Thesis
All Master of Medical Sciences in Global Health Delivery students complete a mentored thesis project. The mentored research allows students to participate in the design and execution of an innovative global health delivery project. Beyond developing skills in research, analysis, leadership, and global health delivery, students can contribute to the quality of health care delivery at the sites where they work to enhance the training available to local clinical staff and contribute to the growing knowledge base that is transforming global health.
- Join us May 12, 13, and 14 as our MMSc in Global Health Delivery students present their thesis projects. Register here for Zoom access.
Students develop the thesis with mentorship from a primary mentor and their thesis committee. The program scaffolds the thesis process through thesis-specific courses, and the program has advisors who offer additional mentoring in research methods. During year 1, students construct the project proposal, develop the research tools, and submit the project for Institutional Review Board approval. During year 2, students carry out the project, analyze the data, and write the project up.
Each student submits "postcards from the field" in the form of images and texts that give context to their projects, the research process, and their reflections on their work. Below are select "postcards from the field" written by the Global Health Delivery Class of 2024.

Thesis Spotlight
Kelly Lai
Class of 2025
“It hasn’t gone away”: The Physical, Psychosocial, and Financial Consequences for Mineworkers with Symptoms of Post-TB Lung Disease in Lesotho- a Qualitative Study
Thesis Spotlight
Sam Muhanguzi
Class of 2025
Integrated Mental Healthcare in Rural Rwanda: Socioeconomic Impact and Stakeholder Perspectives
Thesis Spotlight
Maria Puspa “Tika” Kartika
Class of 2025
Multilevel Determinants of Maternal Continuum of Care in Rural Papua, Indonesia: A Mixed-Method Study Toward People-Centered Solutions for Maternal Health in Indigenous Communities
Thesis Spotlight
Marwa Al Mubarokah
Class of 2025
Integrated Primary Healthcare in Indonesia: Challenges and Enablers of Early Community-Level Implementation
Thesis Spotlight
Patrisha Campos Lazatin
Class of 2025
Association of Race and Ethnicity on Engagement of Specialty Care for Tourette Syndrome
Thesis Spotlight
Pradish Poudel
Class of 2025
From Policy to Practice: Determining the Recruitment and Retention of Doctors in Rural Nepal - A Qualitative Study from Jumla District
Thesis Spotlight
Polycarp Ori
Class of 2025
Understanding Socio-economic and Cultural Determinants of Childhood Immunization Uptake Among Communities in Kaduna State, Nigeria: An Explanatory-sequential Mixed-method Study
Thesis Spotlight
Dwita Nitoya Esterini
Class of 2025
Identifying Risk and Protective Factors of Childhood Stunting: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed-methods Study in West Java, Indonesia
Thesis Spotlight
Tawatchai “TK” Apidechkul
Class of 2025
Factors Shaping Immunization Uptake Among the Hill Tribe and Stateless Children in Northern Thailand
Thesis Spotlight
Atupere Phiri
Class of 2025
Improving Palliative Care Access in Rural Malawi: Insights from a Mixed-Methods Exploration of Structural and Social Determinants
Thesis Spotlight
L’Bertrice Solomon
Class of 2025
Gone Before 60: Recognizing the Historical Consequences of Systemic Racism Contributing to the Premature Mortality of Black Men in Jackson, Mississippi
Thesis Spotlight
Marie Claire Milady Auguste
Class of 2025
Holistic Support and Access to Pediatric Primary Care for the Newly Arrived Haitian Immigrant Children in Boston
Thesis Spotlight
Thesis Spotlight
Class of 2025
"It Breaks Your Soul": The Institutional Drivers of Obstetric Violence in the Mexican Health System
Thesis Spotlight
Lintang Sagoro
Class of 2025
Integrated Primary Healthcare in Indonesia: Challenges and Enablers of Early Community-Level Implementation
Thesis Spotlight
Methodius George
Class of 2025
Examining the Disease Burdens and Barriers to High-Quality Healthcare Seeking Behavior at the Emergency Departments of J.J. Dossen Hospital and Pleebo Health Center, Maryland County, Liberia: A Mixed-Method Study
Thesis Spotlight
Claudia Bejarano Zambrano
Class of 2024
Social Forces and Structures That Prevent Women from the Community La Ladrillera, Mexico From Accessing Sexual and Reproductive Health Care
Thesis Spotlight
Ibrahim Gassama
Class of 2024
Investigating the causes and downstream effects of factors leading to prescribing of antibiotics in outpatients for children under five years at Koidu and Portloko hospitals in Sierra Leone
Thesis Spotlight
Alain Ahishakiye
Class of 2024
Effect of the Family Strengthening Intervention Sugira Muryango on Caregivers and Their Children with Disabilities in Rwanda
Thesis Spotlight
Hansel Mundaca Hurtado
Class of 2024
Examining Childhood Malaria Prevention in Mozambique
Thesis Spotlight
Maria Cellina "Celline" Wijaya
Class of 2024
Assessing the Implementation of Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Xare (EmONC) in Low-Resource Settings in Jember, Indonesia: A Mixed-Methods Study
Thesis Spotlight
Bright Mailosi
Class of 2024
Understanding the Effectiveness of PEN-Plus Clinics in Karonga and Salima, Malawi
Thesis Spotlight
Eddy Jonas
Class of 2024
Exploring Variations and Decision-Making Processes of the Utilization of Modern Contraceptive Methods During Protracted Violence and Political Instability in Rural Haiti
Thesis Spotlight
Janine Patricia G. Robredo
Class of 2024
Confronting Pervasive Under-Five Stunting: Insights from Nutritional Aid-Recipient Communities
Thesis Spotlight
Sara Ahmad
Class of 2024
Barriers and Facilitators to Timely Diagnosis of Childhood Tuberculosis in Karachi, Pakistan