The Master's of Health Sciences (MHS) in Health Economics

The Master of Health Science (MHS) in Health Economics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will provide students with a solid foundation in the methods necessary to promote the efficient and equitable allocation of resources in the provision of preventative and curative medicine across the globe. Graduates will find these methods invaluable in the development and evaluation of strategies to promote public health and cost-effective health care.

The MHS is offered jointly by the Departments of International Health and of Health Policy and Management. It also draws upon strengths found elsewhere in the Bloomberg School of Public Health - the oldest and most renowned public health educational institution in the world. Students enrolled in this program from both departments will take a common core of courses, and will also have an opportunity to specialize, based on their interests and experience, through elective options.

The major components of the MHS in Health Economics include

• Nine months of academic coursework building strengths in economics, econometrics, biostatistics, and epidemiology
• Written comprehensive exam
• Specialty elective courses in international health or health policy and management
• Completion of a scholarly paper that integrates material from multiple courses applying econometric, evaluation or other research techniques to a topic of interest
• This is an academic MHS which differs from the other MHS programs offered by both departments.

Co-Directors:
John F.P. Bridges, PhD, Health Policy and Management
Louis Niessen, MS, PhD, International Health

For Application or Administrative Questions
Judy Holzer, Health Policy and Management
Cristina Salazar, International Health