A collaborative program among the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Law School, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The PhD in Health Policy is a highly interdisciplinary program that will develop the specialized skills you need for a research and teaching career in health policy.
The program is collaborative at its core, with its curriculum drawing from six Harvard schools:
- Harvard Business School
- Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Harvard Kennedy School
- Harvard Law School
- Harvard Medical School
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
With more than 100 Harvard faculty members from these schools integrated in the program, you have access to the insights of leading experts across the full academic and professional spectrum.
Balance broad and specialized knowledge.
As a PhD in Health Policy student, you take courses throughout Harvard’s specialized schools. This allows you to become familiar with the conceptual frameworks, vernacular and perspectives of researchers from other disciplines.
At the same time, developing specialized skills in a discipline is a hallmark of the program, which is why you specialize in one of five concentrations:
- Decision Sciences
- Economics
- Management
- Methods for Policy Research
- Political Analysis
The PhD in Health Policy degree is awarded by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Harvard Griffin GSAS). Our graduates leave the program well equipped to make an impact in academia, government agencies, research institutes, think tanks, foundations, and multinational corporations.
PhD in Health Policy