PhD in Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research and Health Policy
Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research and Health Policy program offers students a unique opportunity to study pharmacotherapy outcomes research in the context of a sophisticated academic health science center. Our program includes faculty expertise from the Departments of Pharmacotherapy, Family and Preventive Medicine, Population Health Sciences, Clinical Pharmacology, Biomedical Informatics, and Health Economics. Prospective candidates to the PhD program apply through the University of Utah Admissions Office.
PhD curriculum
| Course | Required Courses | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| FALL Year 1 | ||
| PHS 7000 | Adv Biostats in STATA |
3 |
| PBHLT 6300 | Epidemiology I |
3 |
| PCTH course | Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy |
3 |
| PCTH 7890 | Research Seminar I |
1 |
| Elective Course(s) |
2 |
|
|
12 |
||
| SPRING Year 1 | ||
| PHS 7020 | Secondary Data Analysis |
4 |
| PHS 7100-002 | Epidemiology Theory & Methods |
3 |
| MDCRC 6120 | Cost-Effectiveness 1 |
2 |
| PCTH 7891 | Research Seminar II |
0 |
| PCTH course | Pharmacoepidemiology |
3 |
| Elective Course(s) |
0 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
| FALL Year 2 | ||
| MDCRC 6125 | Cost-Effectiveness 2 |
2 |
| PHS 7300 | Health Systems Research |
3 |
| PCTH 7105/ MDCRC | Data management in health outcomes research |
1 |
| PCTH 7890 | Research Seminar I |
1 |
| MDCRC 6200 | Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis |
3 |
| Elective Course(s) |
2 |
|
|
12 |
||
| SPRING Year 2 | ||
| PHS 7030 | Applied Modern Causal Inference in Comparative Effectiveness Research |
3 |
| PCTH 7891 | Research Seminar II |
1 |
| Elective Course(s) |
8 |
|
|
12 |
||
| Thesis Hours |
3 |
|
| Thesis Hours |
3 |
|
| Thesis Hours |
4 |
|
| Thesis Hours |
4 |
|
| Total Thesis Credits |
14 |
|
| Seminar Hours |
3 |
|
| Suggested Elective Courses (others can be considered) | ||
| BMI 6015 | Applied Machine Learning |
3 |
| MDCRC 6220 | Survey Methods not offered 2023-2024 |
2 |
| MDCRC 6210 | Regression Models |
2 |
| MDCRC 6450 | Grant Writing/Adv Research Proposal Design |
3 |
| NURS 6730 | Principles of Healthcare Financing |
2 |
| PBHLT 6100 | Biostatistics I |
3 |
| PBHLT 6101 | Data Analysis using SAS |
3 |
| PBHLT 6106 | Categorical Data Analysis |
3 |
| PBHLT 6107 | Survival Analysis |
3 |
| PBHLT 6311 | PH/Clinic Research Methods |
3 |
| PBHLT 6502 | International Public Health Issues |
3 |
| PBHLT 7100 | Biostatistics II |
3 |
| PBHLT 7130 | Longitudinal Data Analysis |
3 |
| PBHLT 7640 | Health Behavior not offered 2023-2024 |
3 |
| PHARM 7342 | US Healthcare Policy |
3 |
| PHARM 7552 | Managed Care |
2 |
| PHIL 7570 | Research Ethics |
1 |
| PHS 7050 | Statistical Practice |
3 |
| PHS 7350 | Qualitative and Quantitative Methods (Mixed Methods) |
3 |
| PHS 7360 | Implementation Science |
3 |
| PHS 7325 | Advanced Health Economics |
3 |
| PHS 7320 | Patient-Centered Outcomes Methods |
2 |
| RHSCI 7130 | Research Methods |
3 |
| RHSCI 7300 | Quantitative Methods in Health Economics not offered 2023-2024 |
3 |
