Opportunities

First year students should attend an interest meeting during the fall.

Applications are due in early January of M1 year.

Students in good academic standing who demonstrate a commitment to improving the health of underserved communities may apply.

M1 students must participate in the Seminar Series lectures and curricular events. Students are required to complete a minimum of four weeks of field experience during their M1 summer to work towards meeting this requirement.

No. Students may participate in the CGH Honors Program and the Bioethics Honors Program concurrently. However, students must complete the individual requirements for both programs, including the completion of a separate scholarly project for each program.

Students who withdraw from or become ineligible to complete the program will not have a record on their transcript. All students are invited to participate in elements of the program, including the Seminar Series and Global Health Equity Dinners. All M4 students are eligible to complete a local or international underserved elective.

Yes. Domestic opportunities in low-resourced or culturally diverse environments are accepted and encouraged. Students must request approval prior to completing a field experience that may fulfill program requirements.

Yes. Students are eligible to apply for the annual Global Field Experience Grant during their M2, M3, or M4 year to help fund their non-credit field experience. All M4 students enrolled in a Center for Community and Global Health (CCGH) underserved local or international elective may apply for funding, too.

Possibly. Field experience requires an immersive commitment at a local or international organization working with populations who are underserved. Drop-in volunteering or community activities that do not demonstrate a consistent commitment are not approved for field experience. Students who request prior approval may be eligible for one week of field experience per each 20 hours completed at one volunteer agency. Multiple, shorter experiences cannot be combined.

Sometimes. CCGH will provide students with a list of Loyola faculty mentors and scholarly project opportunities. Some projects are structured so that students may “plug in.” Faculty members are open to mentoring students’ independent projects based on mutual interests.

It may be possible to continue your work focused on populations that are underserved and apply this research toward your scholarly project. All projects, including those focused at another institution, must include a Loyola faculty mentor and Loyola IRB approval.

The CGH Honors Program begins in late January of M1 year. It builds on lectures in the general curriculum, covering essential topics through seminars, discussion sessions, additional online modules, and other educational resources. Individual learning activities and events may vary from year to year, but the program follows this outline:

• Year 1: Introduction to Global Health Challenges
• Year 2: Case Studies in Global Health Challenges
• Year 3: Integration of Clinical Experience and Global Health
• Year 4: Culmination of Field Experience and Scholarly Project

• The seminar series highlights fundamental concepts in Global Health and is open to all Health Sciences Campus students, faculty, and staff. The series is composed of Essential Topics Seminars and CCGH Supported Events. Essential topics focus on specific concerns in Global Health practice. Attendees prepare through the completion of online modules and/or journal articles for a discussion-based review of specific topics, led by Global Health practitioners. CCGH Supported Events invite professionals from multiple disciplines with Global Health experience to share their journey to the discipline as well as their ongoing projects.

Register and receive the email weekly "CCGH Calendar and Announcements;" seminar series events are also posted to the LUMEN calendar.

Students in the CGH Honors Program must attend a total of 16 Essential Topics Seminars and CCGH Supported Events by graduation, of which a minimum of six must be Essential Topics Seminars.

Graduating with CGH Honors requires completion of the following componeents by April of M4 year:

• 16 Seminar Series events
• 12 weeks of field experience
• scholarly project

Students fulfill this requirement through CCGH-approved local and/or international community service immersion. Local immersion experience may include:

• Full-time service with a local community organization during the summer of M1 year
• Local, underserved CCGH elective courses
• Other qualifying, part-time service with a local community organization throughout the program

International immersion experience may include:

• Ignatian Service Immersion (ISI)
• International health electives offered by the CCGH
• Individually-designed elective approved by the CCGH

CGH Honors students are required to complete a scholarly project during the Program with a faculty mentor. It should focus on addressing local or global populations who are underserved – through community engagement. Students typically identify a Project by M1 or M2 year and then present a scientific poster at the CGH Honors graduation celebration.

CGH Honors students are also encouraged and supported to present their work at national conferences. Former students have presented their projects at national conferences such as the Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Latino Medical Student Association regional conferences, and the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Conference.

CGH Honors Poster Examples