PhD, International Health
Abdul Ghaffar, MD, PhD '01, MPH
"A degree from Hopkins can take you far. You'll have the opportunity to develop lifelong relationships with faculty and peers that can help you grow throughout your career."-- Dr. Ghaffar, Executive Director, Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, WHO
The Health Systems Program is a global leader in research, teaching, and strategic collaborations to achieve accessible, cost-effective and healthy outcomes across the lifespan for the world’s families, communities and nations—especially the poorest and most vulnerable.
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As a program, we are flourishing. In the last 5 years, the number of active grants per year has grown by 50%, helping us to to enhance our capacity to provide the best possible research and teaching.
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Health Systems
Director, Dr. Adnan Hyder
The PhD program in Health Systems is designed to produce the next generation of leaders in the research and practice of public health. The program will equip students with the technical skills for carrying out cutting edge health systems research and prepare them to take leadership positions in global health settings.
Through a combination of coursework and research mentoring, graduates will have a firm understanding of the wide array of content areas and methods for health systems research and strengthening, including
- Equity and fairness in distribution of health services
- Evaluation of health programs
- Injury prevention and control
- Health economics
- Health financing
- Health outcomes and burden of disease methods
- Health policy and resource allocation
- Health systems management and health sector reform
- Maternal, neonatal and child health
- Refugee and humanitarian assistance