In 2006, Drs. Warren Johnson and Dan Fitzgerald from the Division of International Medicine and Infectious Diseases (Weill Cornell Medical College) collaborated with Drs. Rebecca Stoltzfus and Kathleen Rasmussen from the Division of Nutritional Sciences (College of Human Ecology and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) to receive a 3-year grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Fogarty International Center to build a university-wide program in Global Health. Grant funds from the NIH have been matched by funds from the Provost, the Medical College, the College of Human Ecology, the Division of Nutritional Sciences and the Mario Einuadi Center for International Studies.
The Global Health Program is co-directed by Drs. Johnson and Stoltzfus, supported by a Global Health Advisory Board composed of faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students from across colleges and departments, representing diverse disciplines related to global health. On the Ithaca campus, a global health program office offers a place for students to meet with the program coordinator, who can answer advising and career questions, and make appropriate referrals to faculty. Jeanne Moseley, the program coordinator, is student-focused and brings personal experience to the program from her work with HIV issues in Africa and New York City.
Cornell has a uniquely broad academic platform for addressing global health problems. Some of these disciplines include infectious disease, entomology, veterinary medicine, ethics and social justice, philosophy, medical anthropology, nutrition and agriculture/forestry. The unique insight and experience each Advisory Board member brings to the meetings create lively debate and conversation, and serve to create a truly multidisciplinary global health program at Cornell.
