Global Institutes

The Rose Global Health Summer Institute

Where: Accra, Ghana

When: July 20-30, 2026

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The Rose Global Health Summer Institute is a 10-day intensive program in Accra, Ghana for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and early-career professionals. This immersive experience is designed for those dedicated to understanding public health through a decolonial and ethical lens, centering West African contexts and knowledge systems.

Participants engage in a dynamic curriculum of expert lectures, guided case studies, and community field visits to develop practical skills and a nuanced analytical framework for global health. The program’s core focus areas include:

  • Public Health Systems

  • Women’s Health

  • Planetary Health

  • Mental Health

  • Health Policy & Advocacy

Program Tuition & Inclusions

Your tuition includes a comprehensive academic and cultural experience:

  • Pre-Departure Syllabus & Readings

  • Daily Lectures & Seminars with leading health scholars and practitioners from West Africa and the United States

  • Curated Field Visits to local health organizations and community projects

  • Research Symposium where participants can present work and engage with Ghana's public health community

  • Cultural Immersion through guided visits to significant sites, including:

    • Elmina Castle

    • W.E.B. Du Bois Center

    • Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park

  • Program materials and on-ground logistical support

Tuition Fees

  • Student Rate: $1,200 (payment plans available)

    • For currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students (pre-med, pre-health, health sciences, environmental studies, etc.)

  • Professional Rate: $2,000 (payment plans available)

    • For early-career researchers, practitioners, and other professionals (MPH, MA, MSW, MSN, PhD, etc.)

Public Health Summer Lab

Where: Dakar, Senegal

When: July 5-18, 2026

Join a powerful faculty-led study abroad program in Senegal, where you’ll explore the connections between race, environment, and public health. Visit national museums to learn about Senegal’s rich history and culture, then dive into pressing health issues through site visits to heavily polluted areas like the Pink Lake and coastal fishing communities. Gain firsthand insight into how environment is affecting local health and livelihoods, while working alongside community organizations and local scholars. This immersive experience will expand your global perspective, sharpen your critical thinking, and prepare you to engage with real-world health and environmental challenges across cultures.

Decolonizing Education

Where: Dakar, Senegal

Our Decolonizing Education Immersion Program welcomes undergraduate students to Senegal over winter term for eight days of service learning. Together we examine the specific ways that knowledge, education, and imagination have been impacted by colonization in the region—and the ways in which local communities have engaged with, resisted, reformed, and reimagined learning over the course of the 20th and 21st century. We will take lessons in Wolof and read about important figures and pedagogies in Senegalese history, while also participating in one education based community directed service project.