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We offer a wide range of certificate courses, workshops, and training that can help you advance your career or dive into new areas of public health. Whether you’re looking to refresh your skills, expand your resume, secure your continuing education credit hours, we provide a number of ways to help you keep learning throughout your career. Our certificate programs are designed with our students in mind—to be flexible regardless of your location or the modality of your program, all students are welcome at our physical spaces in Austin, Brownsville, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, and San Antonio. Students have access to resources, expertise, faculty, and research opportunities across all six Texas locations.
Health Promotion Program Planning and Evaluation Certificate
The certificate in Health Promotion Program Planning and Evaluation is designed to prepare those in the public health workforce to identify behavioral and environmental determinants of health that are modifiable, and to plan and evaluate effective health promotion programs and policies to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent disease in diverse populations and settings.
Please see the Health Promotion Program Planning and Evaluation certificate planner for more information about course requirements.
The faculty coordinators for this certificate are Melissa Fleschler Peskin, PhD, and Christine Markham, PhD.
Advanced Planning and Evaluation for Health Promotion Programs Certificate
The certificate in Advanced Planning and Evaluation for Health Promotion Programs is designed to prepare those in the public health workforce to identify behavioral and environmental determinants of health that are modifiable, and to plan and evaluate effective health promotion programs and policies to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent disease in diverse populations and settings.
Please see the Advanced Planning and Evaluation for Health Promotion Programs certificate planner for more information about course requirements.
The faculty coordinators for this certificate are Christine Markham, PhD and Melissa Fleschler Peskin, PhD.
Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Behavioral Sciences Certificate
The Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Behavioral Sciences certificate provides introductory training in research design and quantitative methods relevant to practitioners and researchers working in the fields of health promotion, social and behavioral sciences and preventative medicine. The course offerings in this certificate are designed to provide an introduction to basic design and analysis concepts. This will be suitable for certificate students entering with little or no prior quantitative methods experience.
Please see the Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Behavioral Sciences certificate planner for more information on course requirements.
The faculty coordinator for this certificate is Nalini Ranjit.
Advanced Quantitative Methods for Behavioral Sciences Certificate
The Advanced Quantitative Methods for Behavioral Sciences certificate builds on the Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Behavioral Sciences certificate and provides advanced training in research design and quantitative methods relevant to practitioners and researchers working in the fields of health promotion, social and behavioral sciences and preventative medicine. The course offerings in this certificate are designed to provide education in advanced design and analysis methods. This certificate will be suitable for students who have prior experience or training through multivariate linear and logistic regression modeling.
Please see the Advanced Quantitative Methods for Behavioral Sciences certificate planner for more information on course requirements.
The faculty coordinators for this certificate are Kayo Fujimoto and Nalini Ranjit.
Dissemination and Implementation Science
This certificate in Dissemination and Implementation Science introduces the concepts of dissemination and implementation to students and other health professionals. The concepts learned while pursuing this certificate will assist researchers and practitioners in translating and testing research advances in public health and healthcare delivery to effective and efficient interventions in multiple settings.
Please see the Dissemination and Implementation Science Certificate planner for more information about course requirements.
The faculty coordinators for this certificate are:
Maria E. Fernandez, PhD, Gretchen Gemeinhardt, PhD, [email protected], Timothy Walker, PhD, and Belinda Hernandez, PhD