The University of Notre Dame's Eck Institute for Global Health (EIGH) serves as a university-wide enterprise that recognizes health as a fundamental human right and works to promote research, training, and service to advance health standards and reduce health disparities for all. The EIGH brings together multidisciplinary teams to understand and address health challenges that disproportionately affect the poor and to train the next generation of global health leaders.
Master of Science
The Master of Science in Global Health program provides an engaging science-centric training in the context of global health. The program is a one-year, intensive training that includes two semesters of coursework and one semester of a field practicum.
Recent News
The University of Notre Dame is currently undertaking precautionary measures in relation to COVID-19; therefore, the faculty and staff of the Eck Institute for Global Health and Master of Science in Global Health program are working remotely or working reduced hours. Please visit here.nd.edu for the latest information, including FAQs on updates to research, travel, & funding.
Case Competition
Six teams competed in ND's 2020 Global Health Case Competition. The competition challenged ND graduate and undergraduate students to develop a plan for delivering vaccinations for measles and Ebola via drones in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
A study completed at the University of Notre Dame in the laboratory of Jeff Schorey, the George G. Craig Jr. Professor of Biological Sciences, ashowed for the first time how RNA sensors drive a response in T-cells in...
As Notre Dame’s laboratories went into hibernation in March, many researchers from various fields looked for ways to pivot their work toward furthering knowledge into how COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, works, how it’s transmitted, and how our...
On Wednesday, June 10, 2020 researchers and stakeholders from universities and institutions from around the state participated in the virtual Indiana-wide COVID-19 Research Networking Event.
ND Research Explores: The Eck Institute for Global Health
EIGH Master of Science in Global Health Class of 2019
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