Seven University of Notre Dame graduate students have successfully received fellowships from the Eck Institute for Global Health.

Three 2017 graduates of the Eck Institute for Global Health Master of Science in Global Health program, Wyatt Kernell, Rosalie DePaola, and Alec Maglione, published findings from their Capstone research project in the July 2018 issue of the influential...

Nora J. Besansky, the O'Hara Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Biological Sciences, hypothesizes in a recent paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that if scientists can understand what makes a small group of Anopheles mosquito...

The University of Notre Dame’s Master of Science in Global Health program celebrated its seventh graduating class on Saturday, July 28, 2018. This year’s cohort included over 20 students with diverse academic backgrounds and future career efforts.

Brandi Klingerman of University of Notre Dame Research wrote an article on affiliated faculty and staff member of the Eck Institute for Global Health Geoffrey Siwo's work in Johannesburg, South Africa. Read the story to learn about how crowd-sourcing events...

Dr. Katherine Taylor, director of global health training and associate director of the Eck Institute for Global Health, co-authored the most recent National Academy of Medicine paper discussing how issues with local infrastructure in low-income countries can lead to medical donations becoming...

Master of Science in Global Health student, Julia Le, published another blog post for Makerere University's Centre for Excellence for Maternal Newborn and Child Health, reflecting on her six-week field work placement in Uganda and discussing observations and findings related...

Dr. David Addiss, an adjunct professor who teaches global health ethics in the Master of Science in Global Health program, recently wrote an article for the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHAUSA) on the parallels between secular global...

Dr. Geoffrey Siwo, a member of the Eck Institute for Global Health staff and an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Biological Sciences, spoke to TED Fellow Karen Eng about his new research on CRISPR, the innovative gene-editing tool. Dr....

Master of Science in Global Health student, Julia Le, blogged for Makerere University's Centre for Excellence for Maternal Newborn and Child Health about her experiences collecting data in Ugandan hospitals. Julia is currently completing her Capstone project in Uganda in partnership...

Sarah L. Bosha, LLB, LLM '13, is a Global Health Research Assistant with the Eck Institute for Global Health's Master of Science in Global Health program and Legal Research & Policy Associate with AIDS-Free World.  Sarah...

Indiana is in the bottom 10 states for infant mortality with a 2016 infant mortality rate (IMR) of 7.5. This means more than seven children die out of every 1,000 births. Unfortunately, St. Joseph County’s IMR was even higher,...

Last month, the Eck Institute for Global Health (EIGH) hosted an expert panel to discuss and explore the barriers and opportunities related to access to affordable medicines. The panel featured Fran Quigley, JD, director of the Health and...

The College of Engineering, College of Science, and Notre Dame Research are jointly celebrating the Alumni Association’s Annual Reunion with an event on Friday, June 1, 2018. The festivities will be held in the new McCourtney Hall and will feature fun...

People showing virtually no symptoms are likely the primary source of dengue fever, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens. Nearly 400 million people each year are infected with dengue virus, which is transmitted through mosquitoes. 

What a difference 9 months can make! Especially when you are in the University of Notre Dame’s Master of Science in Global Health program: a one-year intensive global health training program, focused on research and science.

The 13th annual Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Meeting of the Minds conference was held in April at Boston College. This conference celebrates the importance of undergraduate research and provides an opportunity for sharing of ideas and collaboration.

This communication was found to vary across the colony and suggests that this bacterium may develop protective behaviors that contribute to its ability to tolerate some antibiotics.

On April 14, students from Notre Dame and other local colleges and universities will help spread mulch, rehabilitate homes, paint fire hydrants and lay bricks, among other tasks, as part of Back the Bend, an annual...

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame focused on an enzyme in gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a pathogen that causes pneumonia and sepsis.