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MPH45/Health Policy Field of Study Session
Anna Sinaiko (MPH45/HP Field of Study Leader)
Nancy Turnbull (MPH65/HP Field of Study Leader
August 23, 2016
This is Anna Sinaiko
MPH45/HP: Who You Are 37 Students
• 23 women and 14 men (based on application information)
• 20 United States citizens
• 8 US/dual citizens
• 9 citizens from outside US (including non-US duals)
• Canada, China, Germany, India, Israel, Jamaica, Libya, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, UK, Venezuela
Professional Backgrounds • 16 physicians
• 13 medical students
• Other degrees:
• JD, MA, MBA, MIM, SM and PhD in various fields
Who We Are: MPH Program • MPH is a school-wide degree program
• Governed by MPH Steering Committee
• Supported by school-wide Office of Education
• Health Policy Field of Study • Also supported by Health Policy and Management
(HPM) Department
• Key resources
• Office of Education staff (Kresge, G-29)
• Anne Occhipinti and Emily Davies
• HPM staff (Kresge, 3rd floor)
• Jen Moltoni and Liz Nolan
Course Planning and Registration: Basics • Good to plan an initial schedule for the entire year
• Your goal: 45 credits to graduate
• This week’s registration goal : A fall course schedule in my.harvard by Friday, August 26; blocks on registration of non-Health Policy students will be lifted onThursday (important for HPM 210 and 211)
• Add/Drop Deadline – Sept. 8 (Fall1 and Fall courses), Oct. 28 (Fall 2 courses)
• Registration for WinterSession and other Spring courses: December 8
• Ordinal/Letter Grade requirement: 32.5 credits
• Grade Point Average minimum requirement: 2.7 (out of 4.0)
• Audits (5 credit max/term, faculty discretion)
• Full Time Status (15 or more credits/term: important for students on visa)
MPH Program Requirements • School-wide MPH core requirements
• Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Environmental Health, Health Services Administration (HSA), Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Ethics • HSA requirement met by your health policy
coursework • Waivers for prior course work possible
• Field of study-specific requirements for Health Policy
• Coursework and practicum and culminating experience
MPH School-wide Core • Biostatistics and Epidemiology:
• ID 201 is the appropriate option for most HP students
• BST 201 and EPI201/202 are the other option during academic year
• Courses require instructor permission
• 10 credits in total compared to 7.5 credits for ID 201
• Two ways to fulfill requirements in the other Public Health core disciplines
• ID 216 Critical Thinking and Action for Public Health Professionals
• Separate coursework in EH, SBS, and ethics
Ethics Options #1: ID 216 fulfills ethics requirement
#2: Separate for-credit course in ethics (3 options)
#3: Non-credit ethics module
• 5 on-line sessions (Weeks of October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31)
• One in-person session
• Friday, November 3 from 3:30-6 pm or Saturday, November 4 from 9-11:30
• More information and registration link in email from MPH Program
• Registration thru special link and not my.harvard
Some course conflicts to be aware of…. Environmental Health core: 5 course options
• ID 215 Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology (Spring) conflicts with HPM 543 (Quantitative Methods in Program Evaluation, Spring2)
• EH 201 Introduction to Environmental Health (Fall2) conflicts with HPM 211 (Health Safety Net and Vulnerable Populations)
Social and Behavioral Sciences: 5 course options
• SBS 503 Behavioral Economics (Spring2) conflicts with HPM 543 (Quantitative Methods in Program Evaluation)
Health Policy Field of Study Competency Domains
• Knowledge of US Health System
• Policy Disciplinary Perspectives
• Economics, Political Analysis
• Choice of: health policy and vulnerable populations; community organizing; or law
• Analytical Methods: Quantitative Methods in Program evaluation or Decision science
• Communication
Knowledge of the U.S. Health System HPM 210: United States Health Policy (Fall1)
Professor John McDonough
• Head of Exec and Professional Education at Harvard Chan
• Former U.S. Senate staffer, Massachusetts state legislator, executive director of leading consumer health advocacy group
• Deeply involved in ACA design, passage and preservation
John’s Blog: http://healthstew.com/author/jemcd1/
Disciplinary Perspective: Economics
HPM 206: Economic Analysis (Fall)
Professor David Hemenway
• Director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center
• Leading researcher on reducing firearm violence
Disciplinary Perspective: Political Analysis HPM 247: Political Analysis and Strategy (Spring at HKS)
Professor Bob Blendon
• Joint appointment at Harvard Kennedy School
