Koplan et al, 2009, defines global health as the "A field of study, research, and practice that places a priority of achieving equity in health for all people.  Global health involves multiple disciplines within and beyond the health sciences, is a synthesis of population-base prevention with individual level clinical care, promotes interdisciplinary collaboration, and emphasizes transnational health issues and determinants." The Global Health concentration is built on the Global and Urban Health Equity (GLUE) certificate program which is a 2 year long comprehensive curriculum based on the Consortium of Universities for Global Health Interprofessional competencies, and developed by the Wayne State University Global Health Alliance (WSUGHA). GLUE comprises monthly didactics, (local and/or international) community engagement, and mentored team-based capstone projects that are community-driven, ethical, equitable, and built on long-term partnership & sustainability. Local partnerships are with First Aid First, Freedom House Detroit, Samaritas Transitional Housing, and the Global Health Research Collaborative. International partnerships are with Child Family Health International (Virtual opportunities in Bolivia, Uganda, Ghana, Mexico, and Ecuador) and Child Health Education Initiative (CHEI), India.  See more at www.wsugha.org.  

The Global Health Concentration is a more intensive experience with includes pre-requisites in the first 2 years which include community engagement, healing between the lines, and World Health Students Organization (WHSO) educational experiences as well as some online global health modules, and the WHSO-WSUGHA Global Practitioner Series. Students may also audit GLUE didactic sessions.  

Scholars will be expected to disseminate their scholarship/service/advocacy outputs and are encouraged to be creative and innovative in their work and dissemination.  

Scholars will have opportunities to distinguish themselves through global health advocacy and leadership.  

Global Health Information Session Recording from 1/19
Passcode: ^CMpY$9n

Area Directors

Kristiana Kaufmann, M.D.
aj6912@wayne.edu

Kristiana Kaufmann is an Associate Professor in the WSU Department of Emergency Medicine and the Director of the Global and Urban Health Section and the International Emergency Medicine Fellowship at the Wayne State University (WSU) Department of Emergency Medicine.  She is also the co-director of the WSU Global Health Alliance and its Global and Urban Health Equity Scholars Program.  Dr. Kaufmann is the American College of Emergency Physicians Ambassador to Lao People's Democratic Republic through her long standing work with Health Frontiers, including development of and director of the new Lao EM residency training program.  She created the Hands-On Practical Emergency Skills (HOPES)  first aid training for incoming students in the WSU School of Medicine and is faculty adviser for the First Aid First WSU student organization aimed at teaching first aid in the Detroit community.  Dr. Kaufmann is the Eastern Michigan Region Medical Director for the National Ski Patrol and actively patrols as a Senior patroller and Outdoor Emergency Care course director at Alpine Valley Ski Patrol in White Lake, Michigan.  In her spare time, she likes to play catch with her dogs Mork and Mindy and play ping-pong with her family.

Dr. Kaufmann received her BS at U of Michigan in Cell and Molecular Biology.  She completed MD at WSU in Detroit, MI.  She completed her EM Residency at U of Cincinnati.  She completed an MPH and International and Global Health Fellowship at U of Illinois at Chicago.   She then spent one year living in Lao PDR volunteering with Health Frontiers.