Global Health Practicum
A practicum is a unique opportunity for undergraduate students to integrate and apply skills and knowledge gained through coursework with experience gained in a professional public health work environment. Global health work environments include not-for-profit organizations, hospitals, local, state, and federal governmental organizations, and for-profit firms among others.
Students with a Global Health major are required to take part in at least one practicum experience (an internship or experiential learning opportunity with a product). This practicum should be completed before (or at least well-underway) when you enroll in GLH 301, a course in which you have a chance to reflect upon your experience and learn how to share about it with others, including future employers or graduate school interviewers. Since it will help you with post-graduation plans, taking GLH 301 in your junior year can be helpful.
Your practicum experience should result in some tangible deliverable, so it should involve more than simply observing. You may do supervised original research, an internship, or perhaps play a leadership role in an experiential learning course such as a January or May term (check with your advisor to make sure your experience will qualify). You may complete your practicum at a not-for-profit organization, a hospital, a health department, or even a for-profit firm. The important part is that you are learning about activities that contribute to public health while developing your public health competencies. Your practicum must involve at least 80 hours of work and must be pre-approved by your advisor and supervised by an experienced public health professional from the practicum site.
On the career and graduate school ideas page you will find some links to short-term opportunities.
Here is a list of past experiences that Global Health majors have completed for their practicum. If you would like to be in touch with one of these students/alumni please email Mary Giles to inquire about their contact information.
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Student Name |
Poster Title/Topic |
Practicum Location |
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SPRING 2020 |
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Ahmadi, Layla |
Mass Cytometry Immune Profiling of Type 1 Diabetes Patients |
Vanderbilt Summer Diabetes Program |
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Chua, Daniel |
Hamilton Center: Health Inequities in Rural Areas & Battles of Opioid Addiction |
Hamilton Center |
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Davis, Brittany |
Experiencing Global Health Delivery in Ecuador |
Timmy Global Health & DePauw University |
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Gile, Emily |
Disaster Prevention & Response: Summer with Red Cross |
American Red Cross-Indiana |
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Kaur, Manpreet |
Serving Minorities and Underrepresented Groups on DePauw's Campus |
Timmy Global Health & DePauw University |
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Owen, Travis |
Ensuring Patient Security & Transparency in the Medical Device Industry |
Zimmer Biomet |
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Reinke, Julia |
Prevalence of Sickle Cell Trait in Ugandan Children |
IU School of Medicine |
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Therber, Will |
Combating Opioid Crisis in Hendricks County |
Hendricks Regional Health |
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Wright, Quinntessa |
Practicum at Lakeshore OBGYN Clinic |
Lakeshore OBGYN Clinic |
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FALL 2019 |
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Campbell, Katherine |
Speech Therapy-Schools vs Hospitals |
Hendricks Regional Health and Innercity Elem Sch-Grand Rapids |
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Gruett, Karly |
Research Biosocial factors contributing to diabetic retinopathy |
Michiana Eye Center |
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Karki, Smriti |
Disease Burden of Crohn's in Low and lower middle income countries |
Brigham and Women's Hospital |
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Kaylor, Lauren |
Using LEAN methodology to improve Emergency Room waiting times |
Hendricks Regional Health |
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Klink, Alexis |
Restoring Water in a Watershed-Costa Rica |
Restoring our Watershed |
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Love, Emma |
Colorectal Canter Treatment of Large Polyps |
IU School of Medicine |
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Luedeking, Caroline |
Increasing Shelter's Awareness regarding accommodating people with disabilities or impairments |
American Red Cross-Indiana |
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Lund, Allison |
Putnam Co. Community Health Needs |
Putnam Co. Hospital |
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Mager, Ashley |
County Health Department Internship |
Boone County Health Department |
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Neff, Olivia |
Food Insecurities-College Campuses, Stigma Associated w/ Food Pantries |
Promise House |
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Wallace, Meg |
Domestic Violence Survey and Grant Proposal related to Opioid Crisis |
Indiana Legal Services |
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Washam, Cassie |
Urinary Sodium Excretion:Finding an Inclusive Equation in Older Populations |
Department of Preventative Medicine- Northwestern University |
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SPRING 2019 |
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Armstrong, Shelby Anne |
Takeover of Hands-Only CPR: How Start the Heart foundation is Impacting Louisville |
Start the Heart Foundation |
