The Center for Global Health, Academics

About the Center

Students who engage with the Center for Global Health will be challenged to explore 21st century global health issues using interdisciplinary and disciplinary knowledge and perspectives. This will be facilitated through active participation in health focused Integrated Pathways (IP), regional and national externships/internships, laboratory research experiences, volunteering, and leadership opportunities in our student Health Club. Current examples include an IP in medical humanities, internships in regional hospitals, an international malaria research experience in Thailand, and an immersive medical/public health and service-based May Term in Peru.

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Peter Blair

Professor of Biology; Co-Director, Center for Global Health and the Integrated Program in Health Sciences

Jessie Pilewski

Associate Director of the Center for Global Health and Career Coach

Lee Ann Powell

Assistant Director of the Centers for Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Global Health

Erik Baker

CoLab Project Manager

Recent News

A new community medicine program at Earlham

A new community medicine program at Earlham College will offer students clinical training and hands-on experiences treating chronically ill patients in the local community.

Ryan Williams, Reid Health's trauma program manager and EMS coordinator; Dr. Emily Kraft, Reid's EMS medical director; and Mike Deibel and Peter Blair, co-directors of Earlham's Center for Global Health.

A new community medicine program at Earlham College will offer students clinical training and hands-on experiences treating chronically ill patients in the local community.

Beginning this fall, Earlham students enrolled in pre-health programs can become certified health coaches, working with patients in their homes on weekly rotations to promote wellness. The program is the result of an expanded partnership between Earlham’s Center for Global Health and Reid Health.

"This is a win-win-win for Earlham students, Reid Health, and the Richmond and Wayne County area,” says Peter Blair, co-director of Earlham’s Center for Global Health. “Our students will receive additional training and clinical experience while building relationships with our neighbors. The community will benefit from well-trained and energetic students who will serve and engage with local citizens to improve health outcomes while working to reduce costly hospital visits.”

New campus organization established for underrepresented students pursuing careers in health professions

Kendra Parker and Tyrique Richardson In collaboration with Earlham’s Center for Global Health, two students have established a new organization in support of underrepresented students pursuing careers in health professions.

Kendra Parker ’21 and Tyrique Richardson ’21 are president and vice president, respectively, of Earlham’s chapter of the Minority Association of Pre-medical Students (MAPS), a program of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA).

“This organization is different than other existing clubs on campus that support minority students,” says Richardson, a Biochemistry major from Brooklyn, New York. “This club is geared toward nurturing students’ academic and personal pursuits. We want to mentor students of color in the hopes of increasing the number of minority applicants to medical school and the number of minority physicians serving the region around campus.”

Get Advice

Earlham graduates have a 90 percent acceptance rate to medical school and other health-related graduate programs. Here, you will receive expert advising to help prepare for a career in any of the health professions, and you will create an e-portfolio that will track your progress even after graduation. In recent years, our pre-health advising program has helped graduates gain admission to such top schools as the University of Chicago, Dartmouth and Harvard.

Mike Deibel Named
NAAHP President-Elect

Gain Experience

Immerse yourself in health-focused internships and research experiences. Earlham offers you incredible opportunities to participate in high-level research as part of the undergraduate experience. Students regularly collaborate with Earlham professors and take part summer opportunities major research institutions.

Biotechnology Research

Pediatric Research

Neurosciences Research

Public Health Research

Biomedical Research

Clinical Research

Cardiovascular Research

Think Globally

At Earlham, you will have opportunities to explore important health issues from multiple perspectives and through the lenses of various disciplines. You will also have the chance to learn about these issues first hand during one of our off-campus programs and to engage in research and advocacy related to key challenges that are facing the world. Each year, the Center sponsors an International EPIC Term engaging students in medical exposure and public health service. These immersive and culturally enriching experiences have been based in Peru (2017) and Costa Rica (2018).

Peru Global Health May Term

Costa Rica EPIC Term

Prepare for Your Future

At Earlham, you will go beyond a traditional major by creating a career-focused Integrated Pathway and perhaps choosing a minor in a health field. The practical experience that students gain at Earlham has helped recent graduates find work in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health and the Schepens Eye Institute (an affiliate of Harvard Medical School). Others have gone directly to top graduate programs, with several earning Pre-Doctoral Fellowships from National Science Foundation.

Ready to Lead

At Earlham, you will have many opportunities to lead — by serving as a peer mentor, collaborating with a professor on research, engaging as an intern or extern or joining the student Health Club and chapters of AMSA and HOSA.

Abhay Chaudhary ’20 (right) earned the first-place prize for his mastery of medical terminology during an international conference for aspiring medical professionals. His top score came during the Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) international conference in Dallas, Texas. Last spring, Chaudhary also swept three competitions during HOSA’s Indiana conference.

Health Club