# Get Involved ## Get Involved At Harvard, there are many ways to engage in global health beyond the classroom. Listed below are some of the centers, student groups, events, and resources at Harvard that offer opportunities for students to get involved with public and global health. ### 1. Global Health Centers & Resources at Harvard expand\_more Many Harvard centers offer research, internship, and educational opportunities related to global health. The list below contains links to the centers that may provide health-related opportunities. **Global Health Focused Centers at Harvard:** [The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI)\*](https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/) [Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard (GHELI)](https://gheli.harvard.edu/) **Centers with Health-Related Opportunities and/or Undergraduate Funding:** [Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship (CPSES)\*](https://publicservice.fas.harvard.edu/) [Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI)](https://hhi.harvard.edu/)\* [The Institute of Politics (IOP)](https://iop.harvard.edu/)\* [Mignone Center for Career Success (MCS)\*](https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/) [Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowships (URAF)](https://uraf.harvard.edu/)\* **Centers with a Regional Focus:** [Center for African Studies (CAS)\*](https://africa.harvard.edu/) [Center for European Studies (CES)](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/) [Center for Hellenic Studies (CHS)](https://chs.harvard.edu/) [Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS)](https://drclas.harvard.edu/)\* [Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES)](https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/) [South Asia Institute (SAI)\*](https://mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/) **Harvard Graduate Schools and Centers** [Harvard School of Public Health: Departments, Divisions, and Centers](https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/departments/) [Harvard Medical School: Research Departments, Centers, and Initiatives](https://hms.harvard.edu/research/research-departments-centers-initiatives-more) [Harvard Law School: Research Centers and Programs](https://hls.harvard.edu/research-programs-centers/) [The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School](https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/) [Harvard Kennedy School: Centers and Initiatives](https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers-initiatives) [Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard\*](https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/) \*These centers offered paid internship or research programs, some of which may be health-related, for Harvard undergraduates. ### 2. Student Groups with Health-Related Agendas expand\_more Below is a list of student organizations that are related to Global Health. You can visit their websites to learn more about their missions and how to get involved. [Effective Altruism at Harvard](http://www.harvardea.org/) [Crimson EMS](https://crimsonems.org/) [Global Alliance for Medical Innovation (GAMI)](https://mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/2021/04/gami-global-alliance-for-medical-innovation/) [Harvard College Friends of the Red Cross](https://harvardredcross.weebly.com/) [Harvard Computer Society: Technology and Global Health Initiative](https://techglobalhealth.org/) [Harvard Engineers Without Borders](https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/ewb) [Harvard Global Mental Health Coalition](http://harvardgmh.strikingly.com/) [Harvard Science Review](https://harvardsciencereview.org/) [Harvard Square Homeless Shelter](https://hshshelter.org/) [Harvard Synapse](https://harvardsynapse.wordpress.com/) [Harvard Undergraduate Black Premedical Society](https://soco.college.harvard.edu/257911/home/) [Harvard Undergraduate UNICEF Club](https://harvardundergraduateunicef.org/) [Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program](http://www.kdsap.org/) [Nunchi Health](https://www.nunchihealth.org/) [Partners In Health (PIH) Engage](https://www.pih.org/organize) [Peer Counseling](https://camhs.huhs.harvard.edu/peer-counseling) [The Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal (THURJ)](https://www.thurj.org/) [Refresh Bolivia](https://www.refreshbolivia.com/) ### 3. Annual Events and Conferences expand\_more For more events from the Mignone Center for Career Services (MCS), click [here](https://ghhp.fas.harvard.edu/careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/events/). **Fall** - [Harvard VISION Global Health and Leadership Conference](https://www.harvardglobalhealth.org/) - [Harvard Summer Opportunities & Funding Fair](https://careerservices.fas.harvard.edu/resources/summer-opportunities-funding-fair/#:~:text=The%20Summer%20Opportunities%20%26%20Funding%20Fair,%2C%20volunteer%2C%20and%20funding%20opportunities.) **Spring** - [Harvard Black Health Matters Conference](https://www.harvardblackhealth.org/) - [Harvard Public Interested Conference](https://publicservice.fas.harvard.edu/publicinterested) - [Unite for Sight's Global Health and Innovation Conference ](https://www.uniteforsight.org/) ### 4. Suggested Listservs and Additional Resources expand\_more - [Boston Network for International Development](https://www.bnid.org/jobs) - [Global Health Council](https://globalhealth.org/) - [Harvard Global Health Institute Newsletter](https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/#:~:text=GLOBAL%20HEALTH%20INSTITUTE-,Subscribe,-To%0AOur%20Newsletter) - [Harvard Global Mental Health Newsletter](https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/focus-areas/global-mental-health/gmh/gmh-newsletter/) - [Idealist.org](https://www.idealist.org/en/) - [The Global Health Network](https://tghn.org/) You can also check out The Harvard Global Health Institute’s [Global Health Hub](https://hub.globalhealth.harvard.edu/) to find out about more people, places, courses, and programs across Harvard focused on global health! #### Resources from HGHI Global Health Student Ambassadors [**Global Health Guide**](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1of0syE0fvuxOKFD-5SqhdM01kz-bzMLLUIcWuVyj2mQ/edit#heading=h.aczyuw2yex2w) The Harvard Global Health Institute’s (HGHI’s) student ambassadors created this terrific resource for students interested in global health. It includes information about classes, student groups, research opportunities, funding, and more. [**Meet with Global Health Ambassadors**](https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/opportunities/student-engagement/student-ambassadors/) If you ever have any questions or need help finding opportunities, feel free to schedule a virtual “coffee chat” with an undergrad global health ambassador. They love meeting with students and are here to support you in any way they can, whether that means walking through classes, finding internships/research positions, or just talking. --- This list is aimed to be an active resource for Harvard students. Please feel free to reach out to [Ryan Kim](mailto:ryan_kim@harvard.edu) with comments or suggestions.