The faculty chair of the program is Joseph P. Newhouse, John D. MacArthur Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard University. The Director of Graduate Studies is Katherine Swartz, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health. Joan Curhan is the Director of the program. There are over 50 faculty members from schools within the university who are actively involved in the program.
Students are free to take classes throughout the university.
Although GRE and GMAT scores are acceptable, GRE scores are preferred. MCAT scores cannot be substituted. The next application deadline is Dec. 17, 2001. Within health policy, a student must select one of 7 concentrations or disciplines in which to specialize. Usually, a student takes courses during the first two years and works on a thesis for the next two years.