Global Health
Faculty of the Committee on Global Health
Paul Farmer, The Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Social Medicine (Medical School) (Co-Chair)
David M. Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics (Co-Chair)
David E. Bloom
Allan M. Brandt, Amalie Moses Kass Professor of the History of Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine, and Professor of the History of Science in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Dan W. Brock, Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Legal Medicine (Medical School)
Colleen M. Cavanaugh, Edward C. Jeffrey Professor of Biology
Nicholas A. Christakis, Professor of Sociology (FAS), Professor of Medical Sociology in the Department of Health Care Policy (Medical School) (on leave spring term)
David A. Edwards, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering
Myron Essex, Mary Woodard Lasker Professor of Health Sciences (Public Health)
Richard G. Frank, Margaret T. Morris Professor of Health Care Policy (Medical School)
Susanne J. Goldie, Roger Irving Lee Professor of Public Health (Public Health)
Mary-Jo Del Vecchio Good, Professor of Social Medicine (Medical School)
David A. Haig, Harvard College Professor, George Putnam Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (on leave 2009-10)
Daniel L. Hartl, Higgins Professor of Biology (FAS), Professor in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases (Public Health)
Gary King, David Florence Professor of Government
Arthur Kleinman, Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Medical Anthropology in the Faculty of Medicine, Professor of Medical Anthropology in the Department of Social Medicine (Medical School)
Michèle Lamont, Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies
Jennifer Leaning, Professor of the Practice of International Health (Public Health) and Associate Professor of Medicine (Medical School)
Robert A. Lue, Professor of the Practice of Molecular and Cellular Biology
John M. Mugane, Professor of the Practice of African Languages and Cultures and Director of the African Language Program (on leave spring term)
Daniel P. Schrag, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology and Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering
Lucie E. White, Louis A. Horvitz Professor of Law (Law School)
The Standing Committee on Global Health seeks to promote expanded and enhanced curricular, research, and advising opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students. This committee will coordinate existing course offerings related to global health, encourage the creation of new courses on global health topics as appropriate, and help to facilitate the creation of new research opportunities for undergraduates.
Global health presents a fundamentally interdisciplinary set of challenges. Harvard has a deep investment and scholarly capacity in many areas that provide critical insight to global health challenges. The scale and the complexity of these challenges extend beyond one discipline or methodology; the foundational works of the life sciences need to be bridged with a sophisticated understanding of the economic, political, social, and cultural factors that influence health outcomes. The Committee on Global Health with its diverse representation from across the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will provide a thoughtful and comprehensive program of study to Harvard undergraduates as they explore significant research topics in global health.