Dear Fall 2009 Applicants,
When you reach the school designation section of the SOPHAS application, you will be prompted to select the degree program and department to which you wish to apply. Additionally, you may need to select an area of interest and may have the option to select "optional offerings." Below, you will find more information about the optional offerings. While this SOPHAS application section is referred to as "optional offerings," we would like to request that you select "Not applicable to my course of study" if none of the options apply to your prospective degree program.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Admissions Office with any questions at (617) 432-1031 or at admisofc@hsph.harvard.edu.
Summer Program in Clinical Effectiveness students applying to the academic year MPH or 42.5 credit SM1 degree program
Prior requirement: Physicians who have completed residency
Students may complete an MPH or a 42.5-credit SM1 over the course of one (full-time), two or (MPH only) three years (part-time). Applicants must also apply to the Summer Program in Clinical Effectiveness (PCE) unless they have already participated in that program.
Prior PCE participants: Contact Hildi Keary, 617-432-1052, hkeary@hsph.harvard.edu.
For PCE application: Contact Barbara Rosen, 617-732-5648, brosen@partners.org, http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/clineff
Final PCE application deadline: February 1, 2009
Summer-only MPH with concentration in clinical effectiveness
Prior requirement: Physicians who have completed residency
Students may complete an MPH in clinical effectiveness over the course of three summers. Applicants must also apply to the Summer Program in Clinical Effectiveness (PCE) unless they have already participated in that program.
Prior PCE participants: Contact Hildi Keary, 617-432-1052, hkeary@hsph.harvard.edu.
For PCE application: Contact Barbara Rosen, 617-732-5648, brosen@partners.org, http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/clineff
Final PCE application deadline: February 1, 2009
Summer-only MPH with concentration in quantitative methods
Prior requirement: Physician or relevant doctoral degree
Students may complete an MPH in quantitative methods over the course of three summers. Applicants must also submit a Summer Session Application.
Contact: Hildi Keary, 617-432-1052, hkeary@hsph.harvard.edu, http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/summer/brochure/
Application deadlines: MPH: December 15, 2008; Summer Session: March 1, 2009
Summer-only 42.5-credit SM1 with concentration in clinical epidemiology
Prior requirement: Physicians who have completed residency
Students may complete a 42.5-credit SM1 in epidemiology over the course of two or three summers. Applicants must submit a three-to-five-page description of their proposed 10-credit required research project and a letter from the applicant's local mentor(s) agreeing to oversee the proposed work. Applicants must also apply to the Summer Program in Clinical Effectiveness (PCE) unless they have already participated in that program.
Prior PCE participants: Contact Hildi Keary, 617-432-1052, hkeary@hsph.harvard.edu.
For PCE application: Contact Barbara Rosen, 617-732-5648, brosen@partners.org, http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/clineff
Application deadlines: 42.5-credit SM1: December 15, 2008; PCE: February 1, 2009
Concentration in maternal and child health
For applicants to either the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health or the MPH program in family and community health concentration.
See: http://hsph.mchtraining.net/ for more information.
Contact: Trish Lavoie at 617-432-0964 or tlavoie@hsph.harvard.edu
MD/MPH combined degree program
For currently enrolled medical or osteopathic medicine students only. Applicants should indicate which school they are enrolled in and should be in their third or fourth year of medical school. MPH degree is conferred after submission of proof that MD/DO has been awarded.
Contact: Roberta Gianfortoni, 617-432-0090, roberta@hsph.harvard.edu
42.5-credit SM1 in health care management for physician and dental executives
Prior requirement: MD or DMD degree and five years of full-time, post-residency work experience.
For physicians and dentists either about to enter or already holding significant management positions within their organizations. This is a nonresidential, part-time program taken over two years. Please note that there is a special essay requirement for applicants to this program.
Contact: Mr. Colin Fleming, Program Coordinator, 617-432-7075, cfleming@hsph.harvard.edu, http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/mhcm
42.5-credit SM1, HSPH Department of Environmental Health (occupational health concentration)/Simmons College School for Health Studies dual-degree program
Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner Program
Prior requirement: Bachelor's degree in nursing
Participants in this program complete a 42.5-credit SM1 in environmental health concentrating in occupational health. Please apply for part-time status at HSPH and apply for the MSN Program in Occupational Health Nursing at Simmons College. Applicants must apply to and be accepted by both schools in order to matriculate.
