Collaborative Specialization in Global Health Master’s Program
Through various activities, including coursework and practicum placements, Master’s students in the Collaborative Specialization in Global Health (CSGH) will reflect and learn about global health while connecting with global health communities at the School, the University of Toronto, the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada, and the rest of the world. Master’s CSGH students explore the complexities of global health scholarship and praxis, from a social determinants of health and population health perspective, as a means of developing a basic understanding of the political economy of global health, the linkages between local and global health challenges, ethical issues, and policy and program development.
Students who have already been accepted into a participating doctoral program at the University of Toronto are eligible to apply to the CSGH.
Application Requirements
Application deadline for 2025: Sunday, June 22 at 11:59 PM ET
Application requirements for the CSGH:
- Fill out the following online application form:
2. In one PDF, send the additional materials, listed below, to globalhealth.dlsph@utoronto.ca. Save the file by including your name and stream (Firstname_Lastname – CSGH Master’s Stream Application):
- Personal statement (two pages, single-spaced): Describe your global-health-related experiences – including coursework and independent research completed at the undergraduate and/or Master’s level, as well as professional and volunteer experiences – and how these experiences have influenced your interest in global health and prepared you for the Collaborative Specialization in Global Health.
- Curriculum vitae
- Writing sample: Master’s stream applicants must submit one academic writing sample (10 pages maximum). E.g., research paper completed for course work; undergraduate or graduate thesis; peer review publication). Select a writing sample that reflects your individual contribution to the work (e.g. first author). We are looking for evidence of critical thinking, analytic and synthesis skills and clear writing skills including the ability to structure cogent arguments. Ideally the writing sample should reflect your interest in global health.
Program Requirements
To complete the CSGH, Master’s students must fulfill the following requirements:
1) Successfully complete CHL5700H – Global Health (0.5 FCE) is the core course requirement for students enrolled in the Master’s stream of the Collaborative Specialization in Global Health (CSGH). The course is an invitation to future researchers, educators, advocates, policy makers, and practitioners to work across disciplinary/professional boundaries, as well as cultural ones, and engage fundamental questions-both theoretical and applied -in global health. CHL5700 explores the theories, lessons and skills customarily considered central to global health and the ways in which these are embodied, enacted, and realized. While numerous real-life examples are introduced to illustrate global health concepts, challenges, and opportunities, and to stimulate discussion, the course provides a space for dialogue, critical reflection, and the development of hypotheses for informed and committed action, or praxis1, more than an opportunity to examine a catalogue of global-health-related case studies.
1 Carr, W. & Kemmins, S. (1986). Becoming Critical: Education, Knowledge and Action Research. Routledge.
2) Depending on the requirements of their core Master’s programs, students in the CSGH will have to complete either a practicum placement, a major research paper, or a Master’s thesis that is related to global health.
3) All students are strongly encouraged to participate in at least two global health events, conferences, symposia, activities etc. outside of class.
4) Coursework-only Master’s students (Engineering, Public Health, and Law only) must complete additional FCE in global health electives. Students in coursework only programs in Engineering (MEng) and Public Health (MScCH) must complete an additional 1.0 FCE in approved global health electives. Students in the coursework only Law Program (LLM) must complete an additional 1.5 FCE in approved global health electives.
