Master of Science in Global Health (Thesis-based)

University of Alberta

With a special focus on the analytic functions of public health practice, this Master of Science (MSc) Program is designed to equip graduates to work effectively as public health practitioners and researchers. These include applied research and evaluation of public health programs across a range of technical areas:infectious disease control (malaria, HIV/AIDS, immunization-preventable illnesses)maternal, child and reproductive healthnutritionnon-communicable diseasestraumamental healthmigrationenvironmental healthA thesis is one of the requirements of this program. This entails research activity, with a focus on a research question relevant to low- or middle-income country settings, and a publishable paper.