Master in Global Health (MGH)
The Master in Global Health (MGH) is an online Second-level Vocational master of 1-year duration offered by the Centre for Multidisciplinary research in Health Science of the University of Milan, in close collaboration with experts and teachers from different faculties of the University, other important universities and organizations from Italy, and major academic institutions from abroad.
Structure
Modules
18 modules (9 modules each semester) including pre-recorded lectures, live webinars, exercises, group work and case studies;
Online internship
Online Internship conducted by the WHO Collaborating Centre on Training in Infectious Disease Management in Countries (in collaboration with the Public Health Consulting Group) with simulations of country visits and role-playing sessions.
Onsite internship
1-month on-site internship in low- and middle–income settings, in collaboration with different agencies such as Fondazione Ivo de Carneri (Pemba, Tanzania), MSC missions (eSwatini and Guatemala), Fondazione Corti (Uganda) and Dopasi Foundation (Pakistan).
Hours
The average no. of hours per week to be dedicated to study, watch lectures, participate in webinars, and work on assessments is 10-15 hours.
Lectures
All recorded lectures will be available during the whole MGH course. Students can access them whenever they want. However, it is strongly recommended to keep the pace with the programme schedule as live webinars will be used to continuously assess them and provide feedback and explanation, if needed.
Assessments
Module assessments include individual or group written assignments or oral presentation and discussion among students with the Professors during the live webinars.
Additionally, three online, mandatory multiple-choice tests will take place during the year to assess the overall understanding of the modules. The first examination will be used to assess the merit for scholarships.
Programme
Introduction to Global Health
Quantitative methods in global health: epidemiology & biostatistics
Research, evidence and policy making
Health data generation, analysis and use
Global burden of Disease
Social and economic determinants of health
The UN SDGs from a multidisciplinary perspective
Global infectious challenges
Global health challenges
International cooperation and humanitarian action as tools in global health
Health systems – Universal coverage, social protection, non-state sector
Essentials of health economics
Principles of health management
Innovations in Global Health: the “omics” and digital health
Global health and the law: international and national regulations
Global Health at the Human-Animal-Ecosystem Interface
Global health diplomacy, governance and policies
Advocacy and communication for global health promotion
Admission and opportunities
Professional opportunities
Interpreting health and its determinants in an innovative way and beyond the limits of the health sector, students who complete the Master in Global Health will be able to practice their profession in the various sectors in which they will operate, be they directly connected to the health sector or indirectly connected to it. This new way of thinking is aligned with the philosophy of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and includes multi-sectorial interventions, and an integrated and cross-disciplinary approach respecting ethical principles and human rights. Acquiring these principles offered by the Master, students will be able to identify a collaborative and innovative approach to global health issues, going beyond their own operating sector. This will allow employment opportunities in many fields, including:
- Biomedical and public health, through an interpretation of care and prevention in a holistic way that, at the same time, does not reject the most advanced technology but uses it fairly and according to high ethical principles.
- The bio-technological field, looking for modern means, including digital ones, to facilitate access to health, adequate person-centred care, and prevention.
- The social and anthropological field, which are fundamental in placing the person at the center of the intervention and supporting the technical efforts of curative and preventive nature.
- That of human rights protection, of which health is a fundamental example, in the context of public, supra-national and non-governmental organizations.
- That of scientific research at all levels that recognizes the need for work in partnership and according to a continuum that starts from fundamental research to reach the operational one to achieve ambitious goals in the various health indicators.
- That of agriculture and veterinary, according to the principles of the “One Health” approach which recognizes the importance of collaboration in the human-animal ecosystem to address many health problems.
- That of international cooperation, considering how all public development agencies and non-governmental agencies focused on work in other countries urgently need to update their operations and activities in line with the UN SDGs.
- That of politics and diplomacy in foreign affairs on which international cooperation is based.
- That of national security, given the importance of protecting the citizen from threats of a health nature.
- The economic one, considering the importance assigned to the evaluations of the costs and effectiveness / benefit of the various interventions in public health today.
- The juridical field, considering the essentiality of good and adequate legislation that lead to the health of a people and the nation.
- That of philanthropyy, considering the need for philanthropic foundations to clearly define priorities for financial and technical support to the poorest countries and communities.
- The private sector, especially of biomedical nature, given the important principle of global health to facilitate access to diagnostics, drugs and vaccines in the poorest countries.
