Community Health and Prevention Research (MS)

专业详情

The Stanford Prevention Research Center within the Department of Medicine offers a Master of Science (MS) in Community Health and Prevention Research (CHPR). The MS in CHPR is available to external applicants, current undergraduates via the coterminal master’s program, and graduate students at Stanford. 

In the MS in CHPR, students:

  • Study patterns of chronic diseases in diverse communities and settings and examine how prevention can optimize health and promote health equity at the individual, family, community, and population level
  • Critically interpret and evaluate research on community health and prevention
  • Become involved in research teams that encourage health equity promotion and social responsibility
  • Gain and hone methodological skills, including research study design, study implementation, and data analysis related to community health and prevention research
  • Use coursework and implementation science in a community-based research internship with the expectation that they design, implement, and assess health and wellness solutions addressing preventable community health challenges
  • Complete a master’s thesis