Master of Public Health

Accelerated MPH

Accelerated Master of Public Health for Clinicians Program

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Accelerated MPH

Accelerated Master of Public Health for Clinicians Program

The Brown University School of Public Health’s Accelerated MPH for Clinicians is a fast-paced, in-person program designed to deliver an academically rigorous and comprehensive public health education to professionals with prior medical or clinical healthcare education.

The Accelerated MPH for Clinicians program comprises:

Clinician

10.5-units (i.e., the equivalent of 42 semester credits) that students can complete in one year (i.e., July – May), beginning with an online session in the summer.
A curriculum that enables clinical professionals to achieve a deep and broad understanding of public health at a pace that complements their existing expertise and experience.

The Brown University School of Public Health has substantial strengths in teaching students how to translate public health principles into policy and practice. Drawing on expertise from faculty within biostatistics, epidemiology, health services, policy and practice, and behavioral sciences, the Accelerated MPH program is designed to transform clinicians into experts in public health.

Program Curriculum

The following nine courses form the curriculum through which students will develop the program competencies:

Leadership & Communication
Health Policy & Equity
Introduction to Methods in Epidemiologic Research or Foundations in Epidemiologic Research Methods
Needs Analysis & Program Planning (includes 80 hours of practicum in a clinical setting)
Applied Biostatistics for Public Health
Clinical Trials
Survey Research Methods or Qualitative Methods in Health Research
Putting Research into Practice with Implementation Science
Integrated Learning Experience

Program Competencies

Students who complete the Accelerated MPH for Clinicians program should be able to do the following:

Design clinical trials
Write a statistical analysis plan for clinical trials
Complete a research project to address a public health problem
Design a quality improvement project within a healthcare system
Apply principles of implementation science to program design
Apply ethical principles to public health practice

Applicants must either possess an advanced clinical degree (e.g., MD, PhD, DO, PharmD, DDS, DMD, OD, DVM, DNP, DPT or the equivalent for international students) or be a medical student who has completed at least two years of medical school.

Admission requirements

Details about admissions requirements and more at the School of Public Health's Admissions page.

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Tuition and Fees

Graduate tuition is billed on a per-course basis, as detailed in the Graduate Tuition and Fee Schedule on the Bursar Office's website. Fees and health insurance are additional. Please visit the SPH Tuition & Funding Page for more detailed information.

Program Dates

Class of 2024, study beginning summer 2023

2023	Summer term begins online	July
	Fall term begins in-person	September
	Winter break	December-January
2024	Spring term begins in-person	January
	Spring break	March
	Graduation	May

People

Scott Rivkees, MD

Associate Director, Accelerated Master of Public Health Program, Associate Director of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Vice Chair of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Professor of the Practice of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Former State Surgeon General and Secretary of Health for Florida

scott_rivkees@brown.edu

Research Profile
Annie Gjelsvik, Ph.D.

Director of the Master of Public Health Program, Associate Professor of Epidemiology

annie_gjelsvik@brown.edu

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Elizabeth Jackvony

Coordinator of Dual Degree Programs

elizabeth_jackvony@brown.edu