Office of Global Health at the Medical College of Wisconsin

The Office of Global Health fully aligns with MCW's vision to become an anti-racist organization through listening, learning, and practice change. Our efforts are coordinated to advance our institution's inclusive excellence goal.

We acknowledge that the land our academic medical center has benefitted from was first inhabited by Native People of Wisconsin and the word Milwaukee is derived from the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Menominee word for “good land” (Native People of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Historical Society, 2016).

MCW trainees across each of our graduate, medicine, and pharmacy schools and graduate medical education programs have an opportunity to increase their global health competency which enhances their professional character and increases their compassion and ability to care for a diversity of populations.

Global burdens of disease are local and global in nature and scope.

Since disease respects neither national boundaries nor government mandates, a better-educated, well-trained cadre of physicians and scientists in a particular country can be more effective in preventing the spread of disease to other parts of the world. (Acad Medicine 2010).

The MCW Libraries organizes resources as journals and books in the field of global health and key websites for students and professionals interested in learning more about Global Health.

Join us to advance innovative knowledge changing life.

Research Seed Funds are used by faculty to support innovative scientific discovery. Faculty, in turn, have an opportunity to assess current methods or providing patient care in the United States and further consider innovation and cost effectiveness.