Office of Global Health at the Medical College of Wisconsin
Welcome
Learn more about the Office of Global Health
Inspiring Global Outreach
“Through MCW’s program, students get the opportunity to learn to tailor a health project in a setting unlike their own... Along the way, they learn cultural competence, humility and how to engage. They see for themselves how people in other cultures can achieve much with very few resources and learn flexibility and resourcefulness. That is why we have designed an experiential learning program that is hands on and project based.”
MCW student S. Ryan Jacobus is working to make meaningful global health connections and become a future global health leader.
Read more about Jacobus' amazing internship project in Rwanda
Interested in MCW's MS in Global Health Equity Program or how our students are learning to engage with diverse local and global populations?
Read more about Global Health
Global Health at MCW
Education
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.
Research
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).
Resources
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.
Support 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.
Neighborhoods to Nations
We Collaborate
When we are invited, we strive to improve health equity locally and worldwide. As the catalyzing agent, we take advantage of our diverse skills and experiences of our faculty ad trainees.
Learn how we collaborate
Students Learn
It is an exciting time for us to facilitate global health activities with MCW’s campuses and global partners. Medical literature has illustrated the positive outcomes for the student, resident, or fellow involvement in global health educational and research opportunities.
Learn how our students learn
Faculty Transformation
MCW offers a wealth of interest, expertise, and resources in global health efforts. It is an exciting challenge to guide faculty and trainees to explore and implement their global health activities alongside global collaborators. Learn about our faculty's efforts in community engagement, education, patient care, and research globally.
Learn about faculty transformationOur Global Health Efforts
Africa
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Democratic Republic of Congo
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Madagascar
• Mali
• Mauritus
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• South Africa
• Tanzania
• Uganda
Asia
• Bhutan
• Cambodia
• China
• India
• Iraq
• Israel
• Japan
• Jordan
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• South Korea
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Turkey
• Vietnam
Australia/Oceania
• Australia
• New Zealand
Central America
• Belize
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
Europe
• Austria
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Czechia
• Denmark
• England
• France
• Germany
• Ireland
• Italy
• Poland
• Russia
• Scotland
• Spain
• Switzerland
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom
North America
• Canada
• Cuba
• Haiti
• Mexico
• United States
South America
• Belize
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru
Our Global Engagement
The Office of Global Health is part of "MCW's just cause to improve health for all." We envision a healthier world that is just, equitable, and thriving for everyone, a world where social and human differences are drivers of health and wellbeing, not barriers. The Office of Global Health is committed to the intentional actions it will take to achieve this vision through our global engagement.
MCW formally supports the Brocher Declaration for "promoting appropriate short-term engagements."
Its principles are:
- Mutual partnerships with bidirectional input and learning
- Empowered host country and community define needs and activities
- Sustainable programs and capacity building
- Compliance with applicable laws, ethical standards, and code of conduct
- Humility, cultural sensitivity, and respect for all involved
- Accountability for actions
These align with MCW's global engagement approach and global health definition.
Contact Us
Medical College of Wisconsin
Medical Education Building
3rd floor, Suite #3165
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
globalhealth@mcw.edu
