Population Health, PhD—Advanced Entry (Boston)

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Population Health

• PHTH 7400 — Principles of Population Health 1
• PHTH 7410 — Principles of Population Health 2

Epidemiology

• PHTH 6202 — Intermediate Epidemiology
• PHTH 7800 — Causal Inference in Public Health Research

Research Ethics

• One of:
  • BIOL 6381 — Ethics in Biological Research
  • PHSC 5212 — Research Skills and Ethics

Research and Analysis

• PHTH 6210 — Applied Regression Analysis

Dissertation

• One of:
  • PHTH 9990 — Dissertation Term 1
  • PHTH 9991 — Dissertation Term 2

Concentrations (choose 1)

Health Services and Policy

• PHTH 5234 — Economic Perspectives on Health Policy
• STRT 6440 — Strategic Management for Healthcare Organizations

• From the catalog

  Complete a minimum of 3 SH of Health Services and Policy electives from the restricted elective list below.

• Choose 3 semester hours from:
  • ECON 5110 — Microeconomic Theory
  • ECON 5140 — Applied Econometrics
  • ECON 7200 — Topics in Applied Economics
  • HRMG 6420 — Health Organization Management
  • PHTH 5212 — Public Health Administration and Policy
  • PHTH 7101 — Qualitative Research Design
  • PHTH 7102 — Qualitative Data Analysis
  • One of:
    • PPUA 5263 — Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Regional Policy
    • ENVR 5260 — Geographical Information Systems
  • One of:
    • PPUA 7237 — Advanced Spatial Analysis of Urban Systems
    • ENVR 5563 — Advanced Spatial Analysis
  • SOCL 7243 — Sociology of Health and Illness
  • SOCL 7287 — Social Movements in Health

Social and Environmental Determinants of Health

• PHTH 6224 — Social Epidemiology
• PHTH 7440 — Advanced Methods in Biostatistics

• From the catalog

  Complete a minimum of 3 SH of Social and Environmental Determinants of Health electives from the restricted elective list below.

• Choose 3 semester hours from:
  • PHTH 5214 — Environmental Health
  • PHTH 6200 — Principles and History of Urban Health
  • PHTH 6204 — Society, Behavior, and Health
  • PHTH 6208 — Foundations of Community Health Assessment
  • PHTH 7101 — Qualitative Research Design
  • PHTH 7102 — Qualitative Data Analysis
  • One of:
    • PPUA 5263 — Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Regional Policy
    • ENVR 5260 — Geographical Information Systems
  • One of:
    • PPUA 7237 — Advanced Spatial Analysis of Urban Systems
    • ENVR 5563 — Advanced Spatial Analysis
  • SOCL 7243 — Sociology of Health and Illness
  • SOCL 7287 — Social Movements in Health
  • SOCL 7267 — Environment, Health, and Society

GPA requirements

• Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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