Health Sciences Integrated Program PhD
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
Informatics is the study of information: how you collect it, how you organize it, and how you use it to solve problems. Health and Biomedical Informatics is informatics applied to healthcare and biomedical research. This track contains many different sub-fields that use similar techniques and tools but apply them to different problem areas.
Total Units Required: 13 or 13.5
Course | Title |
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Required Courses | |
HSIP 400-1 | Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Doctoral Colloquium |
HSIP 401-0 | Introduction to Health Measurement Science |
HSIP 440-0 | Introduction to Medical Informatics |
HSIP 441-0 & HSIP 442-0 & HSIP 443-0 | Health and Biomedical Informatics Methods I and Biomedical Informatics Methods II and Biomedical Informatics Methods III |
BIOSTAT 302-0 | Introduction to Biostatistics |
BIOSTAT 402-0 | Intermediate Biostatistics |
HSR 462-0 | Topics in Health Services Research: Grant Writing (0.5 credit ) 1 |
Choose one Health Care and Biomedical Knowledge: | |
HQS 420-0 | Introduction to US Health Care System |
HSR 470-0 | Federal Policy Making and Health Care Reform |
DGP 430-0 | Genetics |
PUB_HLTH 301-0 | Behavior, Society & Health |
PUB_HLTH 420-0 | Introduction to US Health Care System |
Choose one Computation: | |
BIOSTAT 305-0 | Data Management and Analysis in SAS |
Electives | |
Choose at least three of the following: 2 | |
HQS 440-0 | Fundamental Methods for Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety |
HSR 425-0 | Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Health Services & Outcomes Research |
HSR 433-0 | Health Economics and Healthcare Financing |
HSR 460-0 | Applied Ethical Issues in Health Services Research |
IBIS 401-0 | Molecular Biophysics |
IBIS 403-0 | The Human Proteome: Defining Variation and Modifications of Protein Molecules |
IBIS 407-0 | Genetics & Epigenetics |
IBIS 410-0 | Quantitative Biology |
DGP 422-0 | Introduction to Translational Research |
DGP 466-0 | Structural Basis of Signal Transduction |
PUB_HLTH 425-0 | Introduction to GIS and Spatial Analysis for Public Health |
PUB_HLTH 445-0 | Writing and Peer Reviewing for Scientific Publication |
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The requirement for a grant writing course my also be fulfilled by taking DGP 496-3 Introduction to Life Science Research in the Summer quarter for zero credit.
- 2
Other electives may be taken with adviser approval.
Health Services and Outcomes Research Track
This track covers a multidisciplinary field of scientific investigation that studies how social factors, financing systems, organizational structures and processes, health technologies, and personal behaviors affect access to health care, the quality and cost of health care, and ultimately our health and well-being. Its research domains are individuals, families, organizations, institutions, communities, and populations.
Total Units Required: 14.5
Course | Title |
---|---|
Required Courses | |
HSIP 400-1 | Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Doctoral Colloquium |
HSIP 401-0 | Introduction to Health Measurement Science |
HSR 425-0 | Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Health Services & Outcomes Research |
HSR 433-0 | Health Economics and Healthcare Financing |
HSR 456-0 | Applied Qualitative Methods and Analysis for Health Researchers |
HSR 460-0 | Applied Ethical Issues in Health Services Research |
HSR 462-0 | Topics in Health Services Research: Grant Writing (0.5 credit) |
HSR 465-0 | Intermediate Quantitative Methods in Health Services & Outcomes Research |
PUB_HLTH 302-0 | Introduction to Biostatistics |
PUB_HLTH 421-0 | Intermediate Biostatistics |
PUB_HLTH 438-0 | Survey Design & Methodology |
PUB_HLTH 445-0 | Writing and Peer Reviewing for Scientific Publication |
Recommended Electives | |
Choose at least three of the following: 1 | |
HSIP 440-0 | Introduction to Medical Informatics |
HSR 470-0 | Federal Policy Making and Health Care Reform |
PUB_HLTH 323-0 | Health Equity |
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Other electives may be taken with adviser approval.
Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Track
This track focuses on the knowledge, skills, and methods required for improving healthcare delivery systems in regard to quality and safety. The topics covered include: healthcare quality context and measurement, changing systems of care delivery, healthcare disparities, accountability and public policy, safety interventions and practices, health information technology, simulation and the sciences of teamwork, human factors, risk assessment methods, and leadership and governance.
