Research
These pages provide an overview of current research activities. Completed projects are represented in the Publications section or on individual faculty pages, under the People section.
Research undertaken in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine is done with the aim of “clinical relevance,” that is, to affect medical treatment practices and health care policies at local and global levels.
Cultural Studies of Biomedicine
Social science research on the culture and political economy of the profession of medicine and health care
Global Health Delivery
Addressing the significant global health “delivery gap” that, despite unprecedented new financial resources and medical advances, prevents care from consistently reaching patients who need it
History of Medicine
A program strongly committed to teaching and research that places the development of medical knowledge and practice into broad social and cultural contexts
Infectious Disease
HIV/AIDS
MDRTB
Medical Anthropology
The study of illness and medical systems cross-culturally
Medical Ethics
Building greater awareness and understanding of the critical moral, ethical, and social dimensions of medicine
Mental Health
Global Mental Health
Mental Health Services
International Child Mental Health
International Child Mental Health Program