From Health Disparities to Equity & Global Population Health
Course number: HCIN 616-001
Dates: April 30-June 10, 2019 (ONLINE)

Instructors: Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA & Harsha Thirumurthy, PhD
Credit: 1 c.u.
Description: This course is for health care professionals who want to examine health disparities through a lens of population health, as well as explore health issues in low- to middle-income countries. This is a pairing of two 3-week course topics. In the first half taught by Dr. Lavizzo-Mourey, you will review causes of and policy approaches for health disparities and examine strategies for improving health equity through case studies and policy analysis. In the second half taught by Dr. Thirumurthy, you will apply an economics perspective to topics related to health in low- and middle-income countries and examine policy solutions to improving population health in these countries.

Penn faculty and staff may use tuition benefits towards this course. For more information, visit the Certificate in Health Care Innovation website or contact Katherine Ridella at kbuckl@pennmedicine.upenn.edu or 215-573-9378.