- And finally that of communication and promotion of correct approaches and interventions in the field of health and its determinants.
Entry requirements
- MSc or MA degree (an Italian Laurea Magistrale degree), or a single-cycle degree (e.g. course in Medicine and Surgery), when applying or acquired in the first 3 months from the beginning of the course, in any discipline, from health and biomedical sciences to economics, social sciences, anthropology, international relations, law, ecology, agronomy, diplomacy, political sciences, communication, management etc.
- Work experience in a health science or related setting is desirable but not essential.
- Post-graduate qualifications from around the world are accepted.
- Academic and/or professional knowledge of written and spoken English (No English certification is required, however, the whole programme will be held in English).
- Regular access to a computer (or mobile device) with an internet connection to access the School’s Moodle Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), where your online study materials are located, and MS Teams for live connections (webinars). All webinars will be recorded to allow students not able to attend to keep track of the discussion that has taken place.
Dates and fees
Calendar
Deadline for applications: 8/10/2024, 11:59 PM (CEST)
Ranking publication: 22/10/2024, after 2:00 PM (CEST)
Course start: 4/11/2024
On-line internship: 3-10/04/2025
Course end: October 2025
Fees & Funding
The MGH fee is € 6,500 to be paid in two installments:
- 1,516.00 EUR to be paid when finalizing the enrolment (18-25/10/2024)
- 5,000.00 EUR to be paid by 14/03/2025
5 scholarships (3 of 5,000 EUR and 2 of 2,500 EUR) will be available based on merit.
Faculty
Composed by professors and experts from Italian and international Institutions.
Università di Milano; SDA Bocconi School of Management; Università di Sassari; Università di Brescia; Università di Pavia; Università del Piemonte Orientale; Doctors with Africa CUAMM, Padova; Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan; Ospedale Niguarda, Milan
University of Geneva Institute of Global Health, Geneva (Switzerland); Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm (Sweden); Columbia University New York, (USA); Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel (Switzerland); World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva (Switzerland); Graduate Institute, Geneva (Switzerland); UCL Collaborative Centre for Inclusion Health, London (UK); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, (USA); European Respiratory Society, Lausanne (Switzerland).
Instructors
- Carlo Agostoni, Full Professor of Pediatrics, University of Milan, Italy,
- Emiliano Albanese, Professor of Public Health and Director Institute of Public Health USI; Professor of Public Mental Health UniGe and Director WHO Collaborating Center, Switzerland
- Claudia Alteri, PhD, Assistant Professor in Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Italy
- Nimalan Arinaminpathy, D.Phil in Applied Mathematics, Team Lead in TB Monitoring, Evaluation and Strategic Information, Global TB Programme, WHO, Geneva. Professor in Mathematical Epidemiology at Imperial College London, UK
- Andrea Atzori, Head of international relations, Doctors with Africa CUAMM, Padua, Italy
- Sante Leandro Baldi, indipendent/freelance researcher in Global Oral Health; affiliated COI; MSc in Dental Public Health, University College London and 2nd Level Master in Global Health, University of University of Milan, Italy
- Alberto Battezzati, Dept. of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, University of Milan, Italy
- Amina Benyahia, Head of the One Health Initiative (OHI) at the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
- Ilaria Bernotti, DVM – MVPH, University of Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy
- Roberto Bertollini, MD MPH, Advisor to the Minister of Health of Qatar and Member of the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks of the European Commission
- Stefano Bocchi, University of University of Milan, Italy
- Bettina Borisch, Professor, Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Marta Canuti, PhD, Research Fellow, Centre for Multidisciplinary Research in Health Science (MACH) and Centre for Epidemiology and Molecular Surveillance of Infections (EpiSoMI), University of Milan, Italy
- Matteo Cesari, Full Professor of Geriatrics, University of Milan, Italy
- Marilisa D’Amico, Dept Italian and Supranational Public Law, University of Milan, Italy
- Daniela Maria Cirillo, MD, PhD Head of Emerging Bacterial Pathogen Unit (EBPU), IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele (OSR), Milan, Italy
- Hannah Monica Dias, Cross-Cutting Lead, WHO DG Flagship Initiative Find.TreatAll, Multisectoral Accountability, TB Elimination and Public-Private Mix to end TB Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
- Francesco Di Gennaro, Associate Professor in infectious diseases and tropical medicine, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
- Guglielmina Diolaiuti, Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, Italy
- Dennis Falzon, MD, Team Lead, Global Tuberculosis Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
