The Global Health Competency Subcommittee defines global health competencies appropriate for several levels of training and job expectations, and proposes ways of using competencies in the design of global health curricula.

    Co-Chairs

    • Oladele A. Ogunseitan, University of California Irvine
    • Shahanaz Chowdhury, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences

    Members

    • Abdel-Razak Kadry, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health-School of Public Health
    • Amanda Bradke, Rush University
    • Amy Moore, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-School of Nursing
    • Ana Maria Crawford, Stanford University
    • Anne Dougherty, Larner College of Medicine-University of Vermont
    • Barbara Astle, Trinity Western University-School of Nursing
    • Gabriela Valdez, University of Arizona
    • Jeff Hartman, University of Wisconsin
    • Jennifer Beard, Boston University
    • Joseph R. Egger, Duke Global Health Institute
    • Joyce Siwila-Saasa, University of Zambia-School of Veterinary Medicine
    • Julia Roche, The University of Maryland-Baltimore & Johns Hopkins University
    • Lindonne Glasgow, St. George’s University-Grenada
    • Nancy Bolan, University of Maryland School of Nursing
    • Olubunmi Lawal-Alyedun, University of Ibadan
    • Prisca Olabisi Adejumo, College of Medicine-University of Ibadan
    • Rui Dang, Westminster International University
    • Sandhip Medhe, University of Global Health Equity
    • Srikanth Mahankali, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    • Tanaz Vaghaiwalla, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
    • Caryl Waggett, Allegheny College (Ex-Officio GHECo)
    • Kathryn H. Jacobsen, University of Richmond (Ex-Officio GHECo)
    • Abdallah Albordaini, Palestinian Association of Dental Students (TAC Rep)
    • Dereje Bayissa, Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College (TAC Rep)
    • Didier Isingizwe, University of Global Health Equity (TAC Rep)
    • Nisha Patel, Medical College of Wisconsin (TAC Rep)

    The Global Heath Competencies Toolkit (Third Edition) defines competencies across a series of domains and includes the competency, teaching strategies, and accompanying resources (websites, articles, reports, books, and study questions) that provides curricular content to support the competencies for proficiency / trainee levels. New to the 3rd edition are three additional competencies as well as an update to the majority of the other eleven resources found in the tool kit. Institutionalization and Sustainable Development, Planetary Health, and Decolonizing Global Health are included in this edition as well as the addition of disability resources.

    • CUGH Global Health Competencies Took Kit Survey.
    • Development of the “Planetary Health Competency Framework” (collaboration with Planetary Health Alliance)
    • Global Health Education in the Context of COVID-19: Building a Community of Practice