School of Public Health
Advanced Global Health Global Classroom; The Impact of Climate Change on Water and Food Security in Cameroon
This course explores the intricate relationships between climate change, water resources, and food security, with a focus on African women and children's vulnerabilities.
Healthcare Strategic Planning and Marketing
Taught with the faculty of the Health Services Management Center at the University of Birmingham UK, this course will provide an understanding of strategic management and marketing enabling students to lead the process and evaluate strategic planning in healthcare organizations.
Kalliope Kantanas on Maryland-in-Barcelona: A Global Lens on Public Health
“I immersed myself in Barcelona's culture and customs, spoke Spanish daily to communicate with the locals, and became more resilient by welcoming and facing the challenges of living in a new place head-on.”
International Family Law: Parent/Child Relationship in the Americas
UMD students will work synchronously online with their international peers in Brazil to critically think about cutting-edge ethical, legal, and policy, issues in the field of International Family Law focusing on the parent/child relationship.
Fearless Fulbrights: Dr. Donna Howard
Professor Emerita of Public Health, Dr. Donna Howard, shares her 2008 Fulbright experience in India and its continuous positive reverberations—16 years later.
New Cross-Disciplinary Study Abroad Program Confronts Racism’s Impact on Public Health
The C.D. Mote, Jr. Incentive Awards Program (IAP) and the School of Public Health (SPH) teamed up to create a new UMD-Winter program in Brazil, addressing the enduring injustice of racism as a public health crisis.
Every Drop Counts: Water, Food and Global Public Health
In-depth interdisciplinary study of the public health issues related to water use for global food production.
Families and Global Health
Students will explore, define, and study global health, social determinants of health, health inequalities, gender inequality, family violence, and maternal and child health using a global perspective.
Assisted Reproduction Law and Policy in the US and Brazil
Students will work online with their international partners in Brazil to critically think about cutting-edge ethical, legal, policy and scientific issues in the field of Assisted Reproduction Technologies (ART) in the two countries.
Teaching Menstrual Health: Dispelling Myths and Misconceptions
This course provides a platform to teach undergraduate students from the University of Maryland (UMD) and Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Bachelor of Education students about the intersections of gender, culture, and health.