Global Health requires 42 semester hours of course work. Scholars will complete these requirements in one calendar year. Scholars are required to take RSPH/departmental core courses as well as required courses for the Complex Humanitarian Emergency Graduate Certificate.  All courses must be taken for a letter grade and fellows must maintain a minimum 3.0 grade point average.

Please note: Because of the rigorous nature of completing the program in two semesters there is little flexibility in the academic program. The following outlines the expectations.

Fall Semester

BIOS 500 Statistical Methods I (with Lab) (4)

EH 500 Perspectives in Environmental Health (2)

EPI 530 Epidemiological Methods I (with Lab) (4)

GH 501 Evidence Based Policies Programs and Research (3)

HPM 500 Introduction to US Health Care Systems (2)

BSHE 500 Behavioral and Social Sciences in Public Health (2)

GH 531 Mental Health in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies (1)

GH 581 HIV/AIDS Seminar for Fellows (0)

GH 595 Global Health Practicum (0)

Elective (1)

Total Credit Hours (19)

Spring Semester

GH 515 Transforming Public Health Surveillance (3)

GH 510 Epidemiological Methods in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies (Spring Break) (2)

GH 533 Preparedness and Planning for Complex Humanitarian Emergencies (1)

GH 512 Health in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies (Winter Break) (2)

GH 529 Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries (2)

GH 542 Evidence Based Strategic Planning (3)

GH 591Q Epi Info (1)

GH 560 Monitoring and Evaluation of Global Public Health Programs  (3)

GH 538 Food and Nutrition in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies (2)

Total Credit Hours (19)

Summer Semester

GH 599R Thesis (4)

Total Credit Hours (4)

Applied Research

Scholars are expected to bring a rigorous applied research project with them that will be implemented by their sponsoring agency/organization upon completion of the fellowship. This project should deal with a critical public health or humanitarian emergencies issue. The fellow will work closely with the CDC for approximately 10 hours a week in order to develop their research project and will write the project up over the summer and submit it as a part of their graduation requirements.

CDC staff will work closely with fellows to provide oversight, field expertise and technical assistance to develop strong research projects. Project support will be specifically tailored to a fellow’s intended research, based on the nominating agency and country priorities as well as the fellow’s interest.

Core competencies that will be developed through this research project include discipline specific skills in:

  • Biostatistics, such as the development of statistical reasoning;
  • Environmental Health Sciences, including understanding environmental factors that affect the target population;
  • Epidemiology, such as identifying disease patterns in the target population;
  • Health Policy and Management, including understanding the delivery, quality and costs of program components of the research project;
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences, such as researching behavioral and cultural factors related to healthcare and health disparities.

It is expected that the research project will incorporate specific competencies from the above discipline specific skills areas as well as interdisciplinary/crosscutting competencies including:

  • Communication and informatics
  • Diversity and culture
  • Leadership
  • Public health biology
  • Professionalism
  • Program planning
  • Systems thinking

Practical Logistics

Emory University will provide:

  • Food/Housing/Local Transportation $2,346/month*
  • Travel to/from Home Country $3,000 (one time stipend)
  • Health Insurance for Full Year $3,000 maximum

*Based on 2011 fellowship, 2012 award is subject to budget changes