HSR University Courses and Programs
The following University programs teach courses in health services research and/or public health. Also, the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) has a web accessible List of Accredited Schools of Public Health.
Jump to: A | B | C| D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K |
L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
University at Albany, SUNY, School of Public Health
Two University Place
Albany, NY 12203
Phone: 518/442-3300
University of Alabama, School of Public Health and School of Health Related Professionals, Department of Health Services Administration
Birmingham, AL
Phone: 205/975-8969
- Health Care Organization
- Maternal and Child Health
- Residential Master of Science in Health Administration
- Executive Master of Science in Health Administration
- Master of Science in Health Informatics
- PhD in Administration-Health Services
Boston University, School of Public Health, Health Services Department
715 Albany Street, T-3W
Boston, MA 02118
- Health Outcomes Technologies Program
- The Health Economics Program
- Health Reform Program
- Program on Health Policy and Management
Brandeis University, The Heller Graduate School, Schneider Institute for Health Policy
P.O. Box 9110
415 South Street Waltham, MA 02254-9110
Phone: 781/736-3900
TTY/TDD: 781/736-3009
- American Health Policy and Law
- Issues in National Health Policy
- Race/Ethnicity, Gender and Health Care
- Problems and Issues in the Sociology of Health and Illness
- Health Care Management
- Health Economics
- Payment and Financing of Health Care
- Health Care Politics and Organization
Brown University, Department of Community Health, Graduate Program, School of Medicine
Box G-A4
Providence, RI 02912
Phone: 401/863-3699
Fax: 401/863-3713
Constantine Gatsonis, Ph.D. e-mail: gatsonis@stat.brown.edu
Epidemiology with Health Services Research Orientation
- Introduction to Methods in Epidemiologic Research
- Principles of Biostatistics and Data Analysis
- Measurement Issues In Health Care
- Applied Regression Analysis
- Determinants and consequences of changing health care systems
- Topics in Health Services Research: Assessing the Outcomes of Health Care
- Epidemiologic Theory
- Clinical Trials Methodology
- Topics in Health Services Research: Interpreting Population Data for Health Services Policy
- Health Economics
- Health Program and Policy Analysis
- Health Professions and Organizations
University at Buffalo, SUNY, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine
Farber Hall, Rm. 270
3435 Main St., Bldg. 26
Buffalo, New York 14214-3000
Phone: 716/829-2975
Fax 716/829-2979
University of California, Berkeley, Graduate Program in Health Management
Haas School of Business
Haas School of Business, Room F443
Berkeley, CA 94720-1902
Phone: 510/643-1399
raube@haas.berkeley.edu
This is a 2.5-year joint MBA/MPH degree program. Students take courses in both schools and receive a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) and a Masters of Public Health (MPH). As part of their training, they also complete a three-month internship in a health organization.
University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health
50 University Hall #7360
Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone: 510/642-6531
E-Mail: sphinfo@berkeley.edu
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Department of Epidemiology
School of Public Health
Department of Epidemiology
Los Angeles, CA 90024-1772
310/825-5491
- Department of Health Services, Ronald Andersen, PhD., program director; Phone: 310/206-1810.
- Introduction to Health Services Research
- History of Public Health
- Current Research Issues
- Introduction to Health Economics
- Introduction to Comprehensive Health Planning
- Cost Containment
- Governmental Health Services and Trends
- Health Policy Analysis
- Managed Health Care: Quality and Cost
- State Health Policy Issues
- Health Services Management
- Management of HMOs
- Measurements of Effectiveness and Outcomes of Health Care
- Quality Assessment and Assurance
- Medical Technology
- Health Care Practice Guidelines
- Special Populations
- Health Information Systems
University of California, San Francisco, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine
500 Parnassus Avenue, 420 MU-W
San Francisco, CA 94143-0560
Phone: 415/ 476-1374; Fax: 415/ 476-6014
- Preventive Medicine and Public Health
- Introduction to International Health
- Introduction to Health Policy
University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health Policy Studies, School of Medicine
3333 California Street, Suite 265
San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: 415/ 476-4921
Fax: 415/ 476-0705
The primary goals of IHPS are:
- To conduct policy-oriented research and analysis on a wide range of health issues;
- to apply research findings to health policy issues at the national, state, and local levels; and
- to provide education and training opportunities in health policy and health services research.
