Master of Public Health Specialized in Health Systems Administration and Global Health Leadership

Nutrition Role in Public Health (2 credits): This course explores the vital role of nutrition in public health, covering topics such as food environments, population’s nutritional surveillance, nutritional-related interventions development and their implementation at the community and population levels. Students will examine how nutrition intersects with public health practice to address global health challenges, and practice interventions designed for real-world settings.  

Health Economics (2 credits): This course aims to expand students’ understanding of key concepts, tools and theories in health economics. Understanding economic incentives and behaviors of key stakeholders in health systems and their influence on decision making is an important part of the course.  By the end of the course students will be able to apply an economic lens to a variety of issues in the management of health systems. Topics will include health care delivery, health insurance in market and non-market settings, health behaviours the determinants of health, and the economic evaluation of interventions.

Financial management for health systems (2 credits): This course introduces the basics of financial management at the macro (e.g., national) and micro (e.g., enterprise) levels. The first part of this course introduces basic concepts and tools in finance such as government spending on health systems and discount rates and the use of net present value. The second part addresses the unique elements in finance which are relevant to healthcare systems such as managing risk, budgeting, financial reporting, approaches to healthcare financing, and the significance of for-profit versus not-for-profit business models.

Emerging Topics In Public Health: From Evidence To Action (2 credits): Public health is rapidly evolving in response to changing disease patterns, demographic and societal transitions, environmental pressures, commercial determinants of health, and growing health inequalities. This course explores selected emerging topics in public health, with a particular focus on the intersection between non-communicable diseases, nutrition, liver health, health behaviours, and public policy.