Doctoral Student Research
Dr. Marcia Ward
Director, Ph.D. Program |
The doctoral program
is linked to the Center for Health Policy and Research which provides students with invaluable research experience and weekly research seminars to complement
their coursework. |
Center for Health Policy
and Research
The doctoral program emphasizes research training in an apprentice-style model located
in a comprehensive research laboratory.
That laboratory is the Center for Health Policy and Research (CHPR), where doctoral students and HMP faculty research projects are housed. This large research portfolio provides excellent training opportunities for doctoral students.
The CHPR sponsors educational activities in the form of weekly seminars by University of Iowa researchers plus nationally-acclaimed
visiting scholars.
The CHPR collaborates with health provider associations, policy and planning groups, insurance organizations, health delivery institutions, and other members of the health services research community. Our faculty are involved in a wide range of health services and policy research topics. Grants and contracts in the center use a variety of research methodologies.
Recent Doctoral Student Research Projects
- Incorporating quality measures in the cost function for hospitals
- Efficacy and cost effectiveness of health screening services
- The epidemiology of complications in rural
and urban hospitals
- Race and gender differences in nursing home placement
- Comparison of state policies and regulations in
end-of-life care
- Patient safety trends in Critical Access Hospitals
- Improving hand-off communication among
hospital physicians
- Effects of veteran status on health status, utilization
and morbidity
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