Fellowship Programs
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Law-Medicine Center
11075 East Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7148
Phone: 216/368-3600
Fax: 216/368-6144
Degree & Certificate Dual Programs
- J.D./M.B.A. (Management)
- J.D./M.A. (Legal History)
- J.D./M.A. (Bioethics)
- J.D./M.S.S.A. (Social Work)
- J.D./M.N.O. (Nonprofit Management)
- J.D./C.N.M. (Certificate of Nonprofit Management)
- J.D./M.D. (Medicine)
- J.D./M.P.H. (Public Health)
- J.D./M.S.M.-I.S. (Management Information Systems)
The Health Law Curriculum
- Advanced Medical Malpractice Seminar
- Civil Law and Psychiatry
- Criminal Law and Psychiatry
- Employment Discrimination
- Genetics and the Law
- Health Law
- Health Care and the Supreme Court
- Health Care Controversies
- Health Care Professions
- Health Care Transactions
- Health Law Advanced Research Seminar
- Health Law Clinic
- Law and the New Reproductive Technologies
- Law of Health Care Organization and Finance
- Scientific Evidence
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
Office of Student Services
600 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212/305-0296
- Health Policy and Management Programs
- Introduction to Health Economics
- Health Policy and the Political System
- Health Care Delivery Systems: Safety and Efficacy of Medical Technologies
- Managed Care
- Operations Research Methods in Health
- Health Policy and Disadvantaged Groups
- Health Services Management weekend program
Dartmouth College, Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences
7251 Strasenburgh
Hanover, NH 03755-3863
Phone: 603/650-1957
Duke University, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Center for Health Policy, Law and Management
Box 90253
Durham, NC 27708-0253
Phone: 919/684-6246
Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health
1599 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
Phone: 404/727-0190
University of Florida, College of Public Health and Health Professions, Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy
101 S. Newell Drive, Room 4151
Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone: 352/273-6073
Fax: 352/273-6075
Master of Health Administration (MHA) E-Mail: mha-info@phhp.ufl.edu
Ph.D. in Health Services Research E-Mail: phd-hsr-info@phhp.ufl.edu
Florida A&M University, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Economic, Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Room 203F Science Research Center
Tallahassee, FL 32307-3800
University of South Florida, College of Public Health
Tampa, FL 33612
Phone: 813/974-6666
- Satellite downlink of MPH courses offered statewide
George Washington University, School of Public Health and Health Services
2300 I Street, NW, Suite 118
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202/994-6221
- Health Economics
- Health Finance
- Managed Care
- Developing National Health Services Administration
- Health Services and Operations Research
- Health Services Information Applications
- Health Policy Analysis
- Public Health curriculum
Georgetown University, Institute for Health Care Research and Policy
3240 Prospect Street, NW, Lower Level
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202/687-0504
- Microeconomics
- Health Economics
- Bioethics
- Public Finance Epidemiology
- Maternal and Child Health Issues
- Research Practicum
- Health Policy Process
Georgia State University, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Institute of Health Administration
Institute of Health Administration
J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Georgia State University
35 Broad Street, Suite 635
Atlanta, GA 30303-3083
Phone: 404/651-2637
E-Mail: haddcs@langate.gsu.edu
- Master of Business Administration /Master of Health Administration (MBA/MHA)
- Master of Science in Health Administration (MSHA)
- Master of Business Administration with Health Administration Concentration
Harvard University, School of Public Health
677 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617/432-1031
- Continuing Professional Education, 617/432-1171
- Summer Institute for Public Health, 617/432-1052
