Certificate Programs
Certificates for Graduate Students
The Graduate Certificates in Public Health offered by the Department of Health Systems and Population Health allow students to focus on a specialized area of study that complements their graduate degree program. Graduate Certificates in Public Health will be listed separately on the official UW transcript.
(Certificate students must be currently enrolled in a UW graduate program.)
Comparative Effectiveness Research
Comparative effectiveness research is a growing field that aims to generate evidence to improve health care decisions for patients and providers. It examines the benefits and risks of different medical or healthcare interventions, including drugs and medical technology. The results of these comparison studies are used by medical professionals to make better informed healthcare decisions and thereby improve patient care.
Maternal and Child Health
Most MCH problems are the result of complex psychosocial, economic and physiological factors that require interdisciplinary approaches to study, prevention and treatment. The coordinated sequence of courses in the Maternal and Child Health Certificate are intended to give graduates an overview of the historical, political and legislative basis for health and social services for mothers and children in the United States, and to introduce students to the etiology and prevention of maternal mortality and major health problems, and the etiology and prevention of child mortality and morbidities associated with biomedical or psychosocial risk.
Public Health Practice
The Graduate Certificate in Public Health Practice introduces students to core disciplines of public health practice over two quarters of study delivered through a blended format: on-site class time combined with online interaction.