Collaborative Doctoral Program in Global Health

For in-depth information on the Collaborative Program in Global Health, visit the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

The collaborative program in Global Health is offered through the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Graduate students admitted to a “home” department (e.g. Rotman School of Management) can apply to the collaborative program and pursue course work and research in global health areas.

As this is a collaborative program and not a stand-alone program, students need to be accepted or already admitted to PhD program in one of the sponsoring departments before they are able to apply to the Collaborative Doctoral Program in Global Health.

The Collaborative Doctoral Program in Global Health (CPGH) at the University of Toronto is sponsored by the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH) in the Faculty of Medicine.

Five centres (Centre for Global Health Research, Joint Centre for Bioethics, Munk School of Global Affairs, Centre for Health Services Sciences and International Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation) are supporting units of the collaborative program.

The CPGH integrates methods and insights from the scholarly arenas of the participating partners. It provides a vibrant intellectual community for doctoral students and research faculty to interact and learn from one another. Students are encouraged to think critically about dominant paradigms and to integrate academic research skills in an applied community or policy setting. Graduates of the program will have the skills to work effectively with trans-disciplinary, international teams.

The Collaborative Program views ‘global health’ in an integrative manner. It focuses on the relationships among local, regional, national, and international forces and factors that influence health and on the development of effective interventions and policies that will address or shape these.