- Summer Program in Clinical Effectiveness, 617/732-5650
- Public Health Curriculum
Hunter College, City University of New York, School of Health Sciences, Urban Public Health Program
Brookdale Campus
425 East 25th Street (1st Avenue)
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212/481-5111
Fax: 212/481-5260
Email: uph@hunter.cuny.edu
- Health Administration
- Public Health Law
- Public Health
- Public Policy
University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health
808 South Wood Street
Chicago, IL 60612-7309
Phone: 312/413-3350
- Introduction to Health Services Research
- Resource Databases in Public Health (taught with health sciences library)
- Online MPH in Public Health Informatics
- Health Services Research Laboratory
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Community Health
Phone: 217/333-2307
- Health Care Systems
- Health Services Financing
- Health Planning
- Health Policy
- Contemporary Health
- Introduction to Public Health
- Health Administration
- Health Data Analysis
University of Iowa, College of Public Health
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Toll Free: 800/553-4692
- Introduction to Health Care Organization
- Quantitative Management in Health Care
- Cohort Data Analysis
- International Health
Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Admissions Office
615 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21205-2179
Phone: 410/955-5000
- Introduction to Health Policy and Management
- Managing Health Services Organizations
- Social and Behavioral Aspects of Public Health
- Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
- Financial Management of Health Care Facilities
- Policy Issues in Health Care Financing and Delivery
- Health Law and Regulation
- Theories of Organization and Management
- Human Resources in Health Organizations
- Clinical Decision Making
- Strategic Planning and Operations
- Cost Benefit and Cost Effectiveness Analysis for Health Programs
- Microeconomic Models in Public Health Economics
- Introduction to Operations Research
- Decision Analysis
- Topics in Health Care Finance
- History of Health Policy
- Data Sources and Applications for Health Policy Analysis
- New Genetic Technologies and Public Policy
- Introduction to Methods for Health Services Research and Evaluation
- The Quality of Medical Care
- Justice and Health Policy: Allocation of Resources and Risk
- Health Status Assessment
- Sociological Perspectives on Health
- Ethnicity, Health and Health Care
- Summer Program in Epidemiology, 410/955-7158
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Colonial Penn Center
3641 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215/898-5611
Fax: 215/898-0229
Program Areas:
Loma Linda University, School of Public Health
School of Public Health Admissions
Loma Linda, California 92350
Phone: 909/558-4694, extension 82881
800/422-4558
Email: sphinfo@sph.llu.edu
- Environmental and Occupational Health
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Health Administration
- Health Promotion and Education
- International Health
GRE OR MCAT Required Testing
University of Maryland, Graduate Certificate in Public Health Informatics
Overview
The University of Maryland Department of Public & Community Health, a leader in the public health sciences, is offering a new online graduate certificate in Public Health Informatics. Designed for the working professional, the graduate program features a curriculum rich in the latest scientific and technological principles and practices needed to advance a career in the fastest growing area of public health.
University of Maryland University College, Master of Distance Education
3501 University Blvd.
East, Adelphi, MD 20783
Phone: 800/888-UMUC
Overview
The University of Maryland University College (UMUC) is offering an online Master of Distance Education (MDE) degree starting Spring of 2000. The MDE program is designed in an online format for working adults who want to complete their degree without interrupting their careers. The 36 credit-hour-degree program consists of 7 core courses and 4 elective courses, with a further requirement of a final project.
