Washing hands.
Contributing to a global conversation about health
8/21/12
Indigenous child in Peru.
Serving communities across the globe
2/1/23
Mother and child on farm.
Furthering global learning, research and service
8/21/12
Cooking in South America.
Advancing global health research
8/21/12
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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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Creating a World of Change

Our mission is to identify, engage in and advance innovative and sustainable solutions to significant global health problems. We achieve this through collaborative approaches to education, research and service for populations and individuals.

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Global Areas of Focus

  • Disabilities
    9/3/21
    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.
  • Tobacco Control
    9/1/21
    Gary Giovino is a leading scholar on global tobacco use and is Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in UB's School of Public Health and Health Professions and SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Community Health and Health Behavior department. He led the Global Adult Tobacco Survey and is engaged in ongoing research in this area.
  • Chronic Illness and Non-Communicable Disease
    3/3/22
    Faculty in the School of Public Health and Health Professions are conducting research to reduce the burden of Chronic Illness and Non-Communicable Diseases.
  • Environmental Health
    8/6/24
    Lina Mu, MD, PhD
  • Refugee Health Initiative
    12/22/23
    Working to improve refugee health and wellbeing
  • Elder Care
    11/9/22
    Projects include collaborating on the development and implementation of interventions to improve the health of elders in both the United States and India.
  • Maternal and Child Health
    11/21/22
    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.
  • Malaria Prevention
    11/9/21
    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.
  • Cancer
    3/3/22
    UB researchers are conducting a case control study of breast cancer in Puerto Rico.
  • Infectious Disease
    1/18/18
    Faculty in SPHHP are engaged in research on infectious disease and global child health.
  • Water, Sanitation, Hygiene
    11/11/22
    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.
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