University of Washington

Institutional Training Programs

Contact

David Grembowski, PhD, MA
Program Director, Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Training Program
Department of Health Services
1959 NE Pacific Street, H695
Seattle, WA 98196-7660
Phone: (206) 616-2921
Fax: (206) 543-3964
E-mail: grem@u.washington.edu

Web site: depts.washington.edu/hserv/

Content Areas

• Health Policy Research.
• Health Economics and Finance.
• Evaluation Science.
• Population and Social Determinants.
• Health Behavior and Health Promotion.
• Cancer Prevention and Control.
• Workers' Health.
• Maternal and Child Health.

Program Description

The goal of the pre and post doctoral program in health services research is to prepare research leaders to improve health by conducting interdisciplinary studies in a rapidly changing health care and social-political environment. Trainees gain substantive knowledge and develop methodological skills necessary to carry out sound health services research and translate it into practice and policy. The Department of Health Services accomplishes these objectives by providing the program structure and by collaborating with the University of Washington (UW) Schools of Public Health, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and outside research partners.

All trainees take core courses leading to a master or doctoral degree and select an area of emphasis targeted to their individual interests.

Our curriculum emphasizes the interaction of the biological, behavioral, organizational, societal and political factors on health with courses on the health care system, population health, and health policy. It provides rigorous interdisciplinary research methods in biostatistics, epidemiology, economics, and the behavioral sciences.

We guide trainees through the research process with strong mentorship and a structured research process. Each trainee receives mentorship from faculty experts, research teams, and peers to develop scholarship, grant writing and translational skills while conducting their individual research program. Trainees may develop their own research projects or choose a topic associated with multidisciplinary and integrated research projects across UW departments and with outside research partners, such as Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Veterans Health System, Group Health Cooperative, and state and county public health departments. Typically, a student has written 2-3 papers and one grant by the end of their traineeship.

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