Eck Institute to launch Global Health Minor |
Beginning in the fall of 2023, the Eck Institute for Global Health (EIGH) will launch a new 15-credit Global Health minor.
While other health-related minors are available to undergraduate students at the University of Notre Dame, the Minor in Global Health is unique in providing students with the opportunity to promote research, training, and service that advances health equity with an international focus in mind.
Students in the minor will take a gateway course called “Foundations of Global Health.” The program will also feature a research methods course that can be chosen from a variety of fields and two other electives within the subject area. The list of courses for the electives is intentionally extensive to allow students to customize the minor in alignment with their interests. Applications are open for any majors interested in studying global health.
A poster is available for download here.
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Introducing new team members |
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| Tim Weber, Associate Director |
Tim Weber joined the EIGH in 2023 as Associate Director. Tim is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. He served in the Navy for 33 years specializing in healthcare management, policy, and resourcing. Before joining the Eck Institute, Tim completed Notre Dame’s Inspired Leadership Institute fellowship with studies in global health, international development, peace studies, and political science.
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| Katharyn Hutson, Operations Coordinator |
Katharyn joined the EIGH in June as the Institute Operations Coordinator. She aids the institute's mission through event planning, faculty and program support. She graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a B.S. in Human Biology. Before joining the Eck Institute, she was a research technician and laboratory manager in the Department of Biological Sciences at Notre Dame.
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| Christine Grashorn, Research Communications Specialist |
Christine joined the EIGH as a Research Communications Specialist for Notre Dame Research. She provides communications support for EIGH through storytelling, event promotion, and social media and website management. She graduated with her Master of Arts degree in Near Eastern Antiquity from Andrews University. Before her current role, she worked to facilitate communications for an ophthalmology practice in northwestern Indiana.
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Addressing maternal, postpartum, newborn and child health through local and global community partnerships |
Committed to reducing health disparities for all, researchers at Notre Dame’s Eck Institute for Global Health (EIGH) are targeting key healthcare needs for pregnant and postpartum women, and their children. Maternal Newborn Child Health (MNCH) research amplifies the needs of women in middle and low resource communities to reduce maternal and infant mortality.
Leveraging strong partnerships with local and global organizations including Beacon Health Systems, the Logan Center, the city of South Bend, the St. Joseph County Department of Health, and Savana Signatures, EIGH faculty and affiliates are actively involved in providing increased access to care, education, and peer support to families and expectant mothers.
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| Focused-Postpartum Care Project |
EIGH Faculty, Yenupini Joyce Adams is conducting focused postpartum care research to improve the access to, and the quality of postpartum care. Her summer 2023 fieldwork concluded the first Focused-PPC trials in Ghana and consisted of 12 months of postpartum clinical assessments and education services. This project has the potential to change the postpartum care delivery model for other countries in Sub-saharan Africa.
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| The Pregnant Moms’ Empowerment Program |
A brief group intervention for pregnant women who have a history of intimate partner violence, the Pregnant Moms’ Empowerment Program, supported by the William J. Shaw Center for Children and Families and the Eck Institute for Global Health, has entered its final phases. Pilot data has demonstrated effectiveness in reducing violence and depression and improving maternal parenting attitudes and behavior. Future data analyses will inform the next phases of research activities, which will be oriented toward dissemination and implementation.
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| EIGH Hosts Largest Global Health Case Competition to Date |
The EIGH's 8th Annual Global Health Case Competition was held on Saturday, February 11, 2023. This year’s competition attracted the highest number of participants, with a total of ten teams, including undergraduate and graduate students across the university.
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The 2023 theme for World Malaria Day was, “Time to Deliver Zero Malaria: Invest, Innovate, Implement.” EIGH is committed to continuing the University of Notre Dame’s history of excellence in vector biology research through its efforts to eliminate malaria worldwide.
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| Eliminating Public Health Scourge Can Also Benefit Agriculture |
Schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease that causes organ damage and death, affected more than 250 million people worldwide in 2021, according to the World Health Organization. Researchers from the University of Notre Dame have found that removing invasive vegetation at water access points in and around several Senegalese villages reduced rates of schistosomiasis by almost a third.
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The MNCH Speaker Series welcomed guest speaker Dr. Patience Afulani, who presented strategies in providing person-centered maternity services to high-need neighborhoods in San Diego.
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The EIGH participated in ND Explores STEM, hosted by Notre Dame Research and the College of Science, as part of the Alumni Reunion on June 2nd, 2023.
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The Eck Institute for Global Health
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