An Applied Practice Experience (APE) is a unique opportunity that enables students to apply practical skills and knowledge learned through coursework to a professional public health setting that complements the student's interests and career goals. The APE must be supervised by a Field Supervisor and requires approval from an APE Advisor designated by the student's academic department at RSPH.

This is the foundational course for the Maternal and Child Health Certificate. It covers historical and theoretical underpinnings of maternal and child health problems and programs aimed to reduce morbidity, mortality, and health disparities. Skills in program planning and evaluation are taught through multidisciplinary teams working with academic and field-based faculty in local, state, federal, and nongovernmental agencies. Maternal and child health is defined as a field of public health that addresses underlying forces for these problems, the historical framework for ameliorating those problems, and current programs and policies that have evolved from that historical context. Maternal and child health programs are unique to reproduction and life course development; more common in women, infants, children, or adolescents; more serious in women, infants, children, or adolescents; or have manifestations, risk factors, or interventions that are different in women or during life course development.

Presentation of a paper that defines a problem in public health, reviews the literature on this subject, details the methodologies for data collection and analysis, describes findings and conclusions, and discusses implications for public health.

Preparation of a monograph based on original research applicable to public health. Should be publishable or have potential public health impact.

The purpose of this year-long seminar is to acquaint students with the major areas of health policy research, active areas of research in health policy and economics, and faculty from the Department of Health Policy and Management and elsewhere in the University who conduct health policy research. The course will address a different topic every week, and the instructor for that week will provide an overview of the topic, discuss the research methods that are used to study the topic, highlight the seminal works in the area, and lead a discussion of the readings.

Spring. This course guides students through the process of writing a health services research proposal that is grounded in theory. The course work emphasizes the development of a conceptual framework tailored to a specific research topic by drawing on existing theory, conceptual frameworks, and scientific literature. Other course topics include conducting literature searches and critically reviewing relevant literature; defining and measuring theoretical constructs; developing testable hypotheses; identifying potential omitted variable bias; and executing an effective research presentation.

The goal of this course is for students to learn a set of statistical tools and modeling approaches that are useful for conducting high quality empirical research in applied health services and health policy research. We will focus on extensions to linear models and nonlinear models, analysis of binary/categorical/count data, independent variable and model selection, and understanding and interpreting different types of treatment effects. This course will combine lecture-based instruction with hands-on data exercises and replication to facilitate understanding.

The purpose of this class is to provide students with the opportunity to acquaint themselves with current and ongoing research in the Department of Health Policy and Management. Students will be assigned to work directly with one faculty member on currently funded research based on research interests. Assignments must be approved by the Graduate Program Director.

This course is for PhD students who have completed their course work and have passed their comprehensive exams. The course will entail research intended to lead to a dissertation proposal, with specific interim deliverables set by the supervising faculty.

This course is for PhD students who have successfully proposed their dissertation. This course involves research to complete the dissertation with specific deliverables set by the dissertation chair.