Australia Program
The Australia program will provide students with a firsthand experience of public health in action in Australia. Students will make academic visits and listen to lectures from public health experts in Brisbane, Australia. They will get the opportunity to observe fieldwork in a public health setting among diverse populations. Educational trips will also be made to notable areas such as the Great Barrier Reef and Noosa Heads National Park to learn about the global impact of environmental health.
Five days will be spent in Sydney, 12 days in Brisbane, and six days in Cairns. Sydney activities may include a tour of the University of Sydney, Big Bus Tour and Sydney Bridge Climb. Brisbane activities may include a City Essentials Walking Tour, Stradbroke Island, Cultural Centre, University of Queensland Lecture and the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. Cairns activities may include Aboriginal Cultural Park by Night, Waterfall, Wildlife and Rainforest Tour, Great Barrier Reef Dive & Snorkel and the Botanic Garden.
Guatemala Six-Week Summer Internship
The Guatemala Public Health Internship is a six-week summer internship with the non-profit organization Asociación Nuestros Ahijados (ANA). Students who have previously taken or are currently enrolled in Global Health in Action (PBH 366 or PBH 337) are eligible to apply for this internship including students who graduate in May. A total of ten interns can participate over the long summer term. The internship will occur between the last week of May and the last day of the long summer term. Individual internship dates will vary.
Interns are responsible for arranging their own transportation to and from Guatemala and housing while there. Students selected for the internship will be introduced to each other to facilitate joint planning. Students must comply with policies and will be covered by benefits described in the International Travel Process.
Guatemala Global Virtual Exchange Course
Global Health in Action (PBH 366)—Global Health in Action is an experiential learning course in which students form teams and create deliverables identified by two global health organizations working in Central America—The God’s Child Project/Asociación Nuestros Ahijados (ANA) and Project Schoolhouse (PSH). This semester, the course is also a Global Virtual Exchange, which means we will also be collaborating with nutrition students at Universidad Mariano Galvez. This course prepares a student for a global health career. You will be working with differences in language and cultural values as well as virtual communication In addition to academic requirements, you are expected to exhibit flexibility, patience, cultural humility, problem-solving, and good humor. If you are reluctant to develop and exercise these qualities, this course will be frustrating for you.