Doctorate of Health Science
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The Doctorate of Health Science in Health Sciences (D.H.Sc.) program at East Stroudsburg University is a post-professional academic degree for those who intend to pursue advanced professional practice careers in higher education, clinical research, or allied health administration.
The D.H.Sc. will prepare scholarly healthcare professionals by assisting students’ development of advanced skills in leadership and analytics through extensive research and examination of administrative and clinical case-studies, self-assessment leadership profiles, and application of skills in a workforce setting.
The D.H.Sc. is a generalist degree with two concentrations: Health Management and Administration and Advanced Research Administration. Following completion of a common core -- which will focus on communication, leadership theory, ethics, and advanced research methods -- students will choose a specific concentration.
- Health Management and Administration concentration focuses on health policy, management and financing.
- Advanced Research Administration focuses on grantsmanship, professional writing, and contemporary technology.
Culminating the nine-term course schedule, a dissertation on a topic of interest to the student and of significant impact will be completed.
The dissertation will be guided by program faculty and researchers in the student’s and faculty member’s respective areas of expertise.
Expand Your Expertise
Graduates of the D.H.Sc. program will develop and expand their knowledge and expertise in seven essential areas.
- Scientific underpinnings for health sciences practice
- Organizational and systems leadership
- Clinically based scholarship and analytical methods for evidence-based practice
- Health care policy
- Inter-professional collaboration
- Clinically based health promotion and disease prevention
- Mentoring and leadership in the respective disciplines
Doctoral Faculty Members
Dissertation
Culminating the nine-term course schedule, a dissertation on a topic of interest to the student and of significant impact will be completed.
The dissertation will be guided by program faculty and researchers in the student’s and faculty member’s respective areas of expertise.
- See example dissertation topics.
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Past dissertation topics include:
- COVID-19 Burnout in Healthcare Administrators
- Macro and Micro Examination of Resilience in Immigrant Adolescence in Allentown, PA
- Examination of Intermittent Fasting on Metabolic Status of Post-Menopausal Women
- Perceived Barriers to Accessing Mental Health Services in Kenyan Immigrants
- Evaluation of After School Programs on Childhood Health Status
Contact Us
Contact Information
- Campus Address
- Koehler Fieldhouse
- Phone:
- (570) 422-3336
- Fax:
- (570) 422-3616 (Fax)
- Title of Department Leader
- Doctoral Program Coordinator, Department Chair
- Name
- Shala Davis
- E:
- sdavis@esu.edu
- Phone:
- (570) 422-3336
