Public Health (Health Economics Stream)

In these rapidly changing times, preventing disease, improving our health, and reducing health inequality will depend on a broad range of people and expertise. Our MSc in Public Health reflects this, offering an unparalleled number of specialised modules designed to help you become a catalyst for change in your area of interest.

Over one year (full-time) or two years (part-time), you’ll gain a strong grasp on the core disciplines of public health. Your faculty leaders, who are active researchers in their fields, have all the experience needed to help you succeed in the specialist studies for your chosen career path.

By the end of this stream students will be able to demonstrate ability to apply knowledge of the core disciplines of public health, consisting of statistics; epidemiology; health economics; and social research, to real health problems. In addition, students will be able to:

demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding of the principles and methods of economic evaluation

demonstrate advanced knowledge of health economic methods applied to health policy or decision analysis

identify, assess and critically synthesise relevant evidence from health economic research literature

select and apply appropriate, ethical and feasible study designs to answer questions in health care and health economic research

show competence, both written and verbal, in communicating research evidence.