The world faces significant threats to human health. Climate change, an unprecedented crisis of Covid-19 and a rapidly growing array of non-communicable diseases are impacting vulnerable communities across the globe. At Stempel College, the Department of Global Health will center its work around research, innovation, and capacity strengthening to help support people affected by today’s global health challenges.
The Department of Global Health brings together collaborators from academia, government, the private sector and beyond to provide scientific solutions to the world’s population. The Department’s research and academic activities will also complement FIU’s new Population Health Institute to propel collaborative research on addressing health inequities, and to enhance capacity strengthening activities, both locally and globally.
Global Health Series
The Global Health Series is a monthly virtual series that brings together champions in global health science and strategy.
News
Dr. Rajiv Chowdhury, chair of global health, and Dr. Cristina Palacios, chair of dietetics and nutrition, attended the 20th Latin American Congress of Nutrition. They presented their joint work on “the evaluation of front-of-package food labels to prevent obesity and metabolic diseases in Latin America”. They also met with several nutritional epidemiology leaders in the region to explore the possibilities of an FIU-led consortium of diet and cardiovascular and metabolic disease research in Latin America.
Global Health Conference of the Americas
All eyes were on the environment and its impact on health at this year’s Global Health Conference of the Americas led by Florida International University.
Chair of Global Health to help strengthen global cancer prevention guidelines
The World Cancer Research Fund has selected Dr. Rajiv Chowdhury, chair of global health at the Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, to serve as the global representative on the Expert Panel for the Continuous Update Project.
New partnership with the School of Medicine at the Universidad de los Andes
Stempel College partners with the School of Medicine at Universidad de los Andes (Uniandes) in Colombia—the first FIU partnership of its kind to be established in the Latin American region.
Global Health Consortium
The Global Health Consortium is a collaborative platform focused on coordinating national and international partnership initiatives in order to provide health solutions to the world’s population.