Health Policy

Doctorate (Ph.D.)

The program is designed to train intellectual leaders in the field who will make seminal contributions to policy understanding and practice. The curriculum provides theory and empirical methods for framing, investigating, and answering crucial questions about health policy. Graduates are equally well prepared for leadership positions in government, consulting, non-governmental organizations or private industry.

Areas of Research

• Determinants of health and health inequalities
• Equity of health systems
• Health care financing and funding
• Organization and delivery of care
• Health human resources and health professions
• Health technology assessment
• Knowledge transfer and exchange
• Public and community engagement
• Patient centered care and shared descision-making
• Values and ethics in health policy
• Global health policy
• Indigenous health policy
• Mental health
• Public health