Policy, Education, and Research

CUGH provides a platform for exchange of knowledge and experience in global health by building university collaborations to define global health competencies and set standards for a training curriculum. Working across borders and institutions to build an enduring global health alliance to develop human capital and research capacity, CUGH promotes the university’s role and multidisciplinary capacity for tackling major global health challenges.

Policy and Advocacy

Global health concerns impact political, diplomatic and financial agendas. Increasing interest in global health on the part of government leaders, philanthropists, the medical community and consumers adds urgency to the need to create workable, meaningful policies.

CUGH is committed to building a broader understanding of both global health and the role that universities play in advancing health worldwide.

Education and Training

Future leaders in global health must have a strong set of knowledge in one disciplinary core while being able to work across many disciplines. Training the global health workforce is the essential priority for global health.

CUGH will support the development of global health curricula, core competencies and interdisciplinary strategies, including how to integrate research and service into student education, through a problem-based — not discipline — based, approach.

Research

CUGH, being a consortium of universities, is uniquely poised to bring together university researchers and provide them with a platform for presenting and sharing research in global health.