University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Institutional Training Programs

School of Public Health

Contact

Bryan Dowd, Ph.D.
Program Director
Professor
Division of Health Policy and Management
School of Public Health
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455

For more information about this program please contact:

Kathleen Call, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Studies
Division of Health Policy and Management
School of Public Health
University of Minnesota
Box 729 MMC
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (612) 624-5468
Fax: (612) 624-2196

Web site: http://www.hpm.umn.edu

Content Areas

• Multidisciplinary Social Sciences.
• Sociology of Health and Illness.
• Health Organization and Management Science.
• Health Decision Science.
• Clinical Outcomes Research.
• Health Policy.
• Health Economics.

Program Description

Pre-Doctoral Training Program

The Ph.D. program in Health Services Research, Policy and Administration is designed to prepare graduates for research and teaching positions in universities and in related research organizations. The program is based in the School of Public Health but the multidisciplinary faculty include members from the Medical School and the Carlson Graduate School of Management, and departments of sociology, economics, health informatics, and bioethics. The program is based on a philosophy that academic health services researchers and teachers must have strong analytic and research methods skills and must bring a multidisciplinary perspective to their research. Consequently, the curriculum includes extensive training in quantitative analysis and research methods augmented by coursework in health economics, sociology and health policy. Students also build a supporting program in one of seven Areas of Emphasis, to meet their professional and academic goals.

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