With the anticipated departure of a significant percentage of the public health workforce over the next five years, there is an urgent need to prepare existing leaders who will soon move into managerial and executive roles. These leaders will be critical in training and retaining new staff and building a fit-for-purpose public health workforce.

Public health is defined by The American Public Health Association as efforts to promote and protect the health of people and the communities where they live, learn, work and play. While public health typically refers to study or practice with a specific population focus, global health centers focus on collaborative efforts towards achieving health equity for all people. Health inequities are not isolated experiences, and our local public health efforts contribute to accomplishing health equity globally. 

There is no tuition! Travel to retreat locations, lodging costs, and most meals for the in-person retreats will be covered by GHC. If accepted, participation in all components of the fellowship program is mandatory, unless otherwise noted.

Cohorts are designed to maximize individual learning and grow the networks of our fellows. The typical cohort size is 25-50 fellows.

The fellowship is designed to be a hybrid approach, with monthly virtual learnings and connection opportunities, and two in-person retreats throughout the program year.

No, you will receive online access to all necessary class materials to prepare for each class. You may print materials if you would like.

We understand that fellows occasionally have unavoidable conflicts with training sessions. However, attendance to all workshops and retreats is mandatory. A detailed program calendar is shared prior to fellowship start. We have seen time and again how integral attendance is to the learning experience of fellows and the cohort as a whole. That said, in some cases, we can work with you to make up select missed workshops given advance notice.

On average, you can expect to spend 1-2 hours preparing for the monthly training, primarily reading articles and completing prep work that will be incorporated into workshops, shared in advance of workshops. You will also have one 1 hour self- scheduled virtual gathering in a small group of co-fellows monthly.

Yes! Our global community is a critical network for sharing new perspectives, ideas, and opportunities in global health. We’ll design virtual opportunities for fellows to convene across continents so that all fellows have the chance to understand their domestic health system through a global lens. Additionally, U.S. fellows will join our 1,300+ alumni community, which regularly engages across borders through our robust alumni program.

The co-fellow model has been a fundamental aspect of the GHC experience since our inception: bringing diverse colleagues into an intimate professional relationship fosters perspective-sharing, opportunities for learning, and access to unique networks, resources and ideas. Historically, co-fellow pairs came from different national backgrounds, but worked at the same organization during the fellowship year.

The implementation of this model will look different in the U.S.: we have tightly bonded small groups (3-5 fellows each), across multiple lines of difference (e.g. gender, geography, race/ethnicity, sector). This design creates opportunities for learning through multiple lenses.