Program Overview

Population Health and Clinical Outcomes Research, PhD

Degree Awarded

Doctor of Philosophy in Population Health and Clinical Outcomes Research

Specializations

Population Health or Clinical Outcomes Research

Program in Public Health Director

Lisa Benz Scott

Graduate Program Director

Lauren Hale, Health Sciences Center

Graduate Program Coordinator

Lakshmi Ramsoodar-Ahmad

Office

Health Sciences Center, Level 3, Room 071

Department Website

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The graduate program in Population Health and Clinical Outcomes Research (PHCOR) provides a multidisciplinary, integrated, applied problem-solving approach to support students in addressing the important issues within the field. The purpose of this small and highly specialized graduate degree program is to train population health and clinical outcomes researchers, academicians, and practitioners who will advance the field on a local, regional, and national level.

Admission Requirements

• Primary applications are accepted through SOPHAS, the centralized application service for schools and programs of public health.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a 3.0 GPA or better. Admitted students usually have GPAs that are higher than 3.0.
• Official transcripts from all post-secondary schools. Transcripts for all degrees earned in schools outside the U.S. or Canada must be evaluated by an agency accredited by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services.
• Three references from persons who can address the applicant's capacity to complete a course of graduate study.
• A Cover Letter is required for the primary application. It should be no more than 500 words and should be submitted with your application in SOPHAS (under Research Statement).
• Your Cover Letter should describe your research interest area(s).
• Applicants are strongly encouraged to review the available funding opportunities.
• Completion of the on-line application.

Interview

A personal interview, if requested by the Research Mentor Matching committee, will be scheduled.

Additional Information for International Applicants

International applicants who trained in non-English speaking schools and do not reside in an English speaking country are required to take either the TOEFL or IELTS exam. Students who fail to meet this requirement must enroll in a course at the Intensive English Center and achieve satisfactory grades before admission to graduate study. Students whose scores on either of these exams are more than two years old must retake the test. The expected minimum score is for the IELTS exam is 7, with no subsection below 6. The expected minimum score on the TOEFL Internet Based Test is 90. International students are required to have a course-by-course educational credential evaluation completed by an agency accredited by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services.

Financial Support

Research stipends are available on a competitive basis, contingent upon an available research mentor. Visit our website for current information regarding available funding.

Transfer Information

Transfer of Credit: A candidate for the doctoral degree may transfer those graduate credits that are approved by the appropriate PHCOR course director(s), the concentration director, and the Graduate Program Director. All courses transferred must be documented to be directly substitutable with a B or better grade attained. Moreover, transferred courses should have been completed within the past 5 years. If transferred courses are older than 5 years, additional documentation of the current relevancy of the course content must be documented by the appropriate PHCOR course director(s).

Degree Requirements

The Population Health and Clinical Outcomes Research program offers one doctoral degree with two possible concentrations: Population Health or Clinical Outcomes Research. Core requirements are the same for both concentrations. Students specialize through the different concentration requirements. With advisor approval, students may tailor their degree to their specific interests via the selection of elective course offerings in departments such as Molecular Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology, the Graduate Program in Public Health, Technology and Society, Pharmacologic Sciences, Sociology or Psychology.

Core Curriculum

• HPH 501 - Introduction to the Research Process (3 credits)
• HPH 506 - Biostatistics I (3 credits)
• HPH 507 - Biostatistics II (3 credits)
• HPH 508 - Health Systems Performance (3 credits)
• HPH 514 - Epidemiology for Public Health (3 credits)
• HPH 523 - Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health (3 credits)
• HPH 527 - Health Economics and Policy
• HPH 559 - Advanced Research Methods (3 credits)
• HPH 560 - Applied Biostatistics (3 credits)
• HPH 562 - Population Health Analytics (3 credits)
• HPD 605 - Introductory Seminar on Doctoral Studies in Population Health and Clinical Outcomes (3 credits)
• HPD 685 - Research in Population Health and Clinical Science (1.5 credits)
• HPD 686 - Mentored Research Project in Population Health and Clinical Outcomes Research (0-9 credits)
• HPD 687 - Advanced Research Seminar (1.5 credits)

Concentration: Population Health

• HPD 673 - Longitudinal Data Analysis (3 credits)
• HPD 674 - Statistical Methods in Clinical Outcomes and Health Services Research (3 credits)
• HPH 534 - Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing in Climate and Health (3 credits)
• HPD 661 - Psychometric Theory

Concentration: Clinical Outcomes Research

• HPD 664 - Clinical Trials (3 credits)
• HPD 665 - Clinical Outcomes Research (3 credits)
• HPD 673 - Longitudinal Data Analysis (3 credits)
• HPD 674 - Statistical Methods in Clinical Outcomes and Health Services Research (3 credits)

Post-Preliminary Exam Courses

• HPD 692 - Practicum in Teaching I (3 credits)
• HPD 693 - Practicum in Teaching II (3 credits)
• HPD 694 - Grant Writing (3 credits)
• HPD 699 - Dissertation Research On Campus (0-9 credits)