Why the UW? Online Info Sessions January 13, , p. See all info sessions and recruitment events. Join our mailing list to receive updates on the next application cycle. Since , the PhD program in Health Services Research and Policy in the Department of Public Health Sciences has been highly successful in preparing students to become scholars for research, teaching, and public service careers in university, public policy, and governmental settings.
Set within a large medical center with all its clinical research resources and collaborative faculty, our program focuses on interdisciplinary application of the social and behavioral science disciplines to real world health issues such as the organization, financing, and delivery of health care; the quality and safety of care; health outcomes; and the management of population health.
Read A Welcome Message from the Director. We support and guide trainees in several areas of research. Browse research by current program trainees. All students must pass an oral proposal defense to be admitted to candidacy. After candidacy, students take a graduate seminar, and dissertation credits which culminate in a doctoral dissertation and an oral dissertation defense. See the PhD program plan and competency checklist.
See the tentative schedule for HPM courses. In the past, Cara worked with the National Institute of Public Health to evaluate quality of maternal health care in Mexico, and has served as a research associate at the Yale School of Public Health and in the Department of Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center focusing on infant feeding and birth outcomes globally and in the US, respectively.
A maternal-child health researcher and hopeful implementation scientist, she intends to use mixed methods to study interventions and policy options to address disparities in perinatal and pediatric outcomes. Yi-Jung has great enthusiasm for researching major health care system issues ranging from enlarging quality chasm, fragmentation of care, and health system reform from a more comprehensive perspective.
Her research interests include the integration of care and the role of physicians and medical facilities in the healthcare delivery system. Sooyeon Song is a Ph. Her research interests include insurance policy, healthcare provider, and primary care. She received a B. Kertu's PhD concentration is in health economics and she is passionate about using causal inference modeling to answer various healthcare questions. Kertu also has a unique policy background which she gained through her previous studies and diplomatic positions at embassies and intergovernmental organizations such as the UNHRC.
She received her M. Within these communities, he is specifically interested in patient safety and autonomy in the context of shared decision making, and the role of community and clinical collaboration in access and adherence to care. Prior to attending Boston University, he worked in policy and community outreach helping to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of sexual and gender minorities in a number of roles including as Commissioner of the Seattle LGBT Commission and as a Board Member of Ingersoll Gender Center.
His research interests include social determinants of health and related inequalities surrounding health outcomes related to alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and opioids. Jack obtained his B. Yingzhe is currently investigating the impacts of health information exchange and the effects of home and community-based personal care programs on hospitalizations and related costs.
She is interested in health economics and the use of econometrics and statistical methods for health services research. Her research interests are in health care financing policies.
Her current work examines the laws that affect the financial viability of hospitals serving high need patients and payment models involved. She received her PhD. She is interested in conducting evaluations of state and federal health policies and programs, with a focus on improving access to treatment services for vulnerable populations like individuals with Medicaid, substance use disorder SUD , HIV, and other severe mental illnesses.
Her dissertation identified multilevel facilitators and barriers to addiction treatment services for pregnant and parenting women to improve access and engagement in SUD treatment. I wanted to strengthen my knowledge of national population health research and to engage in practical and translational research that can impact the most vulnerable populations.
I was particularly interested in learning about innovative and practical approaches to solve health disparities and inequities. Finally, I realized that I needed more training to conduct independent research, and thought a PhD in HSR will help me develop the research skills necessary to become an independent researcher. I was drawn by the rigorous research methodology classes at BUSPH and its extensive research, training, and service in addiction treatment and policy.
Additionally, the emphasis on interdisciplinary studies in HSR appealed to me. The HSR program trained me in many ways of conducting research: conceptualizing research questions and study designs driven by a framework, carrying out hypotheses using rigorous methods, and scientifically sharing and disseminating results. My career has had a lot of zigzags that allowed me to gain experience in a wide variety of fields and roles, ultimately coalescing around a core interest in the health and health care utilization of families and children and how they are affected by changes to public policy and the environment they live in.
I had worked on research in various roles for a long time and realized that to pursue my own interests and ideas as a researcher, I would need a PhD. Moreover, I knew my abilities were strong in some areas but limited in others, and I wanted to strengthen my skillset in both quantitative and qualitative study design and analysis.
When I came to the department for the first time to see if my interests fit within Health Services Research, I was greeted with enthusiasm. What was supposed to be a 30 min exploratory meeting turned into a 2-hour conversation. The then-director of the PhD program introduced me to the professor who later become my advisor and I found we had so much to talk about. I took on my current position during my time in the PhD program, which was definitely a challenging balancing act to ensure I was giving my best to both roles — and to my family — during that period.
However, the benefit of working while studying is that each informs the other. I could see immediate applications in my work leading our research and policy network of the concepts and theories I was learning in class. Simultaneously, I could bring my real-world experience into class to ground conceptual discussions. Prior to joining Boston University, Kevin worked for the U. He received his M.
I want these policies to be informed by research and evidence, and to use that evidence to improve their incentive design, effectiveness, and value. I wanted the PhD so that I could serve as principal investigator, enabling me to select research topics that I care most about and set my own research agenda.
I've also always enjoyed teaching and mentorship, and I knew that a PhD would open doors to academia where I could continue these experiences.
My campus visit to Boston University was very different from my experiences at other schools. The faculty were warm, articulate, and seemed genuinely eager to learn about my interests and background. Office doors were open and folks seemed to enjoy each other's company. The department also has a large and diverse faculty, both in terms of educational background and research areas.
So there's ample opportunities to get involved in research, no matter what topic you're interested in. I also appreciated the ability to specialize in health economics, and to take coursework or collaborate with professors in the Department of Economics and Questrom School of Business.
Lastly, the faculty have strong links with the Veterans Health Administration which was attractive given my background working with military populations. The coursework provides a strong foundation in study design, quantitative and qualitative research, and conceptual models for health services research. I also had numerous opportunities to serve as a teaching assistant and to collaborate with various professors to gain applied research experience.
Faculty supported and encouraged me to conduct my own research, present at conferences, and to write articles for peer-reviewed journals. My mentors also provided critical grant-writing expertise and guidance, which helped me to obtain NIH funding for my dissertation and prepared me to take advantage of future opportunities. Neiman Health Policy Institute. His work examines how health policy, provider incentives payment models , and patient incentives cost-sharing and other aspects of health insurance benefit design impact the use of care and ultimately health outcomes, with a particular focus on cancer screening and diagnostic imaging.
He is also interested in drivers of health care spending and the assessment of the value of care. My preoccupation with the health care system was triggered early by my parents—both practicing physicians. After graduating from college, I worked for a consulting company. I enjoyed the few healthcare-related projects in which I had the opportunity to participate, but I regretted that I did not have a role in the decision-making on which problems of the health care system to prioritize.
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