Participating programs
The program is available to Masters students in the following participating graduate units:
- Department of Anthropology – MA, MSc
- Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry – MEng, MASc
- Faculty of Dentistry – MSc (Thesis only)
- Geography and Planning — MA, MSc, MScPl
- Health Policy, Management and Evaluation – MSc (thesis only)
- Faculty of Law – SJD, LLM
- Pharmaceutical Sciences — MSc (thesis only)
- Public Health Sciences – MPH, MSc, MScCH
- Rehabilitation Science Institute — MSc
- Master of Nursing – MN
If your program/degree is not listed above but you have interest in participating, please contact globalhealth.dlsph@utoronto.ca
Master’s Students Starting in 2024
| Name | Contact Information | Home Department/Division | Supervisor/s | Research Interests and Area |
| Mariam Rahman | mariam.rahman@mail.utoronto.ca | MPH Epidemiology | ||
| Danyal Ladha | MScCH (Health Practitioner Teacher Education) | |||
| Samantha Brown | MN-HSLA | |||
| Pavneet Kaur | MPH Epidemiology | |||
| David Rothwell | david.rothwell@mail.utoronto.ca | MN-NP | ||
| Szewei Wang | MS Biostatistics | |||
| Mehwish Rana | mehwish.rana@mail.utoronto.ca | MSc, Institute of Medical Science | ||
| Dhara Chauhan | dhara.chauhan@mail.utoronto.ca | MPH SBHS | ||
| Godwin Antwi | MPH SBHS | |||
| Denzel Lodge | denzel.lodge@mail.utoronto.ca | MPH Epidemiology | ||
| Amy Fernando | MSc in Geography | |||
| Callandra Moore | callandra.moore@mail.utoronto.ca | MPH Epidemiology | ||
| Amina Saher | amina.saher@mail.utoronto.ca | MPH Nutrition and Dietetics | ||
| Hafsa Ishaque | hafsa.ishaque@mail.utoronto.ca | MPH Epidemiology | ||
| Samia Farah | samia.farah@mail.utoronto.ca | MN – HSLA | ||
| Sylvia Okonofua | MPH Black Health | |||
| Alice Gales | MPP/MGA Dual Degree with Sciences Po | |||
| Shirwa Geele | Shirwa.geele@mail.utoronto.ca | MN-HSLA |
Master’s Students Starting in 2023
| Name | Contact Information | Home Department/Division | Supervisor/s | Research Interests and Area |
| Akbota Tleuberdinova | a.tleuberdinova@mail.utoronto.ca | MSC Rehabilitation Sciences (Thesis based) | ||
| Ashwini Veerasuntharam | Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing – MSN Clinical Stream | |||
| Evan Campbell | PHS – OEH | |||
| Jasmine Ali Gami | jasmine.aligami@mail.utoronto.ca | Institute of Medical Science | ||
| Jordan Egan | jordan.egan@mail.utoronto.ca | Munk – Master of Global Affairs | ||
| Kabier Izzeldin | kabier.izzeldin@mail.utoronto.ca | PHS – Epidemiology | ||
| Kiranjit Kang | Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing – MN NP | |||
| Mariam Farooq | mariam.farooq@mail.utoronto.ca | PHS – SBHS | ||
| Mohammed Al-Jughiman | IHPME – System leadership and innovation | |||
| Runqun (Helen) Zheng | runqun.zheng@mail.utoronto.ca | IHPME-Health Services Research | ||
| Sofia Kendall Florence | Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing – MN NP |
Master’s Students Starting in 2022
| Name | Contact Information | Home Department/Division | Supervisor/s | Research Interests and Area |
| Alex Krawczyk | alex.krawczyk@mail.utoronto.ca | PHS-Indigenous Health | ||
| David Guo | d.guo@rotman.utoronto.ca | Rotman School of Management – MBA | ||
| Sarah Aboukarr | PHS-FCM (coursework) |
Master’s Students Starting in 2021
| Name | Contact Information | Home Department/Division | Supervisor/s | Research Interests and Area |
| Andrea Yijuan He | andrea.he@mail.utoronto.ca | Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy-Pharmaceutical Sciences | ||
| Kayvan Aflaki | kayvan.aflaki@mail.utoronto.ca | Institute of Medical Science-Epidemiology/Population Health |
Master’s Students Starting in 2020
| Name | Contact Information | Home Department/Division | Supervisor/s | Research Interests and Area |
| Rehona Zamani | rehona.zamani@mail.utoronto.ca | IHPME-System leadership and innovation |
Master’s Students Starting in 2019
| Name | Contact Information | Home Department/Division | Supervisor/s | Research Interests and Area |
| Nivetha Chandran | nivetha.chandran@mail.utoronto.ca | Rehabilitation Sciences |