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.
Spotlight
Eck Institute for Global Health Fellow and Triple Domer, Rose Donohue, walks us through her education journey, international research, and goals for the future. Rose is currently a PhD student in Edwin Micheal's lab in the Department of Biological Sciences.
Research
ND will lead a five-year program to determine the efficacy of a spatial repellent product in preventing mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue and Chikungunya.
According to researchers at the University of Notre Dame, data from a clinical trial in Indonesia designed to evaluate the impact of a spatial repellent on reducing malaria infections showed promising results.
Ana Lidia Flores-Mireles researched one of the word’s largest organisms before a graduate school class sparked her interest in the tiniest ones. She went from studying whales to studying microbes, and is now the Hawk Assistant Professor in the...
A dual research and teaching position attracted Felipe Santiago-Tirado to accept an offer from Notre Dame in 2018. “I enjoy teaching,” he said. “Few places are good in both teaching and research.”
ND Research Explores: The Eck Institute for Global Health
EIGH Master of Science in Global Health Class of 2019
David Gaus, M.D., MPH/TM, Founder & CEO of Andean Health & Development
Title: “Long Road from Quito: Reflections on Global Health from Ecuador”
David Gaus, Founder and CEO of Andean Health & Development, earned an accounting degree from the University of Notre Dame ‘84. Gaus will share his story of how Fr. Hesburgh played a role in this accounting major landing in Ecuador and later founding Andean Health & Development.…