• Senior Associate Dean for Policy Translation and Leadership Development
• Directs Harvard Opinion Research Program
Disciplinary Perspective: Option 1 Vulnerable Populations and Health Policy HPM 211: Health Care Safety Net and Vulnerable Populations (Fall2)
Professor Ben Sommers
• Health economist and practicing primary care doc
• Former Senior Advisor in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Disciplinary Perspective: Option 2 Consumer Organizing and Advocacy
HPM 520: Organizing Consumer and Community Interests in Health System(Fall2)
Susan Sherry
• Deputy Director, Community Catalyst, one of US’s leading national consumer health advocacy group
• 30 years of experience working in health policy and consumer advocacy and organizing
Disciplinary Perspective: Option 3: Law HPM 213: Public Health Law (Spring 2)
Ameet Sarpatwari, JD, PhD
• Epidemiologist
• Lawyer
• Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
HPM 544: Law and Clinical Medicine (Spring 2)
Allen Kachalia, MD/JD
• Chief Quality Officer and Vice President, Quality and Safety, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• Associate Professor, HMS and Harvard Chan
Analytical Methods for Policy: Option 1: Decision Analysis
RDS 280: Decision Analysis (Fall 2)
Professor Ankur Pandya
• Harvard Center for Health Decision Science
• Research focuses on simulation models to improve cardiovascular health
• Formerly Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College
Analytical Methods for Policy: Option 2: Program Evaluation
HPM 543: Quantitative Methods in Program Evaluation (Spring 2)
Nancy Beaulieu, PhD
• Research Associate, Department of Health Policy, HMS
• Widely published in quality improvement, evaluation of health plans, assessment of health program interventions
Other options for meeting analytical methods requirement
• Any RDS course
• RDS 280 (Fall2) is a pre-req for more advanced RDS classes
• Any intermediate or advanced biostats or epi course offered at Harvard Chan
• HPM 242 Data Analysis for Professionals (Spring1)
• GHP 525 Econometrics (Fall)
• SBS 281 (Fall2) Principles of Social and Behavioral Research
• HGSE EDU 052 (Spring) Applied Data Analysis
Practice and Culminating Experience ID 266: Practice and
Culminating Experience for Health Policy (Fall and Spring)
Amy Rosenthal, MPA and MPH(Harvard Chan)
• Director, External Affairs & Policy, Community Catalyst
• Experience as state legislative senior staffer, policy director of gubernatorial campaign, political consultant, and executive director of a policy foundation
Winter Session • January Winter Session: January 3 - 20, 2017 www.hsph.harvard.edu/registrar/winter-session
• Credits count in your spring semester total • Guidelines set by the MPH program
• You must participate in an activity that will enhance your academic experience
• Info sessions about Global Health WinterSession courses and Practicum field projects will be held in September
• Winter Session courses updated in Courses and Schedules around mid-October
• Planning ahead: Registration for Spring 2017 (and Winter Session) opens on Thursday, December 8th
If You Want to Waive a Course • School-wide Core requirements
• See MPH Curriculum Guide for contact and process for each requirement (i.e., BIO, EPI, EH, ETHICS, SBS)
• Your academic adviser cannot waive required core courses
• Field of Study requirements
• Contact the instructor of the course you want to waive
• Your academic adviser cannot waive FoS requirements
• If you waive a course, you do not get credit, just the ability to take more electives
• You must let Emily Davies and Liz Nolan know if you waive a course (including documentation of the approval)
Some tips • Don’t overload your course schedule
• 25 credits is generally the maximum you should take in a semester
• Think carefully about how to use your elective credits
• Save time for the “Other Curriculum”
• Student groups
• Lectures, talks, and seminars
• HPM’s monthly research seminar
• Leadership Studio and Voices from the Field
• Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab) Challenges
Some tips • Consider participating in an interdisciplinary concentration
• Public Health Leadership
• Women, Gender, and Health
• Maternal and Child Health/Children, Youth, and Families
• Humanitarian Studies, Ethics, and Human Rights
• Epidemiology of Infectious Disease
• Obesity Epidemiology and Prevention
• Nutrition and Global Health
Lots of people and resources here to help!
Office of Education
• Emily Davies ([email protected])
• Anne Occhipinti ([email protected])
HPM Department • Jen Moltoni
• Liz Nolan ([email protected])
• Your faculty adviser
• Any HPM faculty member
Anna Sinaiko ([email protected])
Nancy Turnbull ([email protected])
Questions • Overarching questions that need to be
answered now?
• Concerns or specific issues?