Yale University, New Haven, CT

Institutional Training Programs

AHRQ funds 28 institutions which recruit and train predoctoral and/or postdoctoral health services researchers. Details on characteristics of the Yale University program and its self-identified areas of research interest are described.

 

School of Public Health

Contact

Pre-doctoral Training Program

Elizabeth Bradley, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Health Policy and Administration
Yale University
School of Public Health
60 College Street, Room 300 A
New Haven, CT 06520
Elizabeth.Bradley@yale.edu

Content Areas

  • Decision Sciences.
  • Economics.
  • Ethics.
  • Evaluative Science and Statistics.
  • Management.
  • Medical Sociology.
  • Political Analysis.
  • Environmental Health.
  • Health Care Services.
  • International Health.
  • Mental Health.
  • Public Health.

Program Description

The objective of our training program is to develop a cadre of independent investigators who advance the field of health services research and provide critical evidence for improving the functioning of our health care system. The program will be located in the Division of Health Policy and Administration (HPA) in the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH). A total of 40 faculty members will be involved from YSPH, Yale School of Medicine, Yale School of Nursing, and Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (YGSAS). Pre-doctoral trainees will receive their Ph.D.s from YGSAS.

Pre-doctoral trainees will complete 2 years of courses prior to their dissertations; required courses are in health services research, statistics and methods, and an area of depth. The areas of depth include:

  1. Political and policy analysis.
  2. Economic theory and application.
  3. Organization theory and management.

Trainees also complete an integrative readings course as a capstone to the curriculum and participate in the required multidisciplinary seminar. We also include a Translating Research into Practice and Policy (TRIPP) experience, which is a 4-6 week time commitment (which will vary in time and placement as appropriate in individual cases) in which trainees become familiar with institutions and agencies that are central to the dissemination and translation of the trainee's research into practice and policy. The TRIPP experience is planned collaboratively with the trainee, faculty advisor, and agency/organization and is designed to be pertinent to the trainees' research and subsequent use of that research in practice and policy.

Post-doctoral trainees, who have completed Ph.D. or M.D. education, will be selected based on substantial previous research training and research goals consistent with ongoing faculty projects. The typical duration of the post-doctoral training is 2 years, with the focus on mentored research. Post-doctoral training will encompass 100% of their effort; post-doctoral trainees will have no other assigned duties at the University.

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Current as of October 2012
Internet Citation: Yale University, New Haven, CT: Institutional Training Programs. October 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/funding/other/education/grants/active/t32/T32-yale.html