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Training & development

NDM-CGHR offers internationally available and recognised training and are continuing to evolve more bespoke training and development opportunities, to ensure that capacity strengthening efforts address the current and future needs of different global regions. We are providing researchers with training and development at all stages of their career. This includes the huge range of evidence-based online courses offered by The Global Health Network, which are available worldwide.

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MSc in Health Service Improvement and Evaluation (opens on the CTMGH website)

The MSc in Health Service Improvement and Evaluation (HSIE) is a full-time face-to-face course across one year of study. This unique MSc is led by the Health Systems Collaborative research group in collaboration with the Nuffield Department of Medicine’s Centre for Global Health Research at Oxford. This MSc is distinct from other global health or public health courses, providing you with theory alongside practical skills to implement health service improvement and evaluation in today’s complex healthcare and service environments.

MSc IHTM Students in Oxford

MSc International Health and Tropical Medicine (opens on the CTMGH website)

The MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine is a full-time one-year multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary programme examining major challenges to the health of populations in resource-limited contexts. The course embraces the breadth and complexity of global health challenges facing resource-limited settings, and equips candidates with the tools and awareness to contribute to innovative solutions.

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Postgraduate Diploma in Global Health Research (opens on the CTMGH website)

The Postgraduate Diploma in Global Health Research is a part-time taught programme, delivered entirely online over four terms (14 months). The course is designed for those involved in the funding, design, delivery or regulation of research in global health. It will equip students with a thorough understanding of the steps and processes required to conduct high quality and ethically framed studies within the contextual realities of resource constrained settings.

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MSc Modelling for Global Health (opens on the CTMGH website)

The MSc in Modelling for Global Health is a full-time one-year taught programme that provides interdisciplinary content on modelling, health evidence to inform the modelling, and policy processes to inform decisions. Week-long modules are delivered through a mix of interactive practical sessions and lectures in person at Oxford. Demand for a skilled workforce in this field is on the rise and there is great potential for mathematical and economic modelling to help guide policy for national health systems and international policymaking.

Research environment as a 'system'. Study set-up (Research methodology; Ethics; Protocol design; Research principles). Research administration and management (Research laboratories; Research management and data sharing; Community engagement; Research team; Governance and regulation) . Study close (Research uptake)

The Global Health Network

Building health research skills through free accessible online training. To tackle disease, we need a connected ecosystem that joins up all types of health research including observational, social science and clinical. Our eLearning courses are designed to reflect this ecosystem approach.

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Meet our students

Since 2015 the NDM Centre for Global Health Research has supported 66 DPhil students and established the successful MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine. Students’ research spans areas such as infectious disease, health systems, emerging threats to health, and therapeutics and diagnostics in resource poor settings. We have a multidisciplinary approach, and collaborate globally with researchers at the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health’s overseas programmes in Kenya, Thailand and Viet Nam and external partners. Our students are involved in research that informs national and international policy and impacts the lives of individuals around the world. NDM-CGHR admits approximately 10 DPhil students each year.

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Graduate studies in NDM (opens on the CTMGH website)

The Nuffield Department of Medicine (NDM) is one of the largest and most highly regarded departments of medicine in Europe and noted for the wide range and excellence of its basic and clinical research (rated 5* in research assessment exercises).

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NDM Prize Studentships (opens on the CTMGH website)

As a part of the Nuffield Department of Medicine, the Centre offers doctoral studies through the NDM Prize Studentships. These are fully-funded awards and are open to outstanding candidates from any country without restriction.

International Graduate Students at Oxford

International Graduate Students at Oxford (opens on the CTMGH website)

Around two thirds of our graduate students are international. Our prospective graduates often have questions for us about what it's like to come to Oxford and live in the UK, so we've put together some answers.