Total Units Required: 13
Course | Title |
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Required Courses | |
HSIP 400-1 | Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Doctoral Colloquium |
HSIP 401-0 | Introduction to Health Measurement Science |
HQS 401-0 | Introduction to Healthcare Quality |
HQS 402-0 | Introduction to Patient Safety |
HQS 420-0 | Introduction to US Health Care System |
HQS 440-0 | Fundamental Methods for Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety |
HQS 501-0 | Advanced Healthcare Quality |
HQS 502-0 | Advanced Patient Safety |
HQS 510-0 | The Business of Healthcare Quality and Safety Improvement |
PUB_HLTH 445-0 | Writing and Peer Reviewing for Scientific Publication |
Choose one Research Design: | |
BIOSTAT 301-0 | Introduction to Epidemiology |
HSR 425-0 | Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Health Services & Outcomes Research |
Electives | |
Choose at least two of the following: 1 | |
BIOSTAT 402-0 | Intermediate Biostatistics |
HSR 433-0 | Health Economics and Healthcare Financing |
HSR 456-0 | Applied Qualitative Methods and Analysis for Health Researchers |
HSR 470-0 | Federal Policy Making and Health Care Reform |
MHB 401-0 | Foundations of Bioethics |
MHB 402-0 | Medicine & Law |
MHB 403-0 | The History of Medicine and Bioethics |
MORS 430-0 | Leadership in Organizations |
MORS 452-0 | Leading the Strategic Change Process |
MORS 460-0 | Leading and Managing Teams |
PUB_HLTH 301-0 | Behavior, Society & Health |
PUB_HLTH 415-0 | Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Principles and Application |
PUB_HLTH 431-0 | Basic Decision Analysis and Models of Medical Decision Making |
PUB_HLTH 438-0 | Survey Design & Methodology |
PUB_HLTH 439-0 | Qualitative Research Methods |
PUB_HLTH 444-0 | Advanced Decision Analysis |
PUB_HLTH 449-0 | Public Health Policy |
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Independent study or other approved elective.
Social Sciences and Health Track
The educational mission of this track is to prepare its graduates for scholarly and research careers in patient centered outcomes, their mechanisms, and intervention applications via training at the scientific interface of biomedical and social sciences. Particular emphasis is placed on measurement of quality of life, behavioral and functional outcomes, applications that improve quality of life, health and health care at the individual and systems levels, as well as the developmental mechanisms that shape these outcomes across the lifespan. The overarching goal of this track is to train scientists who are experts in a particular area of patient-centered outcomes research (e.g. outcomes sciences, developmental mechanisms, behavior and health), while also developing proficiency in multiple areas of relevance to leading an innovative team.
Total Units Required: 14.5
Course | Title |
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Required Courses | |
HSIP 400-1 | Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Doctoral Colloquium |
HSIP 401-0 | Introduction to Health Measurement Science |
HSIP 430-0 | Introduction to Social Sciences and Health |
BIOSTAT 301-0 | Introduction to Epidemiology |
or HSR 425-0 | Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Health Services & Outcomes Research |
BIOSTAT 302-0 | Introduction to Biostatistics |
or PUB_HLTH 302-0 | Introduction to Biostatistics |
BIOSTAT 402-0 | Intermediate Biostatistics |
or PUB_HLTH 421-0 | Intermediate Biostatistics |
HSR 460-0 | Applied Ethical Issues in Health Services Research 1 |
HSR 462-0 | Topics in Health Services Research: Grant Writing (0.5 credit) |
PUB_HLTH 301-0 | Behavior, Society & Health |
PUB_HLTH 445-0 | Writing and Peer Reviewing for Scientific Publication |
Choose one of the following required courses: | |
ANTHRO 306-0 | Evolution of Life Histories |
PSYCH 401-2 | Proseminar--Social and Personality Basesof Behavior |
STAT 348-0 | Applied Multivariate Analysis |
Recommended Electives | |
Choose four elective courses from the following: 2 | |
HSR 465-0 | Intermediate Quantitative Methods in Health Services & Outcomes Research |
HSR 470-0 | Federal Policy Making and Health Care Reform |
PSYCH 405-0 | Psychometric Theory |
PSYCH 451-1 | Statistics in Experimental Design |
PUB_HLTH 323-0 | Health Equity |
PUB_HLTH 438-0 | Survey Design & Methodology |
- 1
Other courses to fulfill the ethics requirement may be taken with adviser approval.
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Other electives may be taken with adviser approval.