The Joint Doctoral Program in Public Health between UCSD and SDSU -Global Health track.
Students have the opportunity to obtain a PhD degree in public health with a concentration in global health. This
program is co-directed by Dr. Angela Bazzi at
UCSD and Dr. Elizabeth Reed at SDSU, who has a
joint appointment with UCSD. If you are interested in mentoring opportunities, or learning more about the JDP,
please contact Carrie Goldsmith.
Courses - JDP
FPM-GH
FPM 244/MED 248 - Clinical and Public Health Elective
Description: In 1981, Tijuana’s Universidad Autonoma de Baja California (UABC) School of Medicine
began a series of academic and research field trips to rural regions in Baja California and Sonora, Mexico. These trips
are an integral part of the academic curriculum for 1st and 2nd year UABC medical students. In 1998, faculty and
students from University of California San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine and San Diego State University (SDSU)
Graduate School of Public Health partnered with UABC and expanded these trips to provide students with hands-on
clinical experience as well as applied public health research and practice. The collaboration was named VIIDAI: Viaje
Interinstitucional de Integracion, Docente, Asistencia y de Investigacion (Inter-institutional Retreat for Integration,
Teaching, Assistance and Investigation). VIIDAI is an integrated clinical and public health experience for U.S. and
Mexican medical and graduate students. Faculty and student teams spend 3 days in San Quintin, Baja California, Mexico,
address common clinical and public health problems in underserved populations. Students take part in activities
ranging from clinical practice, to survey research, to health promotion and education. Cross-cultural exchange is
an integral component of this course.
Instructor: TBD
Offered: TBD
FPM 297 - Gender Inequities and Global Health
Description: This course is designed to give students an introduction to the major forms of gender
inequities and how they affect the health of populations across the globe. Through lectures, classroom discussion
sessions and assignments, students will develop skills needed to understand the scope, nature and health impacts of
gender inequities, as well as those needed to plan, implement and evaluate interventions to prevent/reduce such
inequities. My hope is that students who have completed this course will be prepared to undertake meaningful
scholarly, programmatic or policy work in this emerging and growing subfield of public health and international
development.
Instructor: TBD
Offered: TBD
Scientific Writing Circle
Description: This writing circle is for postdocs and junior faculty (and PhD students, with
permission from the facilitators).
The principal goals of this Writing Circle are to:
1) improve
student’s own academic writing style
2) write, complete, and submit papers – with at least one as a first
author
3) edit colleague’s manuscripts, regardless of topic area
This Writing Circle will prepare
participants to perform peer-review and to think critically. In weekly discussion sessions, we will review each
other’s work, bring work to edit and share. Feedback will be given by faculty peers and course master.
Instructors: TBD
Offered:
TBD
GLBH 181 (FPM 245 / STPA 181) - Essentials of Global Health
Description: This course will provide an overview of global health as a field of research and
practice, with an emphasis on use of surveillance and research methods to understand health and determinants of
health, evidence-based program development and evaluation of programs in the field, and engagement with governments
and advocacy groups to elicit evidence-based policy change. Topics of focus will prioritize infectious diseases,
maternal child health, substance use and gender-based violence, as case examples of global health research and
programmatic approaches.
Instructor: TBD
Offered: TBD
MED 231 - An Introduction to Mixed Methods Research
Prerequisite: PH628 (Multivariate Statistics) or similar multivariate statistics or biostatistics
course, subject to instructor approval (students should submit syllabus to instructors for approval).
Description: Graduate-level
qualitative research methods (submit syllabus to instructor for approval). If students have not taken a graduate
level qualitative research methods course, they should register simultaneously for MED296
(Davidson; 2 units),
which will provide an orientation to qualitative methods.
Instructors: Dr. Samm Hurst
Offered: Spring
Doctoral Seminar on Global Health: Mexico Migration Field Training Program (MMFRP) (FPM 289 A, B, C)
Description: This three-quarter series focuses on Mexican migration and health issues relevant to
both sending communities in Mexico and receiving communities in Southern California, U.S. The Fall Quarter
(FPM289A) involves a two-unit course on Mexican migration, health topics related to migration and field research
methods that prepares students for fieldwork conducted in the Winter Quarter. In the Winter Quarter (FPM289B)
students typically conduct fieldwork (i.e. application of quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews) in
Mexico and/or in Southern CA regions with high concentrations of Mexican migrant communities. Interested
students must be able to participate in both A and B. The optional Spring Quarter (FPM 289C) involves working
in small groups to analyze field data and develop a scientific manuscript that is suitable for submission to a
peer-reviewed journal. The course is designed for students in the Joint Doctoral Program in Global Health and
Master’s level students at UCSD.
