Ph.D. Program

Ph.D. Program 

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, the scholars in Vanderbilt University's Ph.D. in Health Policy & Health Services Research program work and learn at the epicenter of the national health care industry and adjacent to an elite academic medical center.

The Ph.D. in Health Policy & Health Services Research program:

• Develops students’ expertise in using interdisciplinary methods to address a wide range of health policy and health service challenges in the United States
• Prepares graduates to work in elite academic, private sector, and governmental settings as part of multidisciplinary teams
• Pairs candidates with faculty mentors and researchers in the Department of Health Policy and across Vanderbilt