The UMUC MDE is designed to produce individuals who are capable of managing the distance education enterprise within educational, business, government and non-profit organizations. In an ever rapidly expanding field, the graduates of the MDE will be prepared to engage in the planning, budgeting, development, delivery and support of distance education and distance training programs.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Center for Public Policy and Administration
Thompson Hall
Amherst, MA 01003
Phone: 413/545-3940
- Environmental Policy
- Health Policy
- Social Policy
Medical University of South Carolina, College of Health Professions
171 Ashley Avenue
Charleston, SC 29425-8510
Phone: 803/792-8510
- Organizational Studies
- Policy Analysis
University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Department of Health Management and Policy
Office of Admissions
M3025 SPH II
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
Phone: 313/763-9900
- Summer Institute in Epidemiology, 313/764-5454
- Public Health curriculum
University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Health Services Research and Policy
420 Delaware Street S.E., Mayo Mail Code 729
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612/624-6151
Fax: 612/624-2196
Internet:
http://www.hsr.umn.edu
- Master of Science in Health Services Research, Policy and Administration
- Doctor of Philosophy in Health Services Research, Policy and Administration
- Master of Public Health in Public Health Administration
- Collaborative Programs in Health Services Research, Policy and Administration
- Joint Degree Program in Law, Health and the Life Sciences
University of Missouri Columbia, School of Medicine, Department of Health Management and Informatics, Health Informatics Research Program
For inquiries regarding the training program or to request application materials for a predoctoral or postdoctoral fellowship in health informatics, contact:
Cindi Anspach
University of Missouri-Columbia
622 Lewis Hall
Columbia, MO 65211-0001
Phone: 573/884-1637
Cindi_Anspach@muccmail.missouri.edu
New York University, Graduate School of Public Service
4 Washington Square North
New York, NY 10003
Phone: 212/998-7400
Wagner@nyu.edu
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
Physical Address
Cecil G. Sheps Center Building
725 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (Historic Airport Road)
Chapel Hill, NC
Phone: 919/966-5011
Mailing Address
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
725 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
CB# 7590
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
- NRSA Mental Health & Substance Abuse Systems and Services Fellowship Program
- NRSA Pre- and Post-Doctoral Training Program in Health Sciences Research
- NRSA Primary Care Research Fellowship
- Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program
- Triangle Clinical Research Fellowship for Reproductive Health
University of North Carolina-Charlotte, College of Health and Human Services
Charlotte, NC
704/687-2000
University of North Carolina, Center for Public Health Practice, School of Public Health
Chapel Hill, NC
919/966-7391
- Executive MPH degree
- Health Policy and Administration
- Public Health curriculum
Northwestern University, Institute for Health Services Research and Policy Studies
717 Wieboldt Hall
339 E. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, Illinois, 60611
Phone: 312-503-2937
Ohio University, School Of Health Sciences
413 Tower Street
Athens, OH 45701
Phone: 614/593-1217
- Health Administration
- Long-Term Care Adminstration
- Community Health Administration
University of Oklahoma, Health Administration and Policy
PO Box 26901
801 N.E. 13th St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73190
Phone: 405/271-2308
Degree Programs
- Master of Public Health
- Master of Health
- Administration
Joint Degrees
Oregon Health & Sciences University, School of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, (CB-669)
Portland, OR 97201-3098
Phone: 503/494-8257
Fax: 503/494-4981
- Master of Public Health
- Epidemiology and biostatitics track
- MD/MPH program
- Oregon MPH program
- Postdoctoral fellowship in health services research
Pennsylvania State University, Department of Health Policy and Administration
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814/863-2900
- Microeconomics
- Organizational Theory
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate Program in Health Care Management
204 Colonial Penn Center
3641 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215/898-6861
- Health Care Systems
- Clinical Issues in Health Care Management
- Legal Aspects of Health Care
- The Health Services System
- Financial Management of Health Institutions
- Health Policy Analysis
- Collaborative Structures in Health Care Delivery
- Principles of Managed Health Care
- Policy and Planning Models in Health
University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health
111 Parran Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: 412/624-3002
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, The Field of Health Policy
600 South Forty-third Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4495
Phone: 215/596-8800
- Financial modeling and forecasting
- Health economics
- Epidemiology
- Public health research involving large-scale health issues
- Legal and regulatory analysis related to health care
- Ethical issues in health care and public policy
- Understanding the overall structure of the health care industry, including insurance reimbursement mechanisms, managed care, hospital-physician relationships, health system development, and pharmaceutical development and distribution.
