The department is committed to education and research in the identification, evaluation, and control of these human health hazards. The Ph.D. program inenvironmental health sciences prepares scientists for careers in research, environmental program management, and policy analysis. Two concentration areas are available and include allied health teaching and hospital staff development and education.
Most students come from allied health or nursing backgrounds.
Students may enter the program at the beginning of any term. Research opportunities are as varied as student backgrounds. The Master of Science in Health Informatics is one of very few programs worldwide that offers a curriculum that integrates the domains of information science, information resources management, and healthcare organization and management. The purpose of the program is to train broadly educated individuals who are concerned with the introduction and enhancement of information technology in healthcare organizations and are prepared to assume senior-level positions in the strategic planning, management, design, integration, implementation, and evaluation of clinical and administrative information systems in healthcare enterprises. We hope you will be among the next generation of bold health professionals, joining the ranks of new leaders in public health.