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Global Pit:An Inter-disciplinary Global Health Centre

World Health Organization Collaborating CentreUniversity of Pittsburgh

Supercourse team

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Mission Statement of the University of Pittsburgh

“… make available to local communities and public agencies the expertise of the University in ways that are consistent with the primary teaching and research functions and contribute to social, intellectual, and economic development in the Commonwealth, the nation, and the world”

Pitt's Board of Trustees, Feb. 16, 1995

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Global Interdisciplinary Health Workforce

Tom Hall, M.D. IHMECEric Noji, M.D. CDC

Administrators

Behavioral Scientists

Chronic Disease Specialists

Lawyers

Environmental Scientists

Dentists

Public health specialists

Psychologists

Demographers

IT Experts

Engineers

Nurses

Clinicians

Epidemiologists

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Supercourse Brand

Trusted Network of 20,400 ScholarsBest Known project in Academic Global Health(?)151 countries2200 PowerPoint Lectures including 6 Noble Prize winners75 Million hits/year

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Global Pit—an Interdisciplinary collaboration

Center for Global Health

NIH

Medicine

WHO

Law

UCIS

Business

PAHO

PittsburghBusinessGlobal Pit

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Global Pit

Vision

“Global Pit will bridge University departments, yielding

synergy, and local to global relationships:

A Roadmap to Global Health”

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Partnering of Pittsburg University with Supercourse

430 Faculty Members

63 Departments

240 Contributed lectures

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Specific Aims: Global Pit

Establish a networking system built on Pittsburgh’s existing strengthsDevelop “roadmap” systems to connect scientistsExtract high quality scientific lecturesLink local to global industry with global live-sciences Distribute best possible scientific knowledge without potential liability as this is not a program for “medical vacation”

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Global Pit Connections:

UCIS Business School Medicine: SHRS Education

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Global Pit International Connections:

Brazil: 180 facultyChina: 1000 Collaborators, 5 NIH grantsFormer Soviet Union: 500 Collaborators India: 430 CollaboratorsItaly: 200 CollaboratorsPakistan: 640 Collaborators

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University of Pittsburgh Gains:

Local and Global PrestigeNew business marketsCloser ties to Local industryTrusted Global Health NetworkLinkages to WHO/PAHO/UNNew revenue streams

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Societal Gains:

New Model for Global Health ResearchBetter trained work forceRapid spread of Global Health InformationRapid translation from Laboratory to classroomNew Networks to link research and local Entrepreneurs Improved Global Health

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Global Pit

Network of international health

collaborations