IN INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

As the health crises of the developing world continue to attract concern, master of public health (MPH) stu-dents studying in the U.S. are becoming increasingly aware of and interested in international health studies.1 The University of Washington School of Public Health (UW SPH) in Seattle, Washington, has met this chal-lenge by expanding and reorganizing its international public health teaching. We have established competen-cies for our global health MPH scholars, with a focus on addressing large public health problems with a social justice perspective. The emergence of the global health concept over the last decade reflects heightened awareness of accelerating globalization processes that challenge the traditionally drawn boundaries between the interna