Population Health Informatics Graduate Certificate

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With the rapid pace of technological advancements, public health professions require a core set of informatics skills. Population health informatics tools and technologies are rapidly enhancing the capacity to translate growing population data into meaningful information that can inform actionable insights. Expertise in population health informatics is critical in supporting the activities of public health agencies toward building and sustaining information capabilities that meet evolving population health needs.

Admission Requirements:

Applications for admission to the program will be consistent with the school’s graduate admissions. Eligible students will submit applications via SOPHAS Express, a centralized online application system for schools and programs of public health. Other application requirements include:

- SOPHAS express online application fee
- Transcripts of all institutions attended (with a minimum GPA of 3.0)
- A personal statement/statement of purpose (recommended length is 500 words)
- Two letters of recommendation
- A resume/CV
- TOEFL scores are required if language of instruction for prior degrees was not English
  - Paper-based test: 550
  - Computer administered test: 233
  - Internet-based test: 60 (reading score, writing score, and listening score)
- Transcript evaluation from WES or ECE for foreign transcripts

Required Courses:

COMP 6001 - Intro to Python Programming Credit Hours: (3)
COMP 7115 - Database Systems Credit Hours: (3)
PUBH 7472 - Digital Health Interventions and Evaluations Credit Hours: 3
PUBH 7474 - Principles of Population Health Informatics Credit Hours: 3

Choose one of the following*

COMP 7118 - Data Mining ** Credit Hours: (3)
COMP 7517 - Human/Comptr Interact ** Credit Hours: (3)
COMP 7720 - Artificial Intelligence Credit Hours: (3)
PUBH 7470 - Community and Population Health Dashboards Credit Hours: 3
* If a student has sufficient previous work experience in health informatics, they may work with their academic advisors to submit a portfolio to obtain experiential learning credit towards their certificate.

Graduation Requirements:

Five graduate-level courses (15 credits) are required for program completion. The required courses address the following competencies in population health informatics:

Assess stakeholder data, information, and knowledge needs
Manage and direct health informatics planning for projects related to public health and information technology
Apply informatics standards appropriately and contribute to standards development efforts
Design, develop, and implement user-centered population health information systems effectively
Establish frameworks for evaluating the implementation process of information systems and applications, and make recommendations to improve user satisfaction and outcomes
Recommend strategies and solutions that integrate informatics knowledge within organizations and communities and ensure confidentiality, security, and integrity

Retention Requirements:

The school has a robust advisement plan where each student will have a faculty advisor. There will be an orientation at the start of the program and once a semester we will have meeting with all the students in the mid semester to assess feedback on how things are going. Students must earn a grade of B (3. 0) or higher in all required courses. Grades of “D” and “F” will not apply toward any graduate degree but will be computed in the GPA. No more than 7 hours of “C-“, “C,” or “C+” will be applied towards meeting degree requirements. The graduate certificate program will adhere to Graduate School policy regarding course grades and repetition of courses.