• Taught by: Joseph Harris, Assistant Professor Department of Sociology on Thursdays from 12:30-3:15
• Course Description: What is global health? Who are the main actors in global health debates? This seminar explores the politics of global health, providing students with sociological tools, concepts, and knowledge to help make sense of conflict in contemporary global health debates.
• This course can be taken as a MPH elective. For more information and to see the syllabus contact Joseph Harris or Rachel Pieciak

• Taught by: Dr. David Hamer and Dr. van Seventer
• This class employs One Health, an approach to public health emphasizing the interconnectedness of human health, animal health, and the environment, to provide a basic understanding of factors involved in the natural history of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), and of approaches required for the control and prevention of these diseases. The number of reported EIDs has been steadily increased over past decades and while the global burden of individual diseases is often minimal, historically, some EIDs (e.g., HIV, influenza, chikungunya, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)) have had enormous global public health impact, and local impacts can often be quite severe, particularly in developing settings (e.g., Ebola in West Africa). The majority of EIDs are vector-borne and/or zoonotic, and a wide range of social, behavioral, and physical environmental factors contribute to their emergence, making the One Health approach crucial to understanding these diseases. In this class, case study of specific EIDs is used to illustrate the involvement of multiple factors in disease emergence and spread.

• Taught by: Dr. Chris Gill on Fridays from 10:00am-1:00pm
• Course Description: Alongside modern sanitation and the alleviation of poverty, vaccines have saved more lives than any other public health intervention. And yet the story behind how vaccines are developed is one that few people fully understand. It is a story that includes elements of basic science (immunology, microbiology), chemistry, epidemiology, and clinical research. And because vaccines are used in otherwise healthy populations and have side effects and sometimes real risks, their development is scrutinized by regulatory bodies like the FDA in ways that few other health products experience. The story of vaccines is complex, difficult and fascinating, and the best way to learn about it is to experience it. That’s what this class is all about. Unlike most courses,
• GH801 is a living simulation that puts the students in command of the process of the testing and exploration of a new candidate vaccine. In this course you will design studies, and your studies will yield results that you must interpret in the process of learning about the performance and safety of your vaccine. Through this course you will learn about the regulatory process that oversees new vaccine licensure and use, clinical trial design, elements of vaccinology, immunology, and microbiology while honing your presentations skills and learning how to work effectively in a competitive group setting.

• Taught by: Dr. Bill Macleod (DGH Professor who is returning from South Africa in Fall) on Wednesdays from 6:00-9:00pm (first half of the semester)
• Course Description: Public Health is an evidence-based science and most of that science is communicated in public health and medical journals. The volume of medical journal articles published annually is astounding: in 2010 it was estimated that on average more than 3,000 articles were published every day and that number is growing! The challenge to public health scholars is to decide what to read, how to interpret what you read, and how to integrate, synthesize and communicate findings to a variety of audiences. 
• This two-credit course will focus on developing two essential public health skills: 1) how to understand and critically read the evidence-based public health literature, and 2) how to communicate this understanding of the evidence into clear, concise, and persuasive professional documents written for different public health audiences. 
• This course is designed for students who want to develop skills in 1) critically reading and interpreting the public health literature and 2) communicating findings in a variety of common public health writing outputs: a research summary, policy brief, or literature review.

• Taught by: Dr. Lisa Messersmith on Tuesdays from 10:00am-1:00pm
• Course Description: AIDS is one of the most important pandemics and human development challenges of our time. This course explores the determinants and impacts of the AIDS pandemic and examines best practices in prevention, care and treatment and impact mitigation. Students will explore the relationship between human rights, gender and vulnerability to HIV; examine effective multi-sectoral responses; and evaluate the benefits and limitations of major multi- and bi-lateral AIDS initiatives. Students will also examine the major debates in the AIDS field and explore different, at times contradictory, perspectives.
• Great for students in the SSG, ID, GH and PM certificates and those interested in discussing rights-based and multi-sectoral responses to the HIV pandemic.
• Want to learn more? Drop-in to ask Dr. Messersmith questions! She will be available on Wednesday, April 25 from 1:00-2:00pm. You can find her in her office, Room 306 in the Department of Global Health.

• Taught by: Dr. Veronika Wirtz on Mondays from 10:00-1:00pm
• Course Description: This course will provide a thorough understanding of the risk factors, epidemiology, burden at both national and household level, and the economic consequences of the most prevalent NCDs in low and middle-income countries, as well as the key policies, strategies and interventions at global, national, and local/regional level to prevent and control NCDs, and the response of countries to the threat posed by NCDs. Through this course, students will learn how to: design an intervention to address a non-communicable disease in a low or middle-income country; calculate the cost of diabetes care in a middle income country; write a policy memo about addressing barriers to palliative care in a low or middle income country; develop a country profile describing non-communicable disease-burden. Interested in learning or growing these skills?
• This course is great for students in the GH and CNCD certificates as well as those interested in these skill sets.
• Want to learn more: Drop-in to ask Dr. Wirtz questions! She will be available on Wednesday, May 2 from 1:00-2:00pm. You can find her in her office, Room 363 in the Department of Global Health.

• Taught by: Dr. Warren Kaplan on Mondays from 6:00-9:00pm (first half of the semester)
• Course Description: Why does big pharma spend billions protecting their patents? Wonder why medicine prices are high in low and middle income countries? Ever wonder how pharma companies are trampling on the rights of indigenous peoples by getting patents on natural products? Want to learn more about the Trumpian response to global trade agreements and the impact on access to medicines?
• If you are interested in these questions about public health, trade and patents, sign up for GH885 in the Fall. Spots still available.

• Taught by: GH Clinical Associate Professor Jen Beard and College of Communications Anne Donohue on Thursdays from 8:00am-10:45am
• Course Description: Global Health Storytelling is an interdisciplinary class for journalism and public health students who have a passionate interest in crafting rich, nuanced, compelling narratives about global health for a broad audience. This is a class for public health students who want to communicate public health science, practice, and policies in the style of an Atlantic Monthly article, a New York Times feature, or an NPR audio story. Likewise, it is a class for journalism or other communication-focused students interested in building public health knowledge. Students will learn from global health and journalism professors, guest speakers, and one another through class-room based instruction and individual reporting projects. Students will complete original reporting projects based in Boston or MA but with a local /global angle. COM and SPH students who take this course will be eligible to apply for the prestigious BU Pulitzer Center Student Fellowship.