Faculty of Arts & Sciences

Topics include the financing and organization of health care, public health, political analysis, medical manpower, health law and ethics, technology assessment, prevention, mental health, long-term care, and quality of care.

Dissertation research.

Participants discuss research on mental health policy and examine how to apply existing work and methodological approaches to their own work.

Examines issues in ethics and health policy, including a basic account of justice and health; ethical critique of maximization methodologies, including cost-effectiveness analysis; individual and social responsibility for health; and other topics.

Student-led course reviews basic issues in ethics, political philosophy, and their bearing on health policy and is important preparation for the qualifying examinations.

Participants present their own ongoing research on the politics surrounding health policy and discuss recent research drawn from various methodological approaches. Graduate students, faculty, and visiting scholars are welcome to present research at all stages.

This course focuses on federal scientific research grant applications. Students will learn about the most common forms of federal grant applications, basic components of applications, and the scientific review process for NIH / AHRQ. Students will develop a dissertation grant application, and will review actual grant applications as part of the course.

Explores key conceptual and methodological issues relevant to research in health decision sciences. Faculty members and invited speakers will assign readings and present examples of theoretical and applied work. Students are required to participate in class discussion and to present their own research work in progress.