Global Health

Master's and Doctoral Degree Programs

You yearn for work that makes a difference and believe in the old adage that if you teach a person to fish, they will be fed for a lifetime.

You don't want to simply provide resources, you want to empower people. Because you understand that health sets the foundation for individuals to live their best life possible.

Global public health professionals take on communities' most pressing health challenges. They work with underrepresented populations and strive to alleviate health disparities across the world. Globally, medically vulnerable people face infectious, tropical, chronic and non-infectious disease, and the health threats don't stop there. Age-related illness, mental health issues and health-related consequences from violence and war are everyday realities.

Working for women worldwide

Across international boundaries and vastly different cultures, women face the threat of sexual violence and issues of gender equality and empowerment. Ph.D. student and MPH alumna Meghan Fitzgerald has seen it firsthand. More importantly, she is doing something about it. See how.

October 28, 2022

Protecting LGBTQ people from the health risks of social isolation

But social isolation is not just a problem for older people. Youth depend on many different support systems – family, schools, clubs, religious organizations – to shape their sense of self-worth, said Jonathan Garcia, an associate professor at Oregon State University.
June 7, 2022

MPH alum will use his two passions –storytelling and politics –to write his future in government

Nate Capener, MPH ’22, is set to begin a prestigious Presidential Management Fellows Program. Although he’ll be working at the highest levels of government, he says it’s equally important for public health practitioners to work in communities of every size.
November 25, 2021

Farmworkers keep Oregonians fed, but often struggle to put food on their own tables

Farmworkers’ low wages, long work hours without overtime pay and often rural locations can make it challenging for them to feed their own families.
October 18, 2021

Health equity and diversity champion recognized by state public health association and OSU

Associate professor and public health rising star Jonathan Garcia brought home two awards in 2021 for his leadership and work advancing health equity and inclusiveness in public health research, teaching and practice.
October 1, 2021

Medical mistrust, misinformation factor into Latino vaccine hesitancy

Lack of trusted medical sources, traumatic past experiences with medical care and widespread misinformation have contributed to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Latino communities.
September 21, 2021

Taiwan’s COVID-19 Vaccination Against Biological and Political Viruses

A piece by Chunhuei Chi, professor and director of the Center for Global Health, Oregon State University.