Tackling Global Health Disparities through Implementation Science Research

Catalog description

Students will examine and review the epidemiology and drivers of the global burden of non-communicable diseases as well as two ‘chronic’ infectious diseases (tuberculosis and HIV). Students will explore solutions through an implementation science research framework. ‘Real life’ case studies will be used to allow students to fully grasp how to design, implement and evaluate effective interventions in low resource settings and among vulnerable populations. The course will focus on the use of alternative research study designs as well as the potential for mobile health interventions to improve disparities in access to care through task-shifting and task-sharing among front-line health providers to reduce health disparities.