Courses developed at George Mason University:

HAP 824: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis for Health Services Research

In this doctoral seminar, students will identify a current public health problem and conceptualize a systematic literature review to research the existing evidence on the problems’ causes, risk factors, interventions, or policies, then identify the gaps in the literature and explore appropriate strategies to address the problem. Quality assessment of research and meta-analysis will also be included. Students will learn to write a publishable systematic literature review manuscript.

Selected students’ publications from this class

2024:

1. Ye Jin: Jin Y, Tang J. Federated Learning for Image-based Cancer Detection and Diagnosis: A Systematic Review. Journal of Imaging Science and Technology. EPub ahead of Print. DOI: 2352/J.ImagingSci.Technol.2025.69.4.040502
2. Aaron Hill: Hill, A.J., Durbha, N., Eaglehouse, Y.L. et al. Equal access, unequal outcomes? racial disparities in mortality between black and white women with breast cancer: a 10-year systematic review and meta-analysis. J Cancer Surviv (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-025-01791-8
3. Naren Durbha: Use of neural networks for rare disease detection: A systematic review. Under review.
4. Shaan Muberra Khan: School based menstrual hygiene interventions to improve education outcomes among adolescent girls in the South Asia region: A systematic review. Presented at UNC Water and Health Conference Oct 14-18, 2024, Chapel Hill, NC.
5. Sravya Vunnam: Comparing Clomiphene citrate to Lifestyle Modifications as a pre intervention for Improving Fertility Outcomes in Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome – A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Second Place winner at CPH Celebration of Scholarship Day Poster Presentation

2023:

6. Kelly Baker: Baker KM, Hill MA, Goldberg DG, Kitsantas P, Miller KE, Smith KM, Hong A. Using Z Codes to Document Social Risk Factors in the Electronic Health Record: A Scoping Review. Medical Care. November 15, 2024:10-97. Medical Care
7. Francis Amankwah. Social Determinants of Health-Related Factors Associated with Low-Dose Computed Tomography Screening for Lung Cancer Among Adults in the United States: A Systematic Review. APHA Annual Meeting Nov 13-16, 2023, Atlanta, GA.
8. Manal Alhussein: Use of Real-Time Remote Tele-mentored Ultrasound Echocardiography for Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis in Adults: A Systematic Review – ScienceDirect

2022:

9. Carolyn Hoffman: Endometriosis Treatment, Health Insurance Type, and Associated Costs of Endometriosis Treatment Among Reproductive-Age Women in the United States: A Systematic Review. Second place winner CPH Celebration of Scholarship Day Poster Presentation
10. Amara F. Orji: Disparities in Cervical Cancer Screening by Disability Types: a Systematic Review – PubMed
11. Kevin Cevasco: Patient Engagement with Conversational Agents in Health Applications 2016–2022: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | Journal of Medical Systems
12. Julie Mandeville: Evaluating Physical and Psychosocial Outcomes of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome between Black and White women: A systematic literature review. Honorable mention, CPH Celebration of Scholarship Day Poster Presentation.
13. Elina Guralnik: Utilization of Electronic Health Records for Chronic Disease Surveillance: A Systematic Literature Review – PMC

HAP 865 Health Services Research Seminar

This doctoral seminar builds students’ professional skills in research dissemination and career development. Students will learn hands-on experience on professional presentation, publishing research papers, translating research to practice and policy, and exploring career options after getting a Ph.D.

HAP 635: Role of Government in Health Care and Public Health

This is an MPH core course with a focus on health policy and law; it provides a foundation for how and why federal and state governments are involved in health care and public health. Students will learn the process of health policy making and how to analyze and evaluate health policies.

Current policies and political events are used for case studies and class projects. Students will learn how to write a health policy analysis report.

Courses developed at Texas A&M University School of Public Health:

HPCH 672: Seminar in Public Health Intervention

This doctoral seminar is focused on the examination of the theoretical foundation, implementation and effectiveness of public health interventions from a multi-level approach. The emphasis will be on the translation from research to practice, understanding the elements of evidence-based ntervention strategies.

HPCH 642: mHealth: Mobile Technologies in Public Health

A graduate-level course that gives an overview of mHealth applications in public health settings, including telemedicine, EHR, public health informatics, consumer mHealth tools, HIPAA regulations in mHealth settings, and FDA guidance on mHealth devices.

HPCH 611: Public Health Program Planning

A graduate-level course that provides an in-depth review of public health intervention program design and implementation, with a special emphasis on evidence-based program, program implementation, evaluation, and dissemination.