I attended Emory's open house this past week specifically for their Global Health department and Peace Corps Masters International program. Prior to the open house I was also considering Tulane University and the University of Puerto Rico.
The open house was set up to emphasize interaction between prospective students and faculty. I was able to meet a large number of dynamic, driven students and teachers in a very short amount of time. I went in looking for a combination of compassion, brilliance and determination. I found this among Emory's Global Health faculty as well as through the other public health departments. I wandered around their public health building trying to get a feel for the place, faculty were happy to share their time with me without appointment.
Emory is a large public health school which caters to a wide breadth of interest within and outside of public health. Whether it be more quantitative leaning, or the more qualitative approach. I myself am more interested in the social/cultural side of health and Emory offers such things.
I sat in on a Global Health Human Rights course. To my left sat a student from Iraq who had such applied insight into the topics. It was splendid hearing his perspective on international health policy contrasting other students in the class. I get jittery just thinking about the potential debate and thought on the horizon.
Anyway, I'm convinced, I will be an MPH student in the Global Health department this fall at Emory. I would love to hear from other students that will be attending Emory this fall. my e-mail is
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-Roger
