Health and Health Policy Academic Year 2024 – 2025 Jump To: Jump To: General Information Address 185B Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building Phone 609-258-8271 Website The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs Graduate Certificates Program Offerings: Certificate Department for program: Princeton School of Public and International Affairs Director of Graduate Studies: Janet Currie, HHP Certificate Faculty Advisor Graduate Program Administrator: Gilbert Collins Madeline Hehir Overview The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) offers a graduate certificate in Health and Health Policy, in collaboration with the Center for Health and Wellbeing. The certificate trains graduate students for careers in health-related areas in the public and not-for-profit sectors. The program is designed for graduate students with domestic and international health interests and provides both broad training in core topics in health and health policy as well as courses in specialized areas. All master's or doctoral students enrolled in a degree-granting program at Princeton University are eligible for the certificate. The certificate is not open to undergraduates or to students enrolled at other universities. It is not a stand-alone certificate program, and may not be completed online. The certificate does not appear on the official transcript. Program Offerings Certificate Program Offering: Certificate This certificate does not appear on transcripts. Program description The certificate program, started in 2003-04, reflects the growing importance of health as a major public policy issue, and underscores SPIA's commitment to teaching and research in health and health policy. SPIA master's students and Ph.D. students from other departments can enroll in the certificate program online at https://spianet.princeton.edu/spiaforms/cert_declare.php. The enrollment is non-binding. Ph.D. students should first discuss their plans to complete the certificate with their dissertation chairs. Courses Certificate students are required to complete two core courses and two approved health-related electives.The two core courses are usually offered every year. In years a core course is not offered, a substitute course is designated. Students may take the core courses in any sequence during their first or second years. Faculty Director Heather H. Howard (co-director) C. Jessica E. Metcalf (co-director) Alexander Ploss (acting) Associate Director Gilbert D. Collins Executive Committee Amy B. Borovoy, East Asian Studies Angela N. Creager, History Janet M. Currie, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs Noreen Goldman, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs Andrea L. Graham, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Bryan T. Grenfell, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs Kate Ho, Economics Heather H. Howard, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs Yibin Kang, Molecular Biology C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs AJ te Velthuis, Molecular Biology Associated Faculty Elizabeth M. Armstrong, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs Bonnie L. Bassler, Molecular Biology Ruha Benjamin, African American Studies He Bian, History João Biehl, Anthropology Mark P. Brynildsen, Chemical and Biological Eng Elizabeth A. Davis, Anthropology Andy P. Dobson, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Thomas Fujiwara, Economics Zemer Gitai, Molecular Biology John T. Groves, Chemistry Katja Guenther, History Elizabeth Harman, Philosophy Brooke A. Holmes, Classics Niraj K. Jha, Electrical & Comp Engineering Ilyana Kuziemko, Economics Simon A. Levin, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology A. James Link, Chemical and Biological Eng Sanyu A. Mojola, Sociology Celeste M. Nelson, Chemical and Biological Eng Daniel A. Notterman, Molecular Biology Alexander Ploss, Molecular Biology Joshua D. Rabinowitz, Chemistry Carolyn M. Rouse, Anthropology Matthew J. Salganik, Sociology Mohammad R. Seyedsayamdost, Chemistry Eldar Shafir, Psychology Erik J. Sorensen, Chemistry Keith A. Wailoo, History Sits with Committee Esther Annan Angus S. Deaton Kathleen Donnelly Arbel Griner Robert K. Prud'homme Daniel Rubenstein For a full list of faculty members and fellows please visit the department or program website.
