About global health

Our mission

To promote health, equity in health and well-being worldwide.

Our goals

  • To generate the best evidence in order to guide health decision making;
  • To bridge epidemiology and public health;
  • To build high impact global health research capacity.

Our values

  • Scientific rigor;
  • Creativity;
  • Transparency;
  • Partnership.

Historical overview

Julius Global Health was founded in 2011 with a twofold aim: to conduct high-impact (clinical) epidemiologic and public health research that generates evidence contributing to improved individual and public health and to educate new generations of researchers and health care professionals across the globe. Our global health research activities are concentrated in Asia, Oceania and Africa, carried out in collaboration with a range of local and international partners and are rooted in our expertise in (clinical) epidemiology and public health sciences in the areas of circulatory health, cancer, infectious disease, maternal and child health, as well as environmental health at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care. Educational activities draw on the epidemiological expertise at the Julius Center and have expanded over the years to include courses in global health and capacity training in international health sciences, both in Utrecht and for a global audience through the support of the e-learning platform Elevate Health.