GHP SM Class of 2019 (Photo credit: Abhishek Bhatia, SM ’17)
Summer Research Internship
During the summer between the first and second years, students are required to undertake a research internship for hands-on experience and to integrate the research skills that they have learned from their coursework. Many students use the summer research experience to develop their thesis. Students are welcome to review past internship reports that include detailed information on previous student placements. Please contact the Education Office for more information.
Samples of recent summer internships
Evaluation of community-based surveillance program for Avian influenza, Vietnam
Examining the effect of neonatal vitamin A supplementation on child mortality in multi-site clinical trials in Tanzania
Evaluation of how perceptions of mental illness impact one’s treatment in Ethiopia
Assessment of the determinants of breastfeeding in a western Amazonian community, Brazil
Assessment of the determinants of child health and immunization status in an India Urban Slum in Mumbai, India
Measuring health-related quality of life (QoL) of Type II Diabetes Mellitus
Evaluating Tuberculosis DOTS at the BHU Level in the District of Lahore, Pakistan
Addressing the persistent high neonatal mortality, Nepal
Master’s Thesis
The second year involves a mix of coursework and the Master’s Thesis. The thesis is intended to allow the student to pursue a single topic in depth and demonstrate analytical and substantive research expertise in an area of global health and population. Students are welcome to review examples of master’s theses. Please contact the Education Office for more information.
Samples of recent theses titles
The Economics of an HIV Vaccine
An Analysis of Changes in Infant Feeding Practices After the Passage of Indonesia’s 2009 Health Law
The Impact of Multiple Risk Factor Exposures on Early Childhood Development among 2- year-old Children in Rwanda
Informing Interventions to Prevent Violence: an Analysis of Aggression-related Trauma in the Capital of Honduras
Guidance for Chlorine Use for Water Treatment in Emergencies
Financial Incentives and Medical Professionalism in China and the United States in an Era of Health System Reform
Longitudinal and Comparative Efficiency of the public Health System in Qatar
Ethiopia’s Health Extension Program: A Community Health Worker Program amidst a Changing Population
The Independent Elderly: Creating a Politically Feasible Health Policy to Enable Older Vermonters to Continue Living Independently
