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Studying Global Health & Medicine Off-Campus

DIS Copenhagen or Stockholm:

--Public Health // Medical Practice & Policy // Biomedicine // Neuroscience--

DIS offers two programs, the flagship location of Copenhagen and a new campus in Stockholm. Both offer a

core course track in Public Health; the Stockholm location looks at Public Health & Migration (refugees, asylum

seekers, and economic migrants) and the Copenhagen program explores Health Delivery and Prioritization

across different European healthcare systems. The Medical Practice & Policy track at both locations bridges

research in medicine and working with patients, breaking down silos in the medical field to deliver care

through innovation. Students can also study Biomedicine or Neuroscience. All core courses at DIS include a

week-long comparative study tour trip to another country as part of the class. In addition to a required

language & culture class, students round out their semester with a variety of elective courses, including

development, medicine, and policy-related options.

SIT & IHP Semester Programs: Global Health focus

CC approves all SIT and IHP comparative semester study abroad programs, offered in both the fall and spring

semester. Explore the strengths and limitations of diverse wellness systems, healthcare delivery models, and

related healthcare policies on any of these programs. All SIT programs end with a month-long independent

study program or, in many of these programs, an internship placement option. See their website for details on

these programs:

- Argentina: Public Health in Urban Environments

- Chile: Public Health, Traditional Medicine, and Community Empowerment

- China: Health, Environment, and Traditional Chinese Medicine

- India: Public Health, Gender, and Community Action

- Jordan: Refugees, Health, and Humanitarian Action

- Kenya: Urbanization, Health, and Human Rights

- South Africa: Community Health and Social Policy

- Switzerland: Global Health and Development Policy

- IHP: Health and Community: Globalization, Culture, and Care (comparative 4-country program with a

month each studying in Argentina, South Africa, Vietnam, and Washington D.C. in the Spring semester

–OR— in Brazil, India, South Africa, and Washington DC in the Fall semester)

Washington Semester (American University) – Public Health Policy track

Spend a semester in Washington DC, studying and interning in the center of policy for the U.S. This program

will enable students to study domestic and global health issues, scientific innovations in the field with a focus

on bioethics, and to explore relevant public health topics of interest to them. An interdisciplinary course

seminar taught by local, national, and global experts explores key issues in your field, and all students

complete an internship for the entire semester duration at a variety of organizations, including governmental

offices and policy hubs related to global health.

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IFSA-Butler direct enrollment

When you study abroad for a semester or year with IFSA-Butler, they will facilitate your direct enrollment at

world universities, and you can choose from thousands of courses. Many of the CC-approved university

programs through IFSA-Butler in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Argentina & Chile

offer coursework in Global Health-related areas. Their departments abroad may be called something different,

so make sure to search thoroughly on the IFSA-Butler website – for example, try Public Health, Social Policy,

Premedical, Pharmacy, Midwifery, etc.

Boston University Science Semester: France or Spain (Fall only)

For pre-med students planning ahead as freshmen, who are interested in studying abroad in the fall semester

of their sophomore year, the BU Science Semesters offer opportunities to blend some pre-med prerequisites

and science courses in English with traditional elements of study abroad (homestay, language study, cultural

excursions).

All students take a language course (equivalent to one block of the language requirement at CC), and then

take the following courses (with CC equivalent noted):

- Organic Chemistry (Orgo 1 at CC)

- Basic Statistics and Probability (MA117 at CC)

- Approaches to Contemporary French Society & Culture /or/ Spanish Civilization

- Introduction to Scientific Research (1/2 unit at CC, and does not fulfill any major requirement, but is an

interesting introduction and exploration course to build connections in research and labs in other

countries).

(Students are not recommended to take the Cell Biology option on this program, but rather to take BY 131 here

at CC).

Research Opportunities in Global Health / Medicine

EuroScholars

A large variety of different research projects are available to students interested in the field of healthcare and

global health, working in a lab with researchers at top universities in Sweden, The Netherlands, Germany,

Switzerland, Finland, Belgium, and Italy. You can search the database of current projects and opportunities on

the Euroscholars website.

ACM Oak Ridge National Laboratory (USA)

This research semester enables students to join ongoing investigations at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in

Tennessee, in research areas as diverse as astrophysics, cell biology, DNA sequencing, genetic mutagenesis,

parallel computing, robotics, toxicology, and much more.

Rothberg International School, Hebrew University Jerusalem

Home to eight Nobel Prize laureates, Hebrew University has a tradition of excellence in STEM that dates to our

founding—shaped by such luminaries as Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud. Students at HebrewU’s Rothberg

International School (RIS) have access to a variety of specialized programs in STEM, including research opportunities

at over 100 HebrewU research centers.

For more information about any of these programs, or to explore other options, please visit