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 examples of dissertation topics
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Past dissertation topics include:
- 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
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- Medical Residents and Opioids: Perceptions, Medical School Curriculum and Prescription Readiness
- The Effects of an 8-week Multicomponent Training Program on Quality of Life, Fear of Falling, & Physical Performance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Probable Sarcopenia
- Physical Activity and Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors among a Sample of Pennsylvania Head Start Parents: A Cross-Sectional Study
- A Retrospective Analysis of COVID-19 and Atrial Fibrillation/Atrial Flutter
- Health-Oriented Leadership Impact on the Health, Well-being, Job Satisfaction, and Work Engagement of Student Affairs Professionals within Two Northeastern Pennsylvania Universities
- The Views of Dental Professionals and Patients on the Changes in Dentistry as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic Cameroon: Knowledge, Attitude and Practices
- Strategies for Developing Cultural Competence and Cultural Humility in Physician Assistant Students
- Toxic/Transient Synovitis: Researching the Common Predictors, the Viral Infection that Precedes Sudden Onset, and the Impact on the Caregiver/Patient Mental, Physical, and Psychological Health
- The Effects of Occupational Therapy in Treating Friedreich Ataxia: A Qualitative Study
- Adolescent Sexual Health Education in a Northwest Pennsylvania Rural Town
- An Evaluation of the Time Course of Mobility and Activities of Daily Living with Treatments of POEMS Syndrome
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
