Washing hands
Contributing to a global conversation about health
8/21/12
Cooking in South America
Advancing global health research
8/21/12
Mother and child on farm
Furthering global health learning, research and service
8/21/12
Indigenous child in Peru
Serving communities across the globe
2/6/18
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Global Learning, Research and Fieldwork

OGHI promotes and coordinates global health opportunities in the School of Public Health and Health Professions.
Our mission is to identify, engage in and advance innovative and sustainable solutions to significant global health problems and develop international research and learning collaborations.
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WNY Refugee Health Summit: Community Connections to Improve Refugee Health and Wellbeing

The Annual WNY Refugee Health Summit brings together clinicians, academics, refugee leaders, community leaders and agency representatives to collaboratively build a pathway toward culturally-engaged health care for refugees in Western New York. 

Child with face mask amidst urban pollution.
Global Health Day: Exposome and Global Health Burden

School of Public Health and Health Professions annual Global Health Day research symposium will be held April 6, 2018 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Farber Hall room G26.

Global Areas of Focus

  • Chinese woman carrying supplies
    Environmental Health
    5/28/15
    Lina Mu, MD, PhD
  • Bangladesh woman hand washing
    Water, Sanitation, Hygiene
    6/8/15
    Pavani Kalluri Ram is leading studies to evaluate hand washing behavior change programs promote handwashing with soap to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene in communities in Kenya, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, and Nepal.
  • Tobacco
    Tobacco Control
    1/19/18
    Location: Kampala, Uganda
    Department: Office of Global Health Initiatives; available for faculty and student collaboration, as well as for on-site global health fellowships funded through the Office of Global Health Initiatives.
  • Refugee Health Initiative
    8/12/15
    Every year, Buffalo welcomes around 1,500 refugees from countries around the world including Burma, Bhutan, Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Eritrea, Burundi, Liberia and more. 
  • Michael Healy
    Chronic Illness and Non-Communicable Disease
    5/28/15
    Faculty in the School of Public Health and Health Professions partner with community agencies to reduce the burdern of Chronic Illness and Non-Communicable Diseases in India and Uganda.
  • Arthur Goshin
    Malaria Prevention
    5/20/15
    Through a partnership with the World Health Organization’s tropical diseases research program and the Uganda Ministry of Health, this study will help design a plan for a new intervention to treat malaria in children in Uganda.
  • Arthur Goshin and school children
    Disabilities
    5/28/15
    OGHI founder Arthur Goshin and his team are creating a community-based program in rural villages of India that focuses on children with a range of physical disabilities, and are developing training for workers who care for disabled children.
  • Disabled child
    Cultural Awareness
    5/8/15
    Clinical Associate Professor John Stone’s work helps health and rehabilitation service providers bridge culture gaps by understanding their clients’ cultural orientations as the United States’ foreign-born population continues to rise.
  • Village children
    Infectious Disease
    1/18/18
    Faculty in SPHHP are engaged in research on infectious disease and global child health.
  • Arthur Goshin and an elderly woman
    Elder Care
    5/8/15
    Projects include collaborating on the development and implementation of interventions to improve the health of elders in both the United States and India.
  • Arthur Goshin and children
    Maternal and Child Health
    5/20/15
    Working with the Child Health and Development Centre at Makerere University, Uganda, this study, led by OGHI founder Arthur Goshin, this study seeks to improve maternal health and birth weight, nutrition and growth in children.
  • Water well
    Community Health
    5/28/15
    The Office of Global Health Initiatives is improving school and community health with a series of public health interventions in countries in Asia and Africa, working with villagers on key issues such as safe water.
  • Jo L. Freudenheim, PhD, in Puerto Rico
    Cancer
    1/19/18
    Collaborating with their colleagues in both hemispheres, UB researchers are conducting a case control study of breast cancer in Puerto Rico and implementing the first large-scale cervical cancer screening project in northeast India.
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