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Global Public Health

Virtual Short Course

Join this FREE virtual short course to gain insight into the field of Public Health with a global perspective. Be part of an international classroom with peers from around the world.

A comprehensive outlook on public health from global experts

Designed for graduate and professional students, or undergraduate students in their final year of study, the Global Public Health short course is perfect for those who desire to enter the public health field.

Each 90-minute session will cover a current public health topic and will be taught by a public health leader or expert faculty member from across the globe.

This is a free, non-credit bearing course. Upon successful completion, students will receive a certificate of completion from the University of Cincinnati.


May 18 - June 2, 2022

Classes will be held on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 - 10am EST.

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Avi Sarkar, MBA, PhD

Chief Technical Advisor, UN-Habitat 

UN-Habitat Regional Advisor for South-East Asia; Head of the Urban Basic Services Programmes, the South-East Asian region; United Nations  

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Daniel Bernal, MD, M Hu & SSc, MSc HPPF

Adjunct Professor, Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)

Instituto Tecnológicoy de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Medical Care Director; Centro Nacional para la Prevención y Control del VIH y el sida, Secretaria de Salud Federal, Mexico City

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Yahya Al-Farsi, MD, MPH

Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology, Sultan Qaboos University

Consultant Public Health Physician, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman

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Aliecia Hochhausler, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Cincinnati

Chief of Medicine, Cincinnati VA Medical Center

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Erika Arteaga Cruz

School of Medicine at Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador

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Sandra Aguedelo-Londoño, PhD

Institute of Public Health, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia

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Priyesh C

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Christ (Deemed to Be) University

School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Christ (Deemed to be University), Delhi NCR, Ghaziabad, India

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Charuhas V. Thakar, MD, FASN

Robert G. Luke Endowed Chair in Nephrology, University of Cincinnati

Professor of Medicine; Director, Division of Nephrology, Kidney C.A.R.E. Program (Clinical Advancement Research & Education); Chief of Renal Section and Director of Dialysis Unit, Cincinnati VA Medical Center

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George Smullian, MD

Ward Bullock Professor of Medicine, University of Cincinnati

Director, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, USA  

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William J Martin II, MD

Senior Advisor, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Illinois - Chicago

Emeritus Dean; Professor Emeritus, Environmental Health Sciences, OSU College of Public Health