Spring 2025

Introduction to product development and commercialization of new healthcare technologies. Principles of clinical development, regulatory pathways, market access, reimbursement, pricing, and commercial product launch strategies.

Overview of healthcare policies that impact payers, employers, healthcare industry, state/federal agencies and consumers.

Quantitative methods of evaluating business, policy, pharmaceuticals, medical care resource allocations. Budget Impact Models, Decision Trees, Sensitivity Analysis tradeoffs between treatment strategies, interventions, risks, outcomes.

Conduct literature evaluations using practical approaches to analyze and critique medical and health economic literature with the aim of optimizing health policy and business decisions.

Develop an analytical plan and conduct analysis of health-related datasets using RStudio and design data visualizations to summarize findings to support healthcare decision makers.

Weekly seminar and literature series, review and discuss policy, biopharmaceuticals, insurance, global healthcare access issues. Student lead discussions, expert guest speakers, group projects, critical thinking.

Work as a consultant to conduct market research and apply decision analysis methods to design strategies for healthcare products and services or company pipelines.

Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

Work on real business issues in the healthcare industry at an internship site with an existing business, company, firm or government entity.

Part-time or full-time, practical work experience in the student's field of study. The internship must be located at an off-campus facility. Students are individually supervised by faculty. May not be taken until the student has completed at least one full academic year of enrollment in the graduate program with a cumulative 3.0 GPA.