1. 2 Global Pit: An Inter-disciplinary Global Health Centre World Health Organization Collaborating Centre University of Pittsburgh Supercourse team

3. 4 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

4. 5 Global Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Tom Hall, M.D. IHMEC Eric 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

5. 6 Supercourse Brand Trusted Network of 20,400 Scholars Best Known project in Academic Global Health(?) 151 countries 2200 PowerPoint Lectures including 6 Noble Prize winners 75 Million hits/year

6. 7 Global Pit—an Interdisciplinary collaboration Center for Global Health NIH Medicine WHO Law UCIS Business PAHO Pittsburgh Business Global Pit

7. 8 Vision “Global Pit will bridge University departments, yielding synergy, and local to global relationships: A Roadmap to Global Health”

8. 9 Partnering of Pittsburg University with Supercourse 430 Faculty Members 63 Departments 240 Contributed lectures

9. 10 Specific Aims: Global Pit Establish a networking system built on Pittsburgh’s existing strengths Develop “roadmap” systems to connect scientists Extract high quality scientific lectures Link 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”

10. 11 Global Pit Connections: UCIS Business School Medicine: SHRS Education

11. 12 Global Pit International Connections: Brazil: 180 faculty China: 1000 Collaborators, 5 NIH grants Former Soviet Union: 500 Collaborators India: 430 Collaborators Italy: 200 Collaborators Pakistan: 640 Collaborators

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13. 14 University of Pittsburgh Gains: Local and Global Prestige New business markets Closer ties to Local industry Trusted Global Health Network Linkages to WHO/PAHO/UN New revenue streams

14. 15 Societal Gains: New Model for Global Health Research Better trained work force Rapid spread of Global Health Information Rapid translation from Laboratory to classroom New Networks to link research and local Entrepreneurs Improved Global Health

15. 16 Global Pit Network of international health collaborations