PhD in Public Health: Health Policy and Management

Program Overview

The PhD in Public Health: Health Policy and Management program at UMass Amherst equips students with research and teaching skills for academic positions and leadership roles in health organizations. The program offers concentrations in various areas, including biostatistics and community health education. It also emphasizes innovative research methods like digital storytelling and participatory action research. Graduates are prepared for careers in academia and the health sector.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The PhD in Public Health: Health Policy and Management program at UMass Amherst is designed to prepare students for teaching and research positions in academic institutions and leadership positions in health-related agencies. The program offers both major and minor areas of concentration. The minor area may be content or methods related, in areas such as biostatistics, computational methods, epidemiology, maternal and child health, health economics, and community health education. The program utilizes pioneering multimodality methods in research, including digital storytelling and participatory action research.

Careers:

The program prepares students for careers in teaching and research in academic institutions and leadership positions in health-related agencies.

Other:

The program emphasizes the use of multimodality methods in research, such as digital storytelling and participatory action research.