Global Public Health

Overview

In this Global Public Health  program at Queen Mary University of London you’ll gain the knowledge and global insights you need to work in health policy and health service delivery at local, national and international levels, and in governmental and international bodies and NGOs.

The Global Public Health offers three study options: Master of Science, Postgraduate Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate.

What topics will you cover?

The modules you'll cover during your MSc Global Public Health studies are:

• Health Inequalities and the State of Global Health  – an introduction to the broad topic of global health

• Understanding Epidemiology and Statistics – develop skills in critical appraisal, interpreting the results of commonly used statistical techniques and routine morbidity and mortality measures

• Health Systems Policy and Performance – an introduction to various conceptual and theoretical understandings of ‘health systems’ within a social, economic, historical and global context

• Critical Health Economics – an introduction to core theories and concepts of economics and their applications in health policy

• Global Health Policy and Governance – an introduction to the disciplines of international relations, politics, jurisprudence, globalisation, and global governance as they relate to global health

• Planetary Health – an introduction to various analytical perspectives on environmental change on a local, regional, and global basis and how these relate to human health and planetary health

• Disease Management: Policy and Practice – build links between an appreciation of the clinical features of diseases and their implications for the design of programmes and plans

• Research, Evidence and Policy – an introduction to the philosophy of science and debates about the nature of data and evidence from a public policy and practical/applied public health perspective

• Dissertation - Independent research. An advanced, in depth examination of a particular area of global public health. Your chosen topic should relate to a relevant issue within the academic field.

Career

After graduating from Queen Mary University of London's MSc Global Public Health, you’ll be able to work in health policy and health service delivery at local, national and international levels, and in governmental and international bodies as well as NGOs.

Since research and epistemology will be integrated into the modules you’ll be covering, you could also get the opportunity to pursue further academic development in the form of a PhD.