MPH Research and Student Projects
Military Health Services Research Center (MHSRC)
The Military Health Services Research Center within HSA is the research arm of the division. The Center maintains access to large federal health care databases in the Military Health System (MHS) in the Department of Defense,and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Access to data in the the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) within the Department of Veterans Affairs is potentially available also. Approximately half of the American population receives health care either directly delivered or paid for by one of these systems, and the resulting encounter information is available for research purposes.
Student Projects
In the past several years, the following topics have been the subject of MPH projects for students in the HSA track:
- Comparison of quality of care for diabetics in MHS, the VA system, and private health care.
- Comparison of C-section rates and outcomes between Direct Care and Purchased Care.
- Determination of the prevalence of obesity in adolescence.
- Financial feasibility of use of VA mail-out pharmacy to reduce costs of care for the MHS.
- Comparison of state and national emphases on bio-terrorism preparedness at the hospital level.
- Determination of prevalence of bone and soft tissue sarcomas in the MHS.
Individuals who wish to pursue an HSA research project are encouraged to engage one of the HSA faculty as project advisor; those wishing to pursue the HSA concentration should strongly consider asking one of the HSA faculty to serve as faculty advisor or co-advisor.
Contacts
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
Resources
- PMB Main
- Blackboard (myUSU)
- PMB Student Evaluations
- Faculty & Staff
Divisions of PMB
- Tropical Public Health
- Division of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences
- Graduate Programs
- Health Services Administration
- Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Residency Programs
- General Preventive Medicine