Summer 2012 in Oxford, England
Kenneth Gellar
Tentative Dates: July 17- August 7, 2012

The program will encompass five themes: challenges in global health, health policy and public health, tropical medicine, vaccinology, and international development and health.

Students will be introduced to the major diseases and risks to health in developing world countries, learn to understand the risk factors for premature death in these countries and review the major prevention strategies and challenges for control of these diseases.  Students will also examine policy issues and determinants of public health and health policy in international health, and acquire an introduction to tropical infectious diseases and review the strategies used to treat these diseases in resource-limited settings.  The course will review the availability and use of vaccination in disease control in developing countries and the current impact of vaccination programs.  Finally, students will learn to situate health in its wider social, economic and political context and acquire a basic understanding of the intimate, bi-directional relationship between health and development processes.

The program will encompass five themes: challenges in global health, health policy and public health, tropical medicine, vaccinology, and international development and health and will be taught by the Oxford University faculty.

Eligibility:

•    Student must be on a pre-health track emphasis

•    Enrolled at USC for the Fall 2012 Semester

•    USC cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher

Application

Application for Summer 2012 is now closed.  Please contact Judy Haw at judyhaw@usc.edu if you would like to be placed on the waiting list.

2011 Program Costs & Sources of Additional Funding (Anticipated to be similiar for 2012)

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For the 2011 Program Syllabus (Anticipated to be the similiar for 2012)

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Included Program Side Trips for Summer 2011(Anticipated to be the same for 2012)

• Wellcome Collection, London
• British Museum, London
• Hunterian Museum, London
• Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
• Oxford University Museum of Natural History
• Edward Jenner Museum, Berkley, Gloucestiershire
• Museum of the History of Science, Oxford

For questions,  contact Kenneth Gellar at kgeller@college.usc.edu