A Colloquium in Health Services Research is required of doctoral students. Many additional research and policy-related opportunities are offered through the School of Public Health, the School of Medicine, and the University. These include faculty seminar series, research opportunities, guest speakers, conferences, etc. The program culminates in a Ph.D. in health services and health policy research from Yale's Graduate School. The program is highly interdisciplinary, drawing on epidemiology, economics, political science, biostatistics, operations research, decision science, and management.
Students develop extensive knowledge about health policy and empirical research methods as well.
Students are expected to spend summers and 1 day a week conducting research with faculty. AHRQ support is generally provided for up to 3 years.