PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH A GRADUATE GROUP AND A PROGRAM OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN GLOBAL HEALTH SCIENCES FOR THE MS DEGREE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO Prepared October 2006, revised January 2007 This revised proposal was developed by an ad hoc group of Interdisciplinary Curriculum Committee Members supported by UCSF Global Health Sciences. Input was obtained from faculty members across the four UCSF schools and the Graduate Division as well as from UC Berkeley School of Public Health. Committee Members Thomas E. Novotny, MD MPH, Education Coordinator John Ziegler, MD MSc, Interdisciplinary Curriculum Committee Chair Michael Wilkes, MD, Vice Dean, Office of Medical Education, UC Davis UCSF Global Health Sciences Haile T. Debas, MD, Executive Director Chuck Smukler, Interim Associate Director for Administration Laurie Kalter, Education Program Coordinator Hannah Leslie, Program Assistant Contact Laurie Kalter Education Program Coordinator, UCSF Global Health Sciences Laurel Heights Suite 284, Box 0443 415-476-0514
[email protected] 1 Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction 1. Aims and Objectives................................................................................................. 4 2. Historical Development of the Field and Institutional Strengths in the Field ............ 4 3. Timetable of Development of the Program, Including Enrollment Projections ....... 12 Table 1: Timeline to develop the MS................................................................ 13 4. Relationship of the Proposed Program