University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

Institutional Training Programs

Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education, and
Lister Hill Center for Health Policy

Contact

Kenneth Saag, M.D., M.Sc.
Program Director
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology
UAB School of Medicine
1530 3rd Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35294

Web site: http://www.soph.uab.edu/listerhill/hsortp

Content Areas

• Translating Research into Practice (TRIP).
• Health Outcomes Research.
• Quality Measurement.
• Economic Evaluation.

Program Description

The overall goal of the program is to prepare independent investigators to pursue health services research careers focused on translating research evidence into practice. Among the research areas targeted for development are: changing physician practice behavior, improving quality of care, and assessing the impact of the delivery system on the quality of care. Skills development will include exposure to relevant epidemiological, statistical, experimental, and quasi-experimental methodologies, analysis of large data sets, health outcomes assessment, and economic evaluation, all with an emphasis on the practical application of outcomes research methodology in translating research into practice.

Research training for this program involves a collaboration between the UAB Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education and the UAB Lister Hill Center for Health Policy, offering a core of experienced mentors with extensive expertise and funding track records in health services research. The academic components of the program involve the M.S.P.H. in Outcomes Research from the UAB School of Public Health, Department of Health Care Organization and Policy for clinician-postdoctoral trainees, and the Ph.D. in Health Services Administration-Health Services Research Track from the School of Health-Related Professions, Department of Health Services Administration. Postdoctoral training will require a 2-year commitment. Predoctoral training will require a 3-year commitment. Each trainee will be expected to identify a major research focus, design and complete a research project relevant to "TRIP" and submit the results for peer-reviewed dissemination.

For more information: Contact Ryan Outman, Deputy Director, UAB Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education (routman@uab.edu), Tel. (205) 934-6838, Fax (205) 934-4888.

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