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Global Health Summer Institute

Health Systems

A Summer Institute Track offered by the Department of International Health

The Global Health Summer Institute Health Systems Track provides early- and mid-career public health professionals with cutting-edge skills in a variety of global health topics. This Track is also a great opportunity for part-time MPH and other Hopkins students and fellows to learn a valuable set of skills in an in-demand and rapidly growing field of public health.

Choose from a variety of short-term courses in a variety of global health areas. Take as many courses as you'd like. 

Program Highlights

  • Flexible Schedule
    The Health Systems Track offers both in-person and online courses to suit a variety of needs.
  • Global Skills
    This Track is ideal for those interested in global health. Participants will develop the skills necessary to assess and improve a wide range of public health systems. Course work focuses on low- and middle-income countries, but the skills are universal.
  • Top Faculty
    Courses are taught by leading faculty from the Bloomberg School who have extensive experience working with ministries of health, international agencies such as the World Health Organization, and local governments in countries across the world.
  • Tuition Discount 
    The Health Systems Track is pleased to offer a tuition discount to all participants who take our Summer Institute courses not-for-credit. This discount will only apply to courses in the Health Systems Track, and it will only apply for non-credit participants. Participants do not need to apply for the discount; it will be applied automatically upon registration. Please contact our Summer Institute Coordinator, Hannah Tong, htong4@jh.edu, if you have questions about the non-credit Summer Institute scholarship.

     

     

     

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Areas of Interest

  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Health systems strengthening
  • Health management and leadership
  • Primary health care
  • Health economics
  • Digital health
  • Humanitarian health
  • Gender and equity
  • Global health technology and entrepreneurship
  • Health policy

Key Takeaways

Participants will develop the skills necessary to assess and improve a wide range of public health systems. Course work focuses on low- and middle-income countries, but the skills are universal.

Learn to

  • measure the burden of disease
  • monitor and evaluate health programs
  • use systems science approaches in health systems

 

Courses

221.617.79 | Behavioral Economics in Health Decisions

Mon 06/15/2026 - Thu 06/18/2026
M, Tu, W, Th, 8:00am - 12:00pm
2 credits | Offered One Year Only

221.620.79 | Applying Summary Measures of Population Health to Improve Health Systems

Mon 06/01/2026 - Thu 06/04/2026
M, Tu, W, Th, 9:00 - 10:50am
3 credits | Offered One Year Only

221.629.79 | Prospective Policy Analysis for Health Policy and Systems Research: Methods and Applications

Mon 06/15/2026 - Thu 06/18/2026
M, Tu, W, Th, 8:00 - 10:50am
2 credits | Offered One Year Only

221.636.79 | High Performing Organizations in Lmic Settings

Tue 05/26/2026 - Mon 06/01/2026
M, Tu, W, Th, F, 9:00am - 12:50pm
3 credits | Offered One Year Only

221.648.79 | Adaptive Management and Learning to Improve Health Programming in LMICs

Mon 06/08/2026 - Fri 06/12/2026
M, Tu, W, Th, F, 8:00am - 12:50pm
3 credits | Offered One Year Only

221.657.79 | Disease and Program Costing in Global Health Programs

Mon 06/01/2026 - Fri 06/05/2026
M, Tu, W, Th, F, 9:00 - 11:50am
3 credits | Offered One Year Only

221.663.79 | Globalization and Health: Framework for Analysis

Tue 05/26/2026 - Fri 05/29/2026
Tu, W, Th, F, 1:30 - 3:20pm
3 credits | Offered One Year Only

221.679.79 | Introduction to Design and Implementation of Digital Health Programs in LMIC Settings

Mon 07/13/2026 - Thu 07/16/2026
M, Tu, W, Th, 10:00am - 12:00pm
3 credits | Offered One Year Only

221.681.79 | Global Health Entrepreneurship: Foundations of Launching a Global Health Non-Profit

Mon 07/06/2026 - Fri 07/10/2026
M, Tu, W, Th, F, 8:00 - 10:50am
3 credits | Offered One Year Only

221.684.79 | Transforming Health Systems Research through Artificial Intelligence

Mon 06/29/2026 - Thu 07/09/2026
M, Tu, W, Th, 8:00 - 10:50am
3 credits | Offered One Year Only

221.694.79 | Applied Implementation Science for Health Systems Research

Mon 06/29/2026 - Thu 07/02/2026
M, Tu, W, Th, 8:00am - 12:00pm
3 credits | Offered One Year Only

221.705.79 | Monitoring and Evaluation of Health Systems Strengthening in Low and Middle income Countries

Mon 06/01/2026 - Fri 06/05/2026
M, Tu, W, Th, F, 8:00am - 12:50pm
3 credits | Offered One Year Only

221.725.79 | Commercial Determinants of Health

Mon 06/08/2026 - Fri 06/12/2026
M, Tu, W, Th, F, 8:00am - 12:50pm
3 credits | Offered One Year Only

Contact Us

Questions about the Global Health Summer Institute Health Systems Track? We're here to help.

Hannah Tong
Research Associate