-: Hi, everyone, and welcome to Global Health Leadership.
My name is Jack Carew.
I use he/him/his pronouns,
and I will be your instructor for the course this fall.
I'm so excited that you all are joining me this semester
for what will be the first time this course is taught.
I spent the past year developing this course,
and I welcome any feedback
and suggestions you have on the course along the way.
To share a little bit about me,
I'm a PhD candidate
in the Department of Epidemiology and Microbial Diseases
at the Yale School of Public Health.
There, I'm focusing on malaria diagnostics
and vector biology.
Generally, I'm passionate about global health
and have worked in Jordan
on drug resistance on leishmaniasis,
which is a neglected tropical disease.
In Cameroon, testing a novel malaria diagnostic device
that doesn't require any blood.
Before beginning my PhD,
I completed projects looking at brucellosis epidemiology
in slaughterhouse workers in Jordan,
rural-urban disparities in breast cancer mortality
in Romania, and the impacts
of a breast cancer awareness campaign in Jordan.
Before beginning my MPH,
one of my first global health experiences was in Morocco
where I conducted a project looking through relationships
between climate change,
leishmaniasis incidents, and migration.
Broadly, I'm passionate about learning
about infectious diseases and working in interdisciplinary
and transdisciplinary teams
to address international public health programs.
I am so excited to hear about all of your unique interests
throughout the semester,
and please let me know if you ever want to chat
about public health.
In this course, we're going to learn about skills
to be an effective leader
in global public health organizations.
Key topics of the course will include:
the governance and financing of global health organizations,
management and leadership principles,
human resources management, global health ethics,
social marketing, global health financing,
and future trends in global health.
I can't wait for the course to begin.
And again, welcome to the course.