Program: Enhancing the Public Health IT Workforce in the Merrimack Valley
Contact: Ha Pho <ha_pho@uml.edu>; General Inquiries <PHIT@uml.edu>
# of students to be trained: 160 undergraduate, graduate and certificate students
Program Type: Expanding Existing Curriculum to New Institutions
The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML), a public Minority Serving Institution (MSI) located in the Massachusetts Merrimack Valley, proposes to work on this initiative with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, three local MSIs (Northern Essex, Middlesex, and Nashua Community Colleges) and a diverse group of partner organizations. The collective goal is to create a diverse group of highly qualified, public health information technology (IT) practitioners to work collaboratively and develop and apply cutting-edge health information technologies that turn data into actionable public health knowledge.
| Site | Program | Level | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
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University of Massachusetts at Lowell |
Master of Public Health, Healthcare Management option |
Graduate |
Degree |
|
Master of Public Health, Epidemiology option |
Graduate |
Degree |
|
|
Master of Public Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences option |
Graduate |
Degree |
|
|
Interdisciplinary Public Health Informatics and Technology Minor (new) |
Undergraduate |
Minor/Concentration |
|
|
Master of Science in Health Information Management, Health Informatics concentration |
Graduate |
Degree |
|
|
Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics and Health Service Management |
Graduate |
Degree |
|
|
Middlesex Community College (MCC) |
Associate in Science, Liberal Studies, PHIT concentration (new) |
Associate |
Certificate |
|
Northern Essex Community College (NECC) |
General Health |
Associate |
Courses |
|
Nassau Community College (NCC) |
Associate in Health Science, PHIT pathway |
Associate |
Certificate |
Partners and consortia members: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Lawrence Board of Health, Lowell Health Department, Greater Lowell Health Alliance, Lawrence Family Health Center, Lowell Community Health Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, Lowell General Hospital, Northern Essex Community College, Middlesex Community Colleges, LLX Solution, and UMass Lowell Zuckerberg College of Health Science.