Program Description
Clemson’s Department of Public Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master of Science (MS) degrees in Applied Health Research and Evaluation rigorously prepare future scholars to conduct research in population health and healthcare. Students learn to design and employ cutting-edge research methodologies with community, private sector, and public partners to provide effective solutions to challenging health problems.
The curriculum emphasizes a full spectrum of methodological skills that enable students to design and implement research focused on health outcomes, effective and efficient health services delivery, comparative effectiveness of clinical and cost outcomes, and to conduct program evaluation. Students devote substantial attention to implementation science: that bridge between health research and health practice.
Our interdisciplinary faculty hold terminal degrees in health promotion and behavior, community psychology, epidemiology, health communication, medical sociology, medicine, health services research, health economics, and health policy.
The doctoral program in Applied Health Research and Evaluation is designed to produce innovative, independent leaders in methodology and healthcare research skilled at transcending the traditional barriers between clinical, laboratory, and social science to rigorously test and evaluate clinical and population health data and then translate those findings into practice. Because this program fosters transdisciplinary faculty collaboration and involves research partnerships in communities and healthcare settings in the region, graduates are prepared to initiate and conduct applied research and evaluation that improves a wide variety of health delivery systems. Graduates of this program possess a depth and breadth of knowledge in the determinants of health, healthcare systems, research and evaluation design, epidemiology, and quantitative and qualitative methods, making them valuable assets to academia, large corporations, the health insurance industry, government agencies, health care organizations, and consulting firms.
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