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is also the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon
Professor of Health Policy. A board-certified internist,
he has experience in the nonprofit and for-profit
sectors. He has edited 23 books and serves as editor-
in-chief of four major national journals.
Five master's degree programs and
one doctoral degree program are
available.
e Jefferson College of Population Health offers
master's degrees in applied health economics and
outcomes research; healthcare quality and safety;
public health; population health; and health policy,
as well as a doctoral degree program in population
health sciences. While the CEPH-accredited Master
of Public Health (MPH) program is offered on
campus in a traditional classroom setting, the other
four programs are strictly online.
Today, the Jefferson College of
Population Health has just under 300
students
e college utilizes a part-time model because
virtually all of its students work full-time. Since many
of the classes are strictly online, students from more
than 30 states and several foreign countries are able
to enroll. Following graduation, students take on
a variety of roles in the healthcare field, including
CFO, CMO and CNO. "Our students have every job
description in healthcare," says Dr. Nash. "ey're
everywhere doing everything."
The college employs two types of
faculty members.
Core faculty members are on campus full time and
are responsible for the curriculum. e College's
adjunct faculty members and instructors, known
as practitioner faculty, have extensive professional
experience and expertise in their fields.
The Jefferson College of Population
Health and Rutgers University-Camden
(N.J.) recently signed an affiliation
agreement.
e agreement, which was signed in June, facilitates
priority admission of Rutgers students to the
Jefferson College of Population Health's Master of
Public Health (MPH) degree program. Graduating
Rutgers bachelor's degree students who meet certain
qualifications have a place in the Jefferson College of
Population Health program and will be considered
for merit-based scholarships. n
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