Many, if not all, research endeavors have implications for health. The doctoral minor in population health provides the methodological foundations for understanding how health is evaluated, how to assess influences on health and how to critically evaluate health related research. In addition, students completing the minor enhance their general understanding of research design and statistical interpretation.
The coursework encompasses the methodological cornerstones of population health and clinical research: epidemiology, health services research, and biostatistics. The electives allow students to emphasize epidemiology or health services research.
Admissions
Applications
Students must receive approval to pursue the doctoral minor. Students must send their request to the Population Health Sciences graduate program manager. The request should include a plan of study with the sequence of courses a student plans to complete with course completion dates.
A student's plan will be approved via email. Students must email the graduate program manager to request a warrant signature.
All Graduate School students must utilize the Graduate Student Portal in MyUW to add, change, or discontinue any doctoral minor. To apply to this minor, log in to MyUW, click on Graduate Student Portal, and then click on Add/Change Programs. Select the information for the doctoral minor for which you are applying.
Prerequisites
A one-semester course in biostatistics (such as POP HLTH/B M I 551, B M I/STAT 541 or STAT/F&W ECOL/HORT 571) is required or can be taken simultaneously (prior to B M I/POP HLTH 552) with coursework for the doctoral minor.
Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| Students must complete the following courses. | ||
| POP HLTH 752 | Principles of Population Health: Determinants of Health and Health Disparities | 2 |
| POP HLTH/SOC 797 | Introduction to Epidemiology | 3 |
| POP HLTH 796 | Introduction to Health Services Research | 3 |
| or POP HLTH 798 | Epidemiologic Methods | |
| Elective(s) | 2-3 | |
| Students are strongly encouraged to take one of the following as an elective. However, other POP HLTH courses can be considered: | ||
| Regression Methods for Population Health | ||
| Advanced Regression Methods for Population Health | ||
| Total Credits | 10 | |
Sample Plan of Study
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| POP HLTH 752 | 2 | POP HLTH 796 or 798 | 3 |
| POP HLTH/SOC 797 | 3 | POP HLTH Elective | 2 |
| 5 | 5 | ||
| Total Credits 10 | |||
Course Substitution Appeals
Course substitutions for doctoral minor requirements must be submitted to the program. An appeal must include a proposed minor program plan approved and signed by the graduate program director. Contact the graduate program manager for information.