Gender and Health

About the Gender and Health Track 

Online | Short Courses

The Global Health Summer Institute Gender and Health Track is an exciting opportunity to build or refresh your skills in various aspects of gender and equity analysis. Featuring teaching by global experts, this Track usually attracts students and those seeking professional development. It’s a great primer for learners seeking to integrate a gendered approach in their current thinking or practice, or those who wish to advise on gender within health organizations.

All health programs should take gender into consideration and integrate it to have an impact on health outcomes and equity. The Gender and Health Track features an applied educational curriculum to advance research and implementation skills for gender analysis. 

The Gender and Health Track is composed of a series of short, focused, online courses that provide training in gender and health equity. Courses focus on applied methods and are grounded in real-world challenges. This Track targets current and future global public health professionals around the world seeking applied gender skills.

Program Highlights

The Global Health Summer Institute Gender and Health Track is designed for students as well as working professionals, both within and outside of Johns Hopkins University. 

Tuition discounts and scholarships available: We are excited to offer a tuition discount of $479 per credit to all participants who take the Gender and Health courses not-for-credit. We also offer a limited number of full scholarships for non-credit and for-credit courses. Learn more about eligibility criteria and how to apply. Applicants will be informed of their success by email by mid-April. Please wait to be informed about if you have been awarded a scholarship before going through the registration process. Deadline for applications: March 15, 2026.

Applied skills: Courses will use knowledge and skills-based competencies, key foundations, and case studies from existing research and programs to build and enhance skills in applying gender-related analyses and programming. 

Flexible schedule: Fully online with a blend of asynchronous materials and synchronous lectures. All courses are between two and five half days long and offered from 8 am to 12 pm EST in order to accommodate different time zones. Students can take as many of the courses as they would like -- there is no minimum or maximum requirement. Specific course dates can be found in the comprehensive course listing at the bottom of the page.

Diverse and international student body: Join students from around the world! Past students have represented a range of academic and professional backgrounds and come from dozens of countries, including Australia, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, South Korea, Thailand, Uganda, UK, and Ukraine.

Curriculum: Courses are taught by leading faculty who have extensive interdisciplinary experience and expertise in the field of gender and health.