Who decides if a drug is worth producing? Which drugs should insurance companies cover? How do we determine who gets access to lifesaving therapies? Earn your PhD in Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and join us as we lead the way in evaluating health care interventions and their economic, clinical, and humanistic outcomes.
The traditional requirements for admission to the graduate program in pharmaceutical sciences include:
- BA or BS from an accredited institution
- Academic record
- Satisfying the minimum admission requirements established by the CU Graduate School
- Normally admission dependent on GPA of 3.0 or better
- GPA <3.0 may be considered individually on a provisional basis
- GRE is not required
If you do not have a degree from a U.S. or Canadian institution, the International Affairs Office will evaluate the transcripts to determine G.P.A. equivalency. A transcript evaluation from an agency such as World Education Services is not required. If an applicant would like to include a previously completed evaluation with their application as a courtesy, they are welcome to do so.
The admission deadline for completed applications is December 1.
Application Information
Given that admission to the program is very competitive, it is impossible to evaluate your qualifications for admission (test scores, grades) until the selection committee assesses the entire applicant pool. If you are selected for an interview, we do our best to pay your travel expenses to and from campus. The initial process involves submitting an online application to graduate school and can be initiated by following the link on the main page.
We do not have the resources to cover international travel expenses for applicants who live outside North America (regardless of nationality).
Curriculum Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Required Courses | ||
Required Core Course Credits: 36 | ||
BIOS 6611 | Biostatistical Methods I | 3 |
BIOS 6612 | Biostatistical Methods II | 3 |
EPID 6630 | Epidemiology | 3 |
EPID 6626 | Research Methods in Epidemiology | 3 |
HSMP 6601 | Introduction to HSMP | 3 |
HSMP 6609 | Cost Benefit and Effectiveness in Health | 2 |
HSMP 7609 | Methods in Health Services Research II | 3 |
or EPID 6631 | Analytical Epidemiology | |
PHOR 7611 | Applied Cost-Effectiveness Modeling | 4 |
PHOR 7613 | Pharmaceutical Economics | 3 |
PHOR 7615 | Pharmacoepidemiology | 2-4 |
CLSC 7150 | Ethics and Responsible Conduct of Research | 1 |
PHOR 7570 | Special Topics in Outcomes Research | 1 |
PHOR 8990 | Doctoral Thesis | 1-10 |
Total Hours | 32-43 |
Code | Title | Hours |
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Approved Elective Courses | ||
BIOS 6603 | Statistical Computing - SAS | 1 |
BIOS 6643 | Analysis of Longitudinal Data | 3 |
BIOS 6646 | Survival Analysis | 3 |
BIOS 6648 | Design and Conduct of Clinical Research | 3 |
BIOS 6649 | Clinical Trials: Statistical Design and Monitoring | 3 |
BIOS 6680 | Data Management Using SAS | 3 |
BIOS 7712 | Statistical Methods for Correlated Data | 1 |
BIOS 7713 | Statistical Methods for Missing Data | 1-2 |
CBHS 6620 | Survey Research | 3 |
ECON 5813 | Econometrics I | 3 |
ECON 5823 | Econometrics II | 3 |
HSMP 6604 | Health Care Economics | 3 |
EPID 6631 | Analytical Epidemiology | 3 |
EPID 6633 | Clinical Preventive Services: Evidence-Based Practice | 1 |
EPID 6646 | Methods for Conducting Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis | 2 |
EPID 6635 | Infectious Disease Epidemiology | 2 |
EPID 6636 | Chronic Disease Epidemiology | 3 |
EPID 6638 | Global Cardiovascular Epidemiology | 2 |
EPID 7605 | Research Methods with Secondary Data Sources | 3 |
HSMP 7607 | Methods in Health Services Research I | 3 |