UVa’s Center for Global Health, formed in 2001, is at the vanguard of university initiatives tackling global health challenges. The Center’s multidisciplinary approach is three-pronged. It trains fellows from international partner institutions to become the new generation of leaders in global health. It sends UVa undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines – CGH scholars - to points around the global to address global health issues. The Center also helps create new global health-related curriculum

UVa's Center for Global Health (CGH) focuses on health as a transcendent and unambiguous human value that engages multiple disciplines across the University of Virginia and across cultural, economic, and geographic divides. As such, health provides a compass for direction and a measuring stick for progress made. Our CGH model emphasizes academics, service, and research: 1. UVa student scholars develop faculty-mentored 6-8 week projects in developing countries working to improve the health of those in greatest need 2. International fellows travel from collaborating sites abroad for training and research at UVa to address their own research priorities 3. New interdisciplinary curricula emphasize research linked to service, including global health courses for undergraduates and medical students, a global health track for the MPH program, and student-sponsored events and speakers UVa's Center for Global Health enriches our academic mission by reaching across departments, centers, and schools to build lasting collaborations within the University and abroad.
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