Public Health Informatics Certificate Program
Certificate of Public Health Informatics (PHI)
Admission
The admission process to the certificate program is designed to get any professionals interested in a potential public health informatics career into the system by meeting the minimal requirements of graduate school admissions. Each applicant must submit to the Registrar’s Office for fall, August 1, spring, November 15, and summer, April 15 the following:
1. A completed certificate application online
2. $30 application fee
3. An official transcript with the minimum of a baccalaureate or higher degree.
4. Provide proof of math competencies (such as college algebra) with official transcripts.
5. Satisfy a criminal background check if offered admission
The admission applications will be reviewed by an admission committee composed of faculty members from both School of Public Health and School of Biomedical Informatics. The decision of the admission committee will be final.
Course of Study
There are 5 required courses for this PHI Certificate Program, including two sets of courses. The first set (first 4 courses, see below) are required, and the second set (#5, see below) composed of elective courses that students should choose ONE from either school.
1. HI 5310 Foundations of Health Information Sciences I
2. HI 5380 Principles and Foundation of Public Health Informatics
3. PH 2610 Fundamentals of Epidemiology.
4. PH 1610 Foundations of Biostatistics.
Choose one of the web-based SPH/SHIS courses (see below)
• HI 5381 Methods in Public Health Informatics
• HI 5382 Synthesis Project in Public Health Informatics
• HI 6303 Introduction to Telehealth
• HI 5309 Introduction to Health Data and Electronic Health Records
or HI 5313 Introduction to Electronic Health Records
• PH 3715 Introduction to Management and Policy Sciences
• PH 1110 Social and Behavioral Aspects of Public Health
• PH 2120 Man’s Impact on the Environment
Either PH 1610, PH 2610, HI 5310 or HI 5380 should be taken in the first semester. The other four classes can be taken in any order.
Address application inquiries to:
C. Ed Hsu, Ph.D., MPH
Coordinator, Public Health Informatics Certificate Programs
7000 Fannin
UCT 890
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 500-3969
Chiehwen.e.hsu@uth.tmc.edu
