
Global Health
Welcome to the Global Health Department!
Contact details:
Head of Department:
Prof. Dr. Melanie Böckmann
Tel: +49 421 218-68680
Administrative Office:
Sandra Bojahr
Tel.: +49 421 218-68676
Grazer Straße 2
28359 Bremen
Why Global Health?
The topic of Global Health has become an integral part of the health science research and political landscape in Germany. Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, global connections and mutual dependency can no longer be disputed. A variety of important topics such as climate change, migration, infectious diseases, but also global processes such as recruitment of health professionals, easy access to vaccines and medication, health risks of workplaces in countries, which produce goods for the German market, or political approaches to a “global health architecture”: all of these topics matter in Global Health. On the scientific side, unequal access to third-party funds and high-impact publication opportunities are additional disadvantages for researchers from the Global South.
The Global Health Professorship will address these and other topics.
Our research is currently focused on the following areas:
- Global tobacco control and tobacco use, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), also in the context of commercial determinants of health
- Tuberculosis and other poverty-related infectious diseases
- Climate change-related disasters in LMIC; climate change, adaptation and policies
Teaching focus
We offer courses as part of the Public Health - Health Sciences, B.A. and Public Health - Health Promotion & Prevention, M.A. program. The majority of courses are available in English. We also supervise theses and doctoral degrees in the subject area. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you are interested.
Here you will find a list of topics for possible BA or MA theses.
Aktuelles


IPP PhD researchers visited United Nations institutions and NGOs in Geneva

World No Tobacco Day Award 2024 given to Raouf Alebshehy, PhD student Dept. of Global Health

A visit from Kazakhstan at IPP
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WHO Meeting in Bonn on heat health action plans

Delegation from Shanxi Datong University visits the IPP

Appointment to the Editorial board of BMC Global and Public Health
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NEW TO THE IPP – Herfina Nababan and Lira Ramadani

Dept. of Global Health of the Institute of Public Health and Nursing Research offers summer academy for Bremen School Students
