Department of Global and Community Health

Just three and a half years after George Mason's College of Public Health created its PhD in Public Health in 2021, Kim McNally will be the first graduate to walk across the Commencement stage at EagleBank Arena this May.

Six graduate students from George Mason University’s Department of Global and Community Health presented a four-pronged solution to address health care and homelessness among Washington, D.C., area women at the D.C. Public Health Case Challenge.

Samantha Harrison, who graduated this spring with a bachelor’s degree in community health with a global health concentration, says that discovering the community health degree provided her with a comprehensive way to achieve her ambitions to bring equity to communities through well-being. 

Mason’s MS in global health primes future graduates for frontline public health initiatives

Epidemiologist and professor Amira Roess answers the most frequently asked questions about monkeypox.

Alternative summer break trip provided a hands-on learning experience for students to study about Amsterdam's public health strategies

For Safa Yosufzai, the clinical science concentration provided the best of both worlds; she is building a strong foundation in public health education while meeting the prerequisites for medical school.

Existing health disparities are creating a bigger disadvantage for Black and low-income families and babies during the U.S. baby formula shortage. 

Sisters Ashley and Briana Dawson have been helping others improve their health since they were in high school. As May 2022 graduates, they share highlights from their experience in the Bachelor of Community Health program, including opportunities that allowed them to help community members around the globe overcome health obstacles through nonprofit organizations.

Master of Public Health Student Colin Tran discovered coding and his love of helping people through data after taking the required Biostatistics course