Contacts: Jean Economos, 617-432-2422, jeconomo@hsph.harvard.edu; Susan Duty, susan.duty@simmons.edu, 617-521-2096
42.5-credit SM1, HSPH Department of Society, Human Development, and Health/Simmons College School for Health Studies dual-degree program
Participants in this program complete a 42.5-credit SM1 in society, human, development, and health at HSPH. Please apply for part-time status at HSPH. Applicants must apply to and be accepted by both schools in order to matriculate.
Contact: Trish Lavoie, 617-432-0964, tlavoie@hsph.harvard.edu
SD with area of interest in environmental science and risk management (ESRM)
This area of interest, administered jointly by the Departments of Environmental Health and Health Policy and Management, is intended for students interested in methodological development in the risk and decision sciences as applied to environmental health problems. Applicants will be reviewed by a committee composed of faculty from both departments.
Contact: Linda Fox, 617-384-8832, lfox@hsph.harvard.edu
Area of interest in oral epidemiology, HSPH Department of Epidemiology/Harvard School of Dental Medicine
This area of interest is administered jointly by HSPH and Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM). Applicants must apply to and be accepted by both schools in order to matriculate. This area awards either a doctor of science through HSPH or a doctor of medical science through HSDM, as dictated by the nature of the thesis research. Applicants with a prior doctoral degree may still apply.
Contact: Chester Douglass, 617-432-1456, chester_douglass@hsdm.harvard.edu
Interdisciplinary concentration in the epidemiology of infectious diseases
For those applying to a degree program in the Departments of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Health Policy and Management, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, or Population and International Health, with an interest in the epidemiology of infectious diseases.
Contact: Program Coordinator, 617-432-1498, epidept@hsph.harvard.edu
Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency
This two-year, ACGME-accredited program requires a previous clinical degree (MD, DO, etc.). Applicants apply to either the occupational and environmental health concentration of the MPH program or to the MOH degree program. Applicants must also apply to the residency program. Both applications are due October 10, 2008.
Contact: Ann Backus, 617-432-3327, abackus@hohp.harvard.edu, http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/erc/oemr/index.htm
Commonwealth Fund Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy
Prior Requirement: Physicians who have completed residency.
Eligibility: United States citizenship and Board Certified/Board Eligible
This fellowship is only available to applicants to the MPH program with concentrations in family and community health or health care management and policy. HSPH Application for Admission priority deadline is December 15, 2008.
For separate fellowship application, contact: Christine Colacino, 617-432-2922, christine_colacino@hms.harvard.edu
Interdisciplinary concentration in women, gender, and health
This interdisciplinary concentration is geared towards careers in research, teaching, and programs related to women, gender, and health. WGH courses (see http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/wgh/) focus on the study of the health of women and girls-and men and boys-throughout the life course, with gender, gender equality, and biology understood as important and interacting determinants of well-being and disease. Students must take a pre-designated number of credits in WGH-approved courses, in addition to fulfilling requirements of their home department.
JD/MPH joint degree program
For students applying to or already enrolled in the Harvard Law School (HLS) JD program. MPH degree is conferred after submission of proof that JD has been awarded.
Contact: Roberta Gianfortoni, 617-432-0090, roberta@hsph.harvard.edu
Health Communication Concentration
Interdisciplinary concentration housed within the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health. HCC prepares students who are interested in health communication to apply rigorous, theory-based research and methods to health and risk communication and to apply and evaluate health communication technologies. This concentration is open to all HSPH two-year master and doctoral students. See http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hcc/index.html for more information.
Contact: Elizabeth Solomon, esolomon@hsph.harvard.edu
42.5-credit SM1, HSPH Department of Society, Human Development, and Health/Simmons College School of Social Work dual-degree program
Participants in this program complete a 42.5 credit SM1 in society, human development, and health at HSPH. Please apply for part-time status at HSPH. Applicants must apply to and be accepted by both schools in order to matriculate.
Contact: Trish Lavoie, 617-432-0964, tlavoie@hsph.harvard.edu