Doctor of Philosophy in Health Outcomes Research

The health outcomes research concentration focuses on research about the design and evaluation of services, medications, devices and diagnostics that optimize health outcomes. SLUCOR areas of research: Health Data Science, Cardiology, Diabetes, Health care quality. SLU's public health Ph.D. program requires 72 credits. Students take 42 credits of coursework to train in their research concentration area, 18 credits of doctoral courses and 12 credits of dissertation research. Students may apply some of their master's degree coursework toward advanced standing (no more than 24 hours of advanced standing). The faculty mentor and doctoral director review prior coursework to ensure competencies at both doctoral and concentration core areas. The program requires a total of 48 credits for completion, 36 credits of coursework and 12 dissertation credits. Additionally, students must pass a written comprehensive exam, an oral examination/proposal of the dissertation and a public presentation and defense of the dissertation.

Duration - 3 Yrs
Credits - 48

Applicants should have a master’s degree from an accredited college or university in social science, biomedical science, public health, or related discipline. Successful candidates will have maintained a minimum 3.5 GPA in graduate coursework and scored at least at the 50th percentile for GRE verbal and quantitative reasoning. Students must also demonstrate evidence of interest in an area of research and identify a willing and suitable faculty mentor.

English Language Proficiency Requirements

To ensure a successful academic experience at Saint Louis University, we require international applicants to demonstrate they are proficient in the English language by submitting scores from any one of the following standardized tests:

IELTS minimum score of 6.5; Internet-based TOEFL (IBT) minimum score of 80; Paper-based TOEFL (PBT) minimum score of 550; PTE minimum score of 54; Duolingo minimum score of 125.