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The UW Department of Health Systems and Population Health (HSPop) requires students to complete research and/or field-based projects for their degrees. Final projects vary depending upon the program and are dissertations, theses, practicum projects, and/or capstone projects.

Dissertations

Doctoral students are required to write a dissertation that significantly advances the state of knowledge in their chosen field. As part of their course requirements and dissertation requirements, students are also required to publish research findings.

Programs and Degrees

Dissertations, along with theses from health services graduate students, are available in the UW Library’s research archives.

Dissertations

Ph.D. Publications

Theses

A thesis is an original research project that generates new knowledge using rigorous methods appropriate to the research questions, while also applying concepts and methods from one or more branches of science relevant to public health.

Programs and Degrees

Theses, along with dissertations from health services students, are available in the UW Library’s research archives.

Theses

Practicum Projects

A practicum project allows students to apply what they have learned in the classroom to a public health setting, while they enhance their skills in areas such as leadership, communication, and teamwork. The practicum is also an excellent opportunity for students to gain practical experience in their particular area of interest in public health.

Project examples are on the individual program websites.

Capstone Projects

A capstone project is a culminating scholarly project usually conducted for, or on behalf of, an organization, constituency, or community.

Capstone projects are designed to give students meaningful hands-on experience working on real-world health policy or health administration challenges.

Project examples are on the individual program websites.

Student Research and Fieldwork

These are a few stories about HSPop student research and fieldwork.

  • MPH student publishes study examining gun culture and “the armed home”

    MPH student publishes study examining gun culture and “the armed home”

    HSPop MPH student ThuyMi Phung recently published a mixed-methods article in the Journal of Integrated Social Sciences examining the legitimization of gun use in the home, mixing quantitative and qualitative methods. “My findings suggest that maybe people view gun violence and the threat of firearms outside of the home to be great, and they counteract…

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  • New scoping review highlights needs for sexual and reproductive health interventions in U.S. juvenile detention facilities

    New scoping review highlights needs for sexual and reproductive health interventions in U.S. juvenile detention facilities

    HSPop faculty and student co-author new scoping review published in the Journal of Adolescent Health The Journal of Adolescent Health has published A Scoping Review of Sexual and Reproductive Health Interventions With Youth in U.S. Juvenile Facilities, co-authored by HSPop professor and department chair Megha Ramaswamy PhD, MPH; Online MPH alum Nekia Ivory, and Public…

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  • HSPop at the MPH Practicum Symposium

    HSPop at the MPH Practicum Symposium

    Alongside students from all UW School of Public Health departments, students from the HSPop MPH and Online MPH programs presented their practicum projects. Out of nearly 100 presenters, Shalom Mhlanga was one of three students to receive the Most Memorable interACTIONS Award.

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