About GHI
Our Mission
The Global Health Initiative (GHI) at Boston University Promotes Multi-Disciplinary Research, Education, Outreach and Policy Studies Across and Beyond the Boston University Community. GHI’s Goal is to Reduce Disparities in Health by Supporting the Generation and Application of Knowledge, Fostering "Global Literacy” Among our Students, and Developing Partnerships with International Health and Science Leaders, Scholars, and Practitioners around the World. More »
Strategic Priorities
The Global Health Initiative has adopted three key priorities that map with specific strengths at Boston University and offer synergistic possibilities for addressing current global health challenges. The geographic nexus and primary focal point for GHI’s activities is India, and in certain cases, the region more broadly. The vision for the BU-India program is to develop a sustainable model of long term and multidimensional partnerships with institutions in India and the region across the public, private and academic sectors, and to engage BU faculty and students across a range of disciplines, including medicine, public health and the health sciences, the social sciences, humanities and arts, engineering and management, and communications and science and medical journalism. More »
1. BU - India Translational Research Program
2. Building Capacity and Leaders in Global Health
3. Emerging Infectious Diseases
A Message from the Director
Welcome to the Global Health Initiative at Boston University. This new multi-disciplinary initiative is fostering new curricular options on global health for undergraduate and graduate students, facilitating interdisciplinary research, and expanding BU’s relationships with public health scholars and practitioners world-wide to find and implement sustainable solutions to the complex health challenges our world now faces. More »