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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