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Asad, Summer Maliha |
Healthcare 2.0:Integrating Evidence Based Health Care Services into Clinical Practices |
Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Sciences at IUPUI |
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Bagby, Paige Marie |
Rules of the Game: How Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Policy Affaect Health |
Clean Water Action |
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Bell, Mallory Janice |
Camp John Warvel: Comprehensive Look at Type 1 Diabetes |
Camp John Warvel |
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Espinal, Stephanie Victoria |
Assessing Depressive Symptoms Among Syrian Adolescent Refugee Girls |
School for International Training In Aman Jordan |
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Hickman, Riley Hope |
Community Needs Assessment Reveals Rural Health Disparities |
Anonymous Community |
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Hudgins, Leia Marie |
Exploratory Analysis of Preterm Births in Indiana:2012-2016 |
Vanderburgh County Health Department |
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Kaiser, Elizabeth Lee |
Food as Medicine:Holistic Approach to Type 2 Diabetes |
Save Our Sexy, Inc. |
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Maddock, Carli Rose |
Dehumanization of the Healthcare Professional |
ScribeAmerica/DePauw |
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Mendez, Angelina Amparo |
Assessing the Social and Ecological Impacts of Intensive Farming of Paiche (Peru) |
SFS Peru Program |
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Perez, Haysten Laureano |
Overcoming Language Barriers in the Pharmaceutical Industry |
Eli Lilly-diabetes Business Unit |
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Petrelli, Gianna Lynn |
Summer Camp for All:Creating Positive Programming for Children with Special Needs in Rural Areas |
YMCA Camp Tecumseh |
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Rodriguez, Brenda Janeth |
Hispanic Health Disparities in Central Indiana:Cancer Support Community |
Cancer Support Community, Central Indiana |
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Sawyer, Yensuahte |
Nutrigenomics |
LaTrobe University:School of Life Sciences |
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FALL 2018 |
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Bernard, Jacqueline Dayan |
Raising Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates in Louisville, KY |
Start the Heart Foundation |
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Duncan, Emma Morse |
Pregnancy Week Talk |
South Africa Site B Community Clinic |
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Kloczkowski, Breanna |
Ecological Assessment Suggests Increased Cancer Incidence in Counties Exposed to Nuclear Weapons Facilities and Test Sites |
U of Cincinnati Dept of Environmental Health |
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Koldyke, Winona |
Health Business: Ethics of Corporate Social Responsibility-5yr action plan to improve company social responsibility |
Laird Norton Company LLC |
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Peterson, Alexandria |
Solid Waste Management In Santa Teresa |
Nicoya Peninsula Waterkeeper |
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Veillard, Maeva |
Academic Achievement & Its Relation to Health |
Roxbury Preparatory Charter School |
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Watson, Amber |
ATF4-Independent Apoptosis as a Novel Target Pathway for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia |
Herman Wells Center for Pediatric Research-Riley Hospital, IU Med Center |
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SPRING 2018 |
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Carlin, Blair |
Hospital Foundations: The Power of the Narrative |
IU Health Foundation |
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Cline, Emily |
Successful Student Engagement in Global Nonprofits |
Timmy Global Health |
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Etling, Mary Ann |
Serving as an In-home Aid to Elderly Person w/Lewy-Body Dementia LBD in Rural Indiana |
Individual Patient |
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Gorman, Peter |
Development of Novel Consumer Perception Metrics for Tobacco Products |
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health |
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McLane, Emma |
#RAREis: Program to Shine light on those living with or caring for someone with Rare disease |
Horizon Pharma PLC |
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Miller, Olivia |
WeCare Plus Indiana: Improving Maternal and Infant Health to Reduce Infant Mortality |
Regenstrief Institute and IU Health |
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Nunez-Garcia, Andrea |
Health Impact Assessment Addressing Standard Housing |
Arkansas Community Institute |
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Salib, Mariam |
The Problem of Effective Altruism |
Peace Players International Ireland, Putnam Co. Hospital |
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Silva, Jacqueline |
Public Health in Cuba: Achievements and Challenges Today |
Cuba WT Trip |
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Thacker, Megan |
Are Nonprofits Really Helping |
MATTER-Community Health-Focused NonProfit in St. Louis |
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Vasquez, Cristina |
Analysis of Counterfeit Antibiotics |
Research/DePauw |
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Welker, Brittany |
Tuberculosis Control |
Marion County Public Health Department |
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Wilder, Sarah |
Tobacco Use in Rural Indiana:Exploring General Knowledge of Health Consequences and Awareness of Cessation Programs |
Research/DePauw |