- Antoine Flahault, Director, Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Silvana Galassi, Dept.Ecology, University of University of Milan, Italy
- Giorgia Gon, PhD in Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
- Vittorio Ingegnoli, Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, Italy
- Bogomil Kohlbrenner, Institute of Global Health, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Antonio Longo, Dept. of Architecture and Urban Studies, DASTU – Polytechnic Milan, Italy
- Caterina La Porta, Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, Italy
- Charles Palmer Larson, Director McGill University Global Health Program, Montreal, Canada
- Yejin Lee, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
- Federico Lega, Full Professor, University of Milan, Italy, Director of the Centre in Health Administration. Board Member European Health Management Association, Milan, Italy
- Christian Lienhardt, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, University of Montpellier, France
- Daniela Lucini, Dept. of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Italy
- Viviana Mangiaterra, Associate Professor, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan, Italy
- Claudia Marotta, Public Health Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy
- Alberto Matteelli, Associate Professor in Infectious Diseases at the University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
- Maurizio Maugeri, Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, Italy
- Ali Merzouk, E-learning Coordinator, European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Eduardo Missoni, Adjunct Professor, Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy
- Maria Cristina Monti, Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, Unit of Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Antonio Montresor, MD, Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme, Geneva, Switzerland
- Davide Mosca, Realizing Health SDGs for Migrants, Displaced and Communities, Nairobi, Kenya
- Paola Muti, Full Professor of Health Research Methodology and Scientific Coordinator of the Centre for Chronic Disease Clinical Research at the University of Milan, Italy
- Claudia Nannini, Legal Officer, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
- Ariel Pablos-Mendez, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Emanuela Parotto, MD, Anaesthesia consultant, Padua’s University Hospital, Italy; PhD candidate, Global Surgery Institute, Dublin, Ireland
- Laura Piazza, Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, Italy
- Luciano Pilotti, Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, Italy
- Giovanni Piumatti, PhD in Psychology, Researcher in Social Sciences Fondazione Agnelli, Torino
- Giovanni Putoto, Head of Planning and Operational Research, CUAMM, Padova, Italy
- Luca Ragazzoni, Scientific Coordinator of Center for Research and Training in Disaster Medicine, Humanitarian Aid, and Global Health, University of Piemonte Orientale (UPO), Novara, Italy
- Mario Raviglione, Full Professor of Global Health, University of University of Milan, Italy
- Niccolò Ronzoni,Medical doctor specialized in infectious diseases and tropical medicine, Negrar Hospital, Verona, Italy
- Elil Renganathan, Professor of Public Health and Policy, Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Fahrad Rihai, MD Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, and Global Head, New Commercial Partnership Models & Health Systems Engagement, Novartis, Basel, Switzerland
- Francesco Rio, Global Health Consultant, Geneva, Switzerland
- Ilenia Rossetti, Dept. Chemestry, University of Milan, Italy
- Kefas Samson, MD Global Coordination and Partnership on Antimicrobial Resistance, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
- Holger Schünemann, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Charalampos (Babis) Sismanidis, PhD Medical Statistics, Team Lead “Surveillance, epidemiological studies, data for action”, Global TB Programme, WHO, Geneva
- Richard Skolnik, Former Lecturer, Health policy and Management Department, Yale School of Public Health and Lecturer in the Practice of Management, Yale School of Management, New Haven, USA
- Giovanni Sotgiu, Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences University of Sassari, Italy
- Alistair Story, Full Professor of Inclusion Health and Co-Director of the UCL Collaborative Centre for Inclusion Health, London, UK
- Fabrizio Tediosi, Associate Professor of Hygiene and Public Health University of Milan, Italy
- Zelalem Temesgen, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Pedro A. Villarreal, Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law/German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin, Germany
- Tido von Schoen-Angerer, former Executive Director MSF Global Access Campaign, Geneva, Switzerland
- Richard Watt, Professor of Dental Public Health in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL and Director of Research for Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust.
- Raphaël Zaffran, Deputy Director, University of Geneva’s Centre for Continuing and Distance Education
- Prof. Dr. Jakob Zinsstag, Deputy Head of Epidemiology and Public Health Department, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Info: mgh@unimi.it