Students who complete the Certificate in Health Equity and Disparities will gain knowledge on health disparity and social determinants of health and develop the interdisciplinary skills needed to assess health disparities and address the impact of social determinants of health on clinical outcomes and population health.
Requirements: The certificate will require minimum 15 total credits, including three core courses and three additional elective courses. All electives will be reviewed and approved prior to registration to ensure relevance to the Certificate in Health Disparities and Equity.
Credit: All core courses must be taken for a letter grade, and elective courses may be taken pass/fail.
Required Core Courses:
- Introduction to Health Disparities and the Structural and Social Determinants of Health (2 credits, Fall 1 & 2)
- Ethics in Population and Clinical Heath Research (1 credit, Spring 1 & 2)
- One of followings:
- Introductory clinical epidemiology (3 credits, Fall 1)
- Applied Qualitative Methods for Health Research (3 credits, Fall 1 & 2)
- Dissemination and Implementation Science (3 credits, Spring 1 & 2)
- Randomized Controlled Trials (3 credits, Fall 1 & 2)
Elective Courses:
- Introductory clinical epidemiology (3 credits, Fall 1)
- Applied Qualitative Methods for Health Research (3 credits, Fall 1 & 2)
- Dissemination and Implementation Science (3 credits, Spring 1 & 2)
- Randomized Controlled Trials (3 credits, Fall 1 & 2)
- Introductory biostatistics for clinical research (3 credits, Fall 1)
- Intermediate clinical epidemiology (3 credits, Fall 2)
- Principles of Shared Decision Making and Health Literacy in the Clinical Setting (3 credits, Spring 1 & 2)
- MPH 5322 TPS: Interrogating Health, Race, and Inequalities (Danforth campus, 3 credits