Health Sciences Integrated Program PhD

Health Sciences Integrated Program Degree Requirements

The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in The Graduate School Policy Guide.

PhD

The Health Sciences Integrated Program requires:

• Coursework (see track-specific requirements below).
• Two written Qualifying Exams and an oral defense.
• Teaching experience.
• Written Dissertation Proposal and an oral defense.
• Doctoral Dissertation and an oral defense.

Health and Biomedical Informatics Track

Required Courses Units HSIP 400 Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Doctoral Colloquium 1 HSIP 440 Introduction to Medical Informatics 1 EPI_BIO 301 Introduction to Biostatistics 1 HSIP 441, 442, 443 Informatics Methods I, II, III 3 HSIP 401 Introduction to Health Measurement Science 1 Choose one Writing Course 0.5 or 1

• HSR 462 Grant Writing (0.5 credit)

• PH 445 Writing and Peer Reviewing for Publication

Choose one Health Care and Biomedical Knowledge 1

• HQS 420 Introduction to Health Management

• HSR 470 Health Policy

• IGP 401 Biochemistry

• IGP 405 Cell Biology

• IGP 410 Molecular Biology and Genetics

• IGP 430 Genetics

• MED_INF 401 American Healthcare System

• MED_INF 402 Introduction to Clinical Thinking

• PH 301 Behavior, Society, & Health

• PH 420 Introduction to Health Management

Choose one Computation 1

• EPI BIO 305 Data Management and Programming

• EPI BIO 428 Bioinformatics and Data Mining

• MED_INF 406 Decision Support Systems and Health Care

• MED_INF HIT Integration, Interoperability & Standards

• MED_INF Introduction to Databases

• MED_INF Telecommunications & Computer Networks

• MSCI 305 Introduction to Bioinformatics

Electives (choose 3 or more)* 3 EPI_BIO 402 Intermediate Biostatistics HQS 440 Fundamental Methods for Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety HSR 425 Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Health Services and Outcomes Research HSR 433 Health Economics and Healthcare Financing HSR 460 Applied Ethical Issues in Health Services Research IBIS 401 Molecular Biophysics IBIS 401 Quantitative Biology IBIS 403 Proteomics, Genomics, and Variation IBIS 407 Genome Scale Science IBIS 426 Signal Transduction and Molecular Pharmacology IGP 422 Introduction to Translational Research IGP 466 Structural Basis of Signal Transduction MED_INF Advanced Decision Analysis MED_INF Health Care Enterprise Operations MED_INF Legal, Ethical & Social Issues in Informatics MED_INF Medical Technology Acquisition & Assessment MSCI 303 Drug Development Process PH 425 Introduction to GIS and Spatial Analysis for Public Health Total required units 12.5 or 13

*Other electives may be taken with advisor approval.

Health Services and Outcomes Research Track

Required Courses Units HSIP 400 Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Doctoral Colloquium 1 EPI_BIO 302 Introduction to Biostatistics 1 EPI_BIO 402 Intermediate Biostatistics 1 HSIP 401 Introduction to Health Measurement Science 1 HSR 425 Introduction to Quantitative Methods in HSOR 1 HSR 433 Health Economics and Healthcare Financing 1 HSR 456 Applied Qualitative Methods & Analysis for Health Researchers 1 HSR 462 Grant Writing (0.5 credit) 0.5 HSR 465 Intermediate Quantitative Methods in HSOR 1 PH 438 Survey Design & Methodology 1 PH 445 Writing and Peer Reviewing for Publication 1 Recommended Electives (choose 3 or more)* 3 HSIP 440 Introduction to Medical Informatics HSR 440 Disparities in Healthcare HSR 460 Ethical Issues in Health Services Research (0.5 credit) HSR 470 Health Equity PH 323 Social Determinants of Health Total required units 13.5

*Other electives may be taken with advisor approval.

Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Track

Required Courses Units HSIP 400 Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Doctoral Colloquium 1 HQS 401 Introduction to Healthcare Quality 1 HQS 402 Introduction to Patient Safety 1 HQS 420 Introduction to Health Management 1 HQS 440 Fundamental Methods in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety 1 HQS 501 Advanced Healthcare Quality 1 HQS 502 Advanced Patient Safety 1 HQS 510 The Business of Quality and Safety Improvement 1 HSIP 401 Introduction to Health Measurement Science 1 PH 445 Writing and Peer Reviewing for Publication 1 Choose one Research Design 1 EPI_BIO 301 Introduction to Epidemiology HSIP 403 Research Design for the Health Sciences HSR 425 Introduction to Quantitative Methods in HSOR Electives (choose 2 or more)* 2 HEMA 441 Health Policy HEMA 451 Legal Issues in Health Care Delivery HSR 433 Health Economics and Healthcare Financing HSR 440 Disparities in Healthcare HSR 456 Applied Qualitative Methods and Analysis for Health Researchers HSR 470 Health Policy and Health Services Research MGMT 444 Health Economics MGMT 945 Healthcare Strategy MHB 401 Foundations of Bioethics MHB 402 Medicine and Law MHB 403 The History of Medicine MORS 430 Leadership in Organizations MORS 452 Leading the Strategic Change Process MORS 460 Leading and Managing Teams PUB HLTH 301 Behavior, Society, and Health PUB HLTH 415 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion PUB HLTH 421 Intermediate Biostatistics PUB HLTH 431 Decision Analysis and Models of Medical Decision Making PUB HLTH 438 Survey Design and Methodology PUB HLTH 439 Qualitative Research Methods PUB HLTH 444 Advanced Decision Analysis PUB HLTH 449 Public Health Policy Independent Study or other approved Elective Total required units 13

Social Sciences and Health Track

Required Courses Units HSIP 400 Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Doctoral Colloquium 1 EPI_BIO 301 or PH 302 Introduction to Biostatistics 1 EPI_BIO 302 Introduction to Epidemiology or HSR 425 Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Health Services and Outcomes Research 1 HSIP 401 Introduction to Health Measurement Science 1 PH 301 Behavior, society, and health 1 Choose one of the following required courses: 1 STAT 348 Applied Multivariate Analysis ANTHRO 306 Evolution of Life History Strategies PSYCH 401-2 Psychology Proseminar: Social & Personality Bases of Behavior Choose one of the following required courses: 1 EPI_BIO 402 Intermediate Biostatistics HSR 465 Intermediate Quantitative Methods in Health Services and Outcomes Research PH 323 Social Determinants of Health PH 447 Behavioral Medicine Interventions: From the Individual to the Population Choose a required writing course: 0.5 or 1 PH 445 Writing and Peer Reviewing for Publication HSR 462 Grant Writing (0.5 credit) Recommended Electives Choose four elective courses from the following: 4 HSR 440 Disparities in Healthcare HSR 460 Ethical Issues in Health Services Research (0.5 credit) HSR 470 Health Policy PH 438 Survey Design and Methodology PSYCH 405 Psychometric Theory PSYCH 451 Statistics in Experimental Design PH 439 Qualitative Research Methods PH 446 Clinical Trials PH 447 Behavioral Medicine Interventions CLIN PSYCH Health Psychology CLIN PSYCH Developmental Psychopathy PSYCH 440 Self-Regulation CLIN PSYCH 471 Behavioral Neuroscience NUIN 433 Neurobiology of Disease ANTHRO 490 Human Population Biology HLTH COM 420 The Experience of Illness HLTH COM 479 Health Information Technology for Communication CLIN PSY 487 Lifespan developmental psychology PSYCH 497 Multi-level modeling in behavioral research HDSP 413 Theories of human development HDSP 306 Developmental psychopathology HDSP 404 Adult development & aging HDSP Child Development NUIN 473 Mechanisms of aging and dementia NUIN 401 Fundamentals of Neuroscience PSYCH 312 Neurobiology and behavior HDSP 415 Nature/Nurture Revisited PSYCH 342 Biological Basis of Mental Illness *Other electives may be taken with advisor approval. Total required units 11.5 or 12