Thank you for visiting our page! We are the Global Health Club of Notre Dame, a student-led organization supported by the Eck Institute of Global Health that seeks to promote global and public health work among undergraduate students. In line with the mission of the Eck Institute, our goal is to foster the next generation of leaders in the field of global and public health.

Our goal is to introduce interested students to the field in a variety of ways that encourage collaboration, innovation, and exploration. At our meetings and events, we introduce students to the many foundations and nuances of global health, while fostering a community eager to engage on a host of global health-related issues. Generally, our events are broken down into the following categories:

Professional Development: We have hosted a variety of networking and professional development workshops that prepare students to network with professionals, tailor their resumes to positions of interest, and professionally present their work with colleagues.
Engagement in the field: We have hosted several service organizations from the local community such as Self Healing Communities that are making a difference through innovative public health work. These organizations actively recruit student volunteers and interns to engage in their work. In addition, we piloted the first-ever Global Health Research Teams, which allowed small groups of students to engage with a faculty member at the Eck Institute on a project. Students had the opportunity to develop practical research skills while receiving mentorship from a faculty member working in global health.
Interest Exploration: We invite faculty and experts in the field to share their work and their unique philosophies on engaging in global health. One event started this year was the "Health and Energy" panel bringing together multidisciplinary faculty working at the intersection of public health, climate change, and energy development.
Community-building: Every other event hosted by the Global Health Club is geared towards bringing together students from all backgrounds to form a multi-disciplinary group of students working together to address health-related inequities around the world. One of our largest events aimed at fostering community is the "Picnic with the Pups," a fun-filled event allowing everyone from faculty to undergraduates to come together and relax one Spring afternoon. Faculty members bring their "pups," and all come together to celebrate a year of hard work in the global health field!

Testimonials:

“The Global Health Club of Notre Dame has deepened my passion for and understanding of environmental policy. I am now better able to identify policies that are inclusive of both the environment and the health of communities that are affected by the policy. The skills I have been learning through this club are becoming ever more important as climate change worsens, there is a need for better evidence-based approaches toward addressing this link between global health and the environment.” - Lizzie Stifel '24

“I’ve really enjoyed engaging with global health professionals through the club! Learning from faculty doing exciting research, health department officials, and others who have even worked with the CDC or WHO has been a great opportunity to learn about what a career in global health looks like. It’s been great to engage with professionals, peers, and others to discern how to pursue my own interests in global health policy. There’s never been a better time to engage in this kind of work and the Global Health Club of Notre Dame has been a great way to get involved!” - Jake Harris '25

“The Global Health Club of Notre Dame has provided me with unique opportunities to engage with experts in global health from around the world! I have greatly enjoyed being able to learn about how to incorporate a focus on global health into my career as a physician. Notre Dame is doing incredible work in global health, and I am very thankful to have the opportunity to learn about it and join in on it!” - Ethan Harned '25