Instructor: TBD
Offered:
TBD
Health Frontiers in Tijuana (HFit): A Binational Response to a Growing HIV/AIDS
Public Health Crisis (MED 239)
Prerequisite: 1st or 2nd year Medical Students
Description: Health
Frontiers in Tijuana is a new elective where UCSD Medical students will learn about many of the joys and challenges
of community medicine and healthcare of the underserved in Mexico becoming an active participant in the student-run
Health Frontiers in Tijuana free- clinic project. Students enrolled in this course will learn about the Mexican
Health Care Systems, community partners in Tijuana and will play various roles under faculty supervision, including
that of binational health care provider, community advocate, health educator, clinic administrator and global
public health researcher.
Instructor: TBD
Offered: TBD
Course Website
KPBS
Article: UCSD
Will Open Student-Run Health Clinic In Tijuana
Essentials of Global Health (FPM 245/STPA 181)
Prerequisite: Medical or graduate student; senior-level undergraduate students by special
permission
Description: The sociocultural, economic, and geo-political framework for the
study and understanding of medical problems on a worldwide scale, and as basis for international health policy is
presented. Using global patterns of disease, availability and needs for medical technology, and comparisons between
diverse medical education and health care delivery systems abroad with those in the United States, students should
be able to acquire an understanding of diverse determinants of disease and of relationships between socioeconomic
development and health.
Instructor: TBD
Offered: TBD
Cultural Perceptions About Health and Disease (FPM 270)
Prerequisite: Required course for JDP students in Global Health, medical student, graduate
student, or consent of instructor
Description: The U.S. is characterized by significant
ethnic and cultural diversity due to historic and ongoing immigration. The purpose of this course is to examine
issues related to ethnic and cultural diversity and how culture may impact health beliefs, health status, and
utilization of health services. The course examines issues faced by health providers and researchers who work with
diverse populations in domestic or international settings. We will also explore the concept of cultural competence
and how it may be achieved. Relevant socio-cultural theories will also be addressed.
We will employ several
strategies to accomplish these objectives including didactic studies, student-centered learning, and case studies.
Students will prepare a final paper and present findings to colleagues and invited instructors.
Instructor: Dr. Kiyomi Tsuyuki
Offered: Fall
San Quintin Field Course (FPM 244/MED248)
Prerequisite: Elective course for UCSD medical students. JDP students in Global Health may
enroll on a space-available basis with consent of the instructor.
Description: In 1981, Tijuana’s
Universidad Autonoma de Baja California (UABC) School of Medicine began a series of academic and research field
trips to rural regions in Baja California and Sonora. These trips are now an integral part of the academic
curriculum for 1st and 2nd year medical students. In 1998, the original faculty team expanded the agenda for these
trips, and named the project VIIDAI: Viaje Interinstitucional de Integracion, Docente, Asistencia y de
Investigacion (Retreat for Educational Integration, Assistance and Investigation). Trips involve a combination of
hands-on clinical experience as well as public health research and practice. Students can take part in activities
ranging from clinical practice, to survey research, to health promotion and education. Cross-cultural exchange is
an integral component of this course. Competency in Spanish is not required, but adds significantly to the
student’s experience.
This course requires the student to attend the 3-day (Friday-Sunday) trip to San
Quintin, plus one orientation meeting at UABC in Tijuana on a Saturday prior to the trip.
Instructor:
TBD
Offered: TBD
Course Website
FPM 258B Public Health Doctoral Lecture Series II
Prerequisite: Joint Doctoral Program in Public Health graduate student, FPM
258A.
Description: This second quarter of a three quarter sequence combines didactic instruction,
interactive sessions and student presentations. Topics cover study design, ethics, data analysis and management
techniques, and qualitative research will be presented. Focus: lectures (different from I or III).
Instructor: TBD
Offered: TBD