Program for Education in Global and Population Health

First-Year Student Cycle

Flow chat of First-Year Student Cycle

The student projects presented today are the culmination of a yearlong effort, starting in the Summer prior to the start of their First-year of medical school. In this period, students are accompanied through workshops, coursework, info sessions and meetings with their mentors and sites, prior to conducting their summer projects. 

Summer Before Year 1

  • Incoming students are invited to apply to take part in the pre-orientation program Bienvenidos, which provides an 4-week immersion to the Latin-X communities in Washington Heights
  • Incoming students receive information about the Global Health opportunities available and are strongly encouraged to apply to the Intro to Global Health course (GLHL 7206)

Fall Year 1

  • Intro to Global Health course runs (12-week, 2 credits). Credits can be applied to the MD-MS in Biomedical Sciences – Global Health area of focus, if so desired.
  • Incoming students are invited to join the Global Pop Student Projects Symposium in September, learn about a relevant Global Health topic through an expert panel and meet second years who have just completed their experience, as well as their mentors.
  • First-years are invited to join the Global Pop matchmaking session in October-November, where Faculty conducting Global Health work shares their projects, with extensive opportunity to meet students and answer questions

Spring Year 1

  • In early January, students submit their application to participate in our Summer Programs and to receive a stipend, and take part of our interview process in late January/ early February. Selection results are issued in late February.
  • Selected students must register and take part of our Research Methods in Global and Population Health (GLHL 7207), where they will acquire relevant tools and elaborate a research plan for the summer.
  • In April, selected students must take part of our Pre-Summer orientation, where university-wide support offices offering support to students conducting research abroad present their resources. The Global Pop office provides orientation on summer deliverables and other paperwork. Student take an appointment at Student Health Services for any required vaccinations/medications.
  • In May, selected students receive an advance on their summer stipend

Summer Year 1

  • Students complete their 8- week summer project abroad or 10- week project in NYC.
  • In the month of August, students submit an abstract (for our yearly booklet), a poster (for the September Symposium), and a capstone paper (to obtain credits for their summer work, which they can do via registration to the Independent Study in Global and Population Health (GLHL 7208)..

Fall Year 2

  • Students wishing to obtain the 3 credits via the Independent Study in Global and Population Health must register for the course via OASIS and will obtain a Pass/Fail grade in the Fall semester. Credits count towards the MD-MS in Biomedical Sciences – Global Health Focus. There is no other coursework associated with this course beyond the three deliverables (abstract, poster and paper) submitted in August.
  • Students present their work at the Global and Population Health Student Projects Symposium in September

Student Organizations

First years are encouraged to join the Global Health Student Organization and the Digame Mas Student Club, as well as their activities.

Ongoing Events

Global Pop also conducts a number of ongoing events, with Faculty conducting Global Health work, such as the Career in Global Health speaker series, Expert Panels, among other.