RAND Graduate School, School Of Policy Studies
1700 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90407
Phone: 310/393-0411
- Economics
- Statistics and Data Analysis
- Health Care Financing
- Competition and Regulation
- Underinsured and Uninsured
- Technology Assessment
Rush University, Department of Health Systems Management
1653 West Congress Parkway
Chicago, IL 60612
Phone: 312/942-5402
San Diego State University, Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH)
San Diego, CA 92182-4162
Phone: 619/594-4492
Brenda Fass-Holmes
E-Mail: brenda.fass-holmes@sdsu.edu
- Community Health Education
- Biometry
- Environmental Health
- Epidemiology
- Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
- Health Services Administration
- Environmental Health Science
- Industrial Hygiene
- Toxicology
- Health Services Administration
- Epidemiology
University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health
Columbia, SC 29208
803/777-4781
- Research Methods
- Statistics
- Health Policy and Management
St. Louis University, School of Public Health
3663 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
Phone: 314/977-8144
800/782-6769
E-Mail: sphinfo@slu.edu
- Weekend MPH work
- Satellite program in Kansas City, MO
Stanford University, School of Medicine, Department of Health Research and Policy
HRP Redwood Building, Room 264
Stanford, California 94305-5092
Phone: 415/723-6426
- Division of Biostatistics
- Division of Epidemiology
- Division of Health Services Research
- Master of Science Program in Health Services Research
University of Tennessee, Health Sciences Administration
Graduate Program in Health Sciences Administration
College of Pharmacy
University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
800 Madison Avenue Memphis, TN 38163
- Pharmacoeconomics: Master's and Ph.D.
- Health Policy: Master's and Ph.D.
- Health Systems Pharmacy Management
University of Texas at Austin, Center for Pharmacoeconomic Studies
The University of Texas, College of Pharmacy
Austin, TX 78712
Phone: 512/471-2819
Fax: 512/471-8762
University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health
Office of the Registrar
P.O. Box 20036
Houston, Texas 77225
Phone: 713/792-8531
- Health Policy in the United States
- Health Policy Analysis
- Ethics and Public Health
- Ethics in Health Care
- Public Health Law
- Introduction to Health Economics
- Health Care Finance
- Health Services Delivery and Performance
- Health Services Organization
- Technology and Health Care: Private Choices and Public Policies
University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Program
1700 Red River
Austin, Texas 78701
Phone: 512/471-7311
- Issues in Health Care Delivery
- Program Planning and Evaluation
University of North Texas, Health Science Center
PO Box 13675
Denton, TX 76203
Phone: 817/565-2054
- Sociology
- Gerontology
- Economics
- Behavioral Medicine
- Comparative Research
- Health Care Delivery Systems
- Minority Health
- Evaluation Research and Demography
Texas State University - San Marcos, College of Health Professions
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX 78666
Phone: 512/245-3494
- Epidemiology
- Biostatistics
- Operations Research and Management Science
- Computer Software and Information Technology
- Market Research
Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
1440 Canal Street, Suite 2430
New Orleans, LA 70112-2824
Phone: 504/588-5387
800-676-5389
- Biostatistics
- Epidemiology
- Community Health Sciences
- Environmental Health Sciences
- Health Systems Management
- International Health and Development
- Tropical Medicine
- Peace Corps/Master's Internationalist Program
Union College, Graduate Management Institute
Lamont House
Schenectady, NY 12308
Phone: 518/388-6238
E-Mail: mba@union.edu
- Master of Business Administration in Health Systems Administration
VA Medical Center, Health Services Research and Development Field Program
PO Box 130170
Ann Arbor, MI 48113-0170
Phone: 313/930-5100
- Practice Management
- Quality Monitoring
- Quality Improvement
- Methodologies of Health Services Research
Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Health Administration
PO Box 980203
Richmond, VA 23298
Phone: 804/828-5221
- Management Theory
- Quantitiative Research Methods
- Organizational Performance and Effectiveness
University of Washington, Department of Health Services
Box 357230
Seattle, WA 98195-7660
Phone: 206/221-6295
hserv@u.washington.edu
Xavier University, College of Social Sciences
3800 Victory Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45207
Phone: 513/745-1912
- Management
- Finance
- Continuous Quality Improvement
- Organizational Strategies
- Applied Epidemiology
- Population Based Planning
- Clinical Outcomes Management
- Ethical Decision Making
- Health Policy Analysis
- Physician Relations
- Managed Care Approaches
- Integrated Health Delivery Systems
- Provider Payment Strategies
Yale University, School of Public Health
60 College Street
New Haven, CT 06510
Phone: 203/785-2867
Top of page