Faculty conduct independent research projects on which undergraduate students can volunteer to assist. To apply, please email the faculty member listed on the projects at the link below.
Explore research opportunitiesGlobal Health Student Experience
Senior Year Experiential Learning
For the entire fall semester of their senior year, students complete Global Health Research and Practice: An Experiential Learning Course. Placements are currently offered in Tanzania, Ghana, Mexico, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Japan, Australia, Alaska and West Virginia.
This immersive course is designed for undergraduate students studying global health to gain firsthand experience with a host site’s health care system and to develop an in-depth understanding of the challenges of providing culturally sensitive services. It also provides the opportunity to strengthen soft skills critical to global health, such as cultural sensitivity, teamwork, critical thinking, self-awareness, and a deeper appreciation of inequities in power and privilege. Students are expected to engage with and support the work of the host organization and work for the benefit of the local population.
Sydney Hudson conducted research in Anchorage, Alaska with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium for her Senior year experiential learning course.
Undergraduate Supervised Research
Research by Our Students
Academic Publications
- Hanner, O. (2022). Healthcare utilization and barriers to use among ethnic minority populations: Looking at Indigenous women in West Papua. The Columbia University Journal of Global Health, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.52214/cujgh.v12i1.9319
Recent Student Research News Stories
News Story
School of Health Student Uncovers Barriers to Sickle Cell Care in Rural Ghana
Tara-Yesomi Wenegieme (G’26), a student in the Master of Science in Global Health program, is completing her 14-week international fieldwork requirement in Dodowa, a rural part of Ghana, where she is investigating the social and cultural factors that delay treatment among SCD patients.
December 9, 2025
News Story
HIV Has Devastated Her Home. She’s Pursuing a PhD to Channel Aid Where It’s Needed
Martha Cameron (G’25, G’30), from Lusaka, Zambia, has both lived with HIV and built a globe-spanning career in HIV awareness. She has continued her work at Georgetown, first as a research specialist, now as a PhD student in the School of Health’s Global Infectious Disease Program.
August 7, 2025
News Story
Arjun Chhabra (H’25, M’29) explored the connections between the mental health of the Oglala Lakota people on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge reservation and changing environemental conditions through research he conducted in the summer of